Emergency Medicine Elective Course Description
| Course Name: | Emergency Medicine |
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| Course Number: | EM-404 |
| Elective Type: | A |
| Coordinator(s): | Paul Willis, MD Contact: Jean Baril 508-421-5522 |
| Department: | Emergency Medicine |
| Sites Available: | Health Alliance-Leominster Hospital |
| Months Offered: | M1, M2, M5-M7 |
| Number of Students / Month: | 1 |
| Prerequisites: | Completion of Surgery and Medicine clerkships and a Letter of Good Standing from medical school is needed if you are a visiting student. |
| Enrollment Process: | Must get approval from coordinator and then contact electives@umassmed.edu to have added to your schedule |
| Elective Description: This elective will offer 4th year students an opportunity to participate in the care of patients in a busy community Emergency Dept. (130 patients per day average). Students will evaluate patients and then develop a diagnostic and treatment plan under the guidance of an emergency physician. They will also perform certain procedures with supervision (including suturing, splinting, foreign body removal, I & D, cautery, LP and CPR). In addition to reviewing each patient with an emergency physician, the student may also arrange case reviews and informal teaching sessions. |
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| Location: Health Alliance-Leominster Hospital, 60 Hospital Road, Leominster, MA 01453-8004 | |
| Website: http://www.umassmed.edu/emed/ | |