Emergency Medicine Clerkship

Over the course of the month rotating students will:

1. Work up to 16 total clinical shifts across all dates and times (including weekends and nights—it’s Emergency Medicine!). *1 of these shifts will be a nursing shadow shift & the other will be a shift in our substance use clinic.
2. Attend weekly residency conference along with Highland EM residents & faculty
3. Attend 2 separate 3 hour lecture series designed for students
4. Attend our monthly seminar (“Follow-Up Conference”) describing the longitudinal outcome of unusual cases, paired with journal club over drinks and food – usually at a faculty members’ home
5. Prepare a short 10 minute clinical presentation on a topic of their choosing during their final week

Interested students must:

1. Be enrolled in an LCME-accredited medical school and have completed (or have plans to complete the following core clinical clerkships prior to participating in our elective:  internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, psychiatry and Ob/Gyn.
2. Be applying to an EM residency program if rotating in the months of May – November

As a rotating student in our department, your performance is evaluated across various criteria to ensure a comprehensive assessment (outlined below). We strongly encourage you to actively seek verbal feedback during shifts, as final evaluations heavily depend on both verbal & written assessments provided by our EM faculty & residents. We utilize a standard grading system ranging from Honors to Fail (including High Pass). We highly value rotating students who demonstrate clinical growth, exhibit patient advocacy, strong teamwork skills and receive generally positive feedback over their 4-week rotation. Additionally, we value the following attributes in our rotating students:

– Patient advocacy

– Broad knowledge of EM medicine

– Effective history-taking & physical/mental status examination skills

– Development of appropriate & prioritized differential diagnoses and care plans

– Coherent, organized, & appropriately detailed patient case presentations

– Sensitivity & responsiveness to a diverse patient population

– Collaborative functioning within interprofessional healthcare teams

– Respectful communication with patients & their families

– Demonstrated work ethic, integrity, & accountability within the healthcare team

– Identification of knowledge and skill deficits, & independent creation of plans for improvement. 

*Please note that while we do not administer a final exam, students are responsible for delivering a 10-minute case presentation on a topic of their choice.