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EMPEDS Block Schedule

Here is a sample block schedule for residents in the combined emergency medicine and pediatrics program. These blocks are subject to change.

BLOCK	PGY1	PGY2	PGY3	PGY4	PGY5
1	Adolescent Pediatrics	Obstetrics	Primary Care Services	NICU	STC
2	Inpatient Pediatrics	MICU	Anesthesiology Ultrasound Vacation	Pediatric Trauma	ED
3	Inpatient Pediatrics	ED	UMMS CCU	Pediatrics Inpatient Ward Supervisor	Pediatric Elective
4	Pediatrics ED	Pediatric ED	ED Pediatrics	Pediatric ED	ED Nights Pediatric ED
5	VA CCU	Behavioral & Developmental Pediatrics	Academic +	STC	Pediatric ED
6	ED	Behavioral & Developmental Pediatrics	Pediatrics Inpatient Ward Supervisor	ED	Elective
7	Primary Care Services	Pediatrics Elective	PICU	Elective	Pediatrics Inpatient Ward Supervisor
8	Mercy Full-term Nursery	Pediatrics VA ED	STC	ED	ED Baltimore Washington Medical Center
9	Mercy Hospitalist	STC	Pediatric Elective	Pediatric ED	Pediatric ED Anesthesiology Ultrasound
10	Academic +	ED	Mercy ED	Pediatric Elective	Elective - Away
11	Anesthesia Ultrasound	ED	Mercy Hospitalist	Pediatric ED	NICU
12	STC	Academic +	Pediatric ED	ED	Pediatric Elective
13	VA ED	NICU	Mercy ED	ED	Pediatric Elective

Three weeks of vacation per year are incorporated into each resident's block schedule.

Legend:
CCU = Coronary Care Unit, University of Maryland Medical Center
Mercy = Mercy Medical Center
NICU = Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University of Maryland Medical Center
PICU = Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, University of Maryland Medical Center
UMMS = University of Maryland Medical Center
VA = Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center
STC = R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
+ = There are 3 total months of academic block during your 5 years with 2 weeks of vacation taken out.

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Locations include the University of Maryland, Mercy Medical Center, and the Veterans Administration Medical Center.

PEDIATRICS
Locations include the University of Maryland Pediatric Emergency Department, and Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC.

TRAUMA
Residents spend 4 months at the Famous Unversity of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Hope you like pink scrubs.

ANESTHESIOLOGY
Rotations include general OR time at Mercy Medical Center and Trauma Anesthesiology at the Shock Trauma Center.