June 8, 2008

Emergency Medicine Residency in US (per FREIDA)

This takes a few seconds to load... Here are the locations of all EM residencies in the US based on FREIDA data of June 2008. (Thanks Dave Kammer!!)


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April 18, 2008

Timeline for Students Interested in EM

We really have to thank John Houghland, one of our current 4th years that just matched to Denver. He just put this together for us. This is block schedule time line that addresses a number of concerns and opportunities for students interested in EM to think about as they travel through the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th years.
Click on the image at left, it will get you the PDF version of the timeline. There is also a PowerPoint slide for those interested.
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March 15, 2008

EM Residency Program Contacts (21 UW Students Match in 2007 and 15 in 2008!)

Here is an alphabetical list of residency programs and UW students that matched there! Click the name for program info, the city for map info and the new resident's name for their email!
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April 20, 2007

More International EM Resources!

Thanks to Kevin McKenzie for this latest link with info on International EM Fellowships! We also have some info on EM Trauma Clerkships in other countries in the links section.
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April 17, 2007

10 Things to Do Before Applying to an EM Residency

This document was originally created by: Felix Ankel, MD, St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center, 640 Jackson Street, St. Paul, MN, 55101-1290, telephone 612-221-1290, fax 612-221-8756, email: fankel@emd.sprmc.healthpartners.com

  1. Read Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point
    The Special Report in 2006 on the state of Emergency Medicine Care in the US.
  2. Read the Macy report on Emergency Medicine
    The Macy report: "The Role of Emergency Medicine in the Future of American Medical Care" was published in 1995. It gives good insight on emergency medicine as a specialty.
  3. Know the major issues in Emergency Medicine
    Look at the major emergency medicine journals: Academic Emergency Medicine, Annals of Emergency Medicine, American Journal of Emergency Medicine, and the Journal of Emergency Medicine. Take an afternoon in the library and look at the editorials in these journals in the last 12 months. You will get a sense of issues important to emergency physicians. See who is on the editorial boards of these journals and who is writing chapters in the major emergency medicine textbooks. You'll find that it is still a relatively small world when it comes to academic emergency medicine.
  4. Choose your mentor well
    If you have been "assigned" one that is not an emergency physician, ask to set up an appointment with an emergency physician that has gone through or is a part of an emergnecy medicine residency program. Emergency medicine is such a rapidly changing field that advice is best gotten from people intimately involved in emergency medicine.
  5. Become a student member of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
    Services offered include a subscription to the monthly journal Academic Emergency Medicine, a catalog of all emergency medicine residencies , a medical student rotation list useful for contemplating outside electives (also on the home page), the Newsletter which is published monthly (except May) and a greatly reduced registration fee to attend the SAEM Annual Meeting . A one-day medical student session is offered at the Annual Meeting. Medical Student dues are $75 (includes monthly journal, Academic Emergency Medicine and $50 for membership without the journal subscription.
  6. Become a student member of the American College of Emergency Physicians /Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (ACEP/EMRA).
    Services offered include a subscription to Annals of Emergency Medicine, an antibiotic handbook, drug dosage cards, newsletters and other material. Medical Student members of EMRA will receive "Emergency Medicine in Focus" a handbook to use when applying to an emergency medicine residency. Call 800-798-1822, touch 5, to receive an application. Medical Student dues are $30 for ACEP membership; $20 for EMRA membership. If you join ACEP only the dues are $60.
  7. Join the emergency medicine interest group (EMIG) at your medical school
    If you don't have one, start one. SAEM and ACEP/EMRA/MSA can be a resource on how to start one.
  8. Plan your fourth year well
    This should include working at a place where you will get sufficient direct contact with EM leaders that can write you good letters. Although good letters from outside EM may be helpful, you should have at least one letter from an emergency physician. Plan on doing a fourth year elective at a place that has an emergency medicine residency program. SAEM has a list of elective away fourth year emergency medicine rotations .
  9. Buy Ken Iserson's book: Getting into a Residency: A Guide for Medical Students
    From Galen Press 800-442-5369. This has all the basics about applications, curriculum vitae, and personal statements. ACEP/EMRA also sells Emergency Medicine Focus: A Handbook for Medical Students and Prospective Residents edited by Theodore Delbridge, MD, that is helpful for students specifically interested in emergency medicine.
  10. Read: Koscove EM. An applicant's evaluation of an emergency medicine internship and residency. Ann Emerg Med 19:774,1990
    Although this is a few years old, a lot of the issues mentioned in this article are still pertinent when interviewing at emergency medicine residencies today.
  11. Become computer literate
    Lots of information is available at your fingertips. All emergency medicine residency programs are listed on the SAEM Residency Catalog which has links to all residency program home pages and e-mail links to the residency directors. Major emergency medicine organizations such as SAEM, ACEP, AAEM, and AEP all have web sites. Joining the emed-l list will give you an idea of issues of interest to emergency physicians. Run from UCSF, this is a forum where many emergency physicians air their views. To subscribe, send e-mail to: listserv@itssrvl.ucsf.edu , skip subject and then in body write: Subscribe Emed-l . You will get approximately 5-10 e-mails/day.
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Useful Clerkships for EM Training

  • Plan to take at least one EM clerkship EARLY in the 4th year so it makes it on your transcript for residency applications
  • Try for honors in every clerkship possible. Much more important than grades in years 1 & 2
  • Consider a Clerkship with an STD Clinic Component (practice with difficult H&P's, lots of genital exam experience)
  • Dermatology clerkship useful
  • Do your Pediatrics rotation where there is a peds ER to cover
  • Take Family Medicine in a rural area where you get to cover the ED and do your own procedures
  • Burns rotation (good tissue and wound care skills education)
  • INTERNATIONAL trauma rotations! Some require an application a year in advance, so start early!
  • Do some fun things! (Almost everything falls under the umbrella of Emergency Medicine)
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High Yield Clerkships for EM Training

    1. At least one EM Clerkship beyond the UW required clerkship. Peferrably, do it as an "away rotation" at a school that has a residency program you are interested in. This will help broaden your training, inform you about the conditions there and help you get an interview come residency application time
    2. Sub-Internship in either Internal Medicine or Surgery (Note: All UW EM clerkships are Sub-I's!!!)
    3. Cardiology (very important for repetitive ECG practice)
    4. Radiology (reading films & CT's is essential in the ED)
    5. Nephrology (important for becoming comfortable handling fluids and electrolyte issues)
    6. Anesthesiology (more intubation and IV practice)
    7. Something with an ICU component to get comfortable with really sick patients
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