Emergency Medicine Clerkship: Things to Know selected from SAEM and IFEM undergraduate curriculum recommendations are uploaded into the website. More specific disease entities are on the way.
The Importance of The Emergency Medicine Clerkship
by Linda Katirji, Farhad Aziz, Rob Rogers Introduction The Emergency Medicine (EM) clerkship typically takes place during the fourth year of medical school. However, some
Medical Professionalism
The Dimensions That All Medical Students Should Know About by Amila Punyadasa Introduction It is prudent to commence this chapter with some relevant definitions.
Documentation
by Muneer Al Marzouqi and Qais Abuagla Introduction Whether you are rotating in the Emergency Department (ED) or elsewhere, one of the key skills
Discharge Communications
by Justin Brooten and Bret Nicks Introduction The process of patient discharge from the emergency department (ED) provides critical information for patients to manage
Diagnostic Testing In Emergency Medicine
by Yusuf Ali Altunci Case 1 A fifty-one-year-old male patient is admitted to your emergency department (ED) with chest pain that started 30 minutes
Data Gathering
by Chew Keng Sheng Introduction Although a medical student has always been taught to take a comprehensive history and a complete physical examination from
Creating Your Action Plan
by Chew Keng Sheng Introduction As the patient’s physiologic condition is dynamic and changes from time to time, we need to remember that the
Communication and Interpersonal Interactions
by Vijay Nagpal and Bret A. Nicks Introduction Emergency Medicine and the situations within the department can present a stressful, rapidly changing environment where it
