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The Emergency Medicine Clerkship is a four-week rotation avaliable for fourth-year medical students. It is offered through the Department of Emergency Medicine at Scott & White.

If you are a non-Texas A&M medical student interested in a rotation, please contact the Office of Student Affairs at 254-724-0245.

Our department is divided into three “pods,” with varying numbers of rooms. Each pod has two major resuscitation bays (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, and C2). Rooms 1-8 in each pod are anticipated to be open 24 hours, with additional rooms in each pod opened for the majority of the day contingent on staffing and anticipated patient demand. Upper-level residents work 12 hour shifts, with A and B pod shifts running from 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. and 6 p.m. - 6 a.m., and C pod shifts beginning at various times.

You are expected to work a total of 16 eight-hour shifts over your four-week rotation. These shifts are distributed across morning, afternoon, evening, and night shifts, and correspond to the senior resident scheduled in each pod.
You may help with or perform all procedures done on your patients under appropriate supervision.

At the end of the rotation, the student will:

• Better appreciate the role of emergency medicine within the healthcare system
• Acquire basic life support skills, including the recognition of immediately life-threatening conditions and appropriate interventions
• Diagnose and treat common acute problems
• Develop skills to assess the undifferentiated patient, including the performance of a focused history and physical and the development of an appropriate differential diagnosis

Contact:

For futher information, please contact Carla Owens , Clerkship Coordinator or Dr. Trey Morris , Clerkship Director.

Download:

• EMED984 Rotation Curriculum
• EMED984 Orientation