Clerkship Curriculum

Curriculum

Basic Principles in Emergency Medicine

Maimonides Clerkship
Required:

• Clerkship Manual

• Orientation to ER

• EM HANDBOOK

• Guide to Sub-I Success- Be a Rotation Rockstar!
  (written by one of our residents)

Communication in the ER
Required:

• Patient Presentations in the ER (EM in 5: Patient Presentation - 6 min Video )

• Differential Diagnosis (PDF)

• Template Handout (PDF)

• 3 Minute EM Medical Student Presentation (PDF)

• EM in 5: Discharge instructions (watch up to 3 min mark)

Supplemental:

• CDEM Medical Student Clerkship: Med Student Primer (PDF)

• Oral Presentations in the ED (PDF)

Core Topics in EM

Some weeks you will be sent a topic to review before small group. Please reference these topics below. If we do not cover the topic during your month, it is not required, but we encourage you to use the resources as needed for your own reference and study.

EM Curriculum Resources

Our favorite sites for Core Curriculum content, many included on individual topics below:

• Flipped Classroom: EM Core Curriculum video compilation

• CDEM Curriculum: CDEM website with Core Curriculum written content

• EM Fundamentals: U of Chicago EM site with tons of links/resources by topic

• EM in 5 (5 minute EM videos)

• 5 Min Sono: 5 minute EM Ultrasound videos

Abdominal Pain

• Assessing Abdominal Pain: EB Medicine Article (PDF)

• Labs/Imaging in approach to Abdominal Pain: Flipped Classroom (7 min video)

• Full Flipped Classroom Series: Abdominal Pain videos

Altered Mental Status

• Altered Mental Status Reference: Flipped Classroom (PDF)

• Approach to AMS: EM in 5 (5 min video)

• Approach to AMS: CDEM Curriculum

Cardiac Arrest

• Hs and Ts of Cardiac Arrest: EM in 5 (5 min video)

• Cardiac arrest: Flipped Classroom (3 videos + handout)

• PEA Arrest Defined: Resuscitation 2015 Lecture; Mattu, MD (20 min video)

• Tachyarrhythmias: EM in 5 (14 min video)

Chest Pain

• Approach to Chest pain: EM in 5 (5 min video)

• Acute Coronary Syndrome: CDEM Curriculum (website)

• PE Labs/Imaging: Flipped Classroom (6 min video)

• PE Risk stratification / workup: Flipped Classroom (7 min video)

• Full Flipped Classroom Series: Pulmonary Embolism

GI Bleed

• Approach to Upper/Lower Bleed: Flipped Classroom Summary (PDF)

• Massive GI Bleed: CDEM Curriculum (website)

Headache

• Approach to Headache: Flipped Classroom Summary (PDF)

• Critical Headache Diagnoses in ER: Chart by Stuart Swadron, MD (PDF chart)

• NEJM Interactive case: Headache (website, interactive)

• Procedure: Lumbar puncture (NEJM video)

Pediatrics

• Pediatric Vital Signs: Don't forget the Bubbles (PDF)

• Pediatric Assessment Triangle: ALiEM PV Card (PDF)

• Inconsolable Infant: PEM Morsels (blog post)

• Pediatric Respiratory Infectious Disease: EB Medicine Article (PDF)

Shortness of Breath

• http://www.emdocs.net/approach-tachypnea-ed-setting/

• https://coreem.net/core/dyspnea/

• http://www.emclerkship.com/shortness-of-breath/

• https://www.saem.org/cdem/education/online-education/m4-curriculum/group-m4-approach-to/shortness-of-breath