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1. The Emergency Medicine Residency at UNM offers 5 hours per
week of core conference from 8-1 on Tuesday mornings
2. The content for the conferences are based on the Model of the Clinical
Practice of Emergency Medicine (MCP) and on the ACGME Core Competencies
3. The 21 core content topics from the MCP are divided into 4 blocks each with a
mixture of the larger and smaller topic areas:
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a. Block A: |
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Emergency Medical Services |
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ii. |
Endocrinology, Nutrition and Electrolytes |
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iii. |
Infectious diseases and Immunology |
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iv. |
Trauma |
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v. |
OB/GYN/SANE |
b. Block B:
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i. |
CV and Pulmonary |
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ii. |
Dermatology |
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iii. |
ENT, Ophtho, and Dental |
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iv. |
Hematology/Oncology |
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v. |
Toxicology |
c. Block C:
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i. |
Abdomen and GI |
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ii. |
Pediatrics |
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iii. |
Renal and
GU |
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iv. |
Administration and Legal |
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v. |
Research |
d. Block D:
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i. |
Orthopedics and Wound Care |
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ii. |
Nervous System |
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iii. |
Environmental |
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iv. |
IP Skills, Communications, etc. |
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v. |
Behavorial |
4. The conference topics repeat
every 18 months so that each resident will cover all of the material twice
during the three year program:
a. The content is divided into 4 blocks of 4 months each, 16 months total.
b. Every July is
dedicated to a 4 week Airway/Critical Care/Sedation and
Pain Control/Error and Decision Making block.
c. There are 3
weeks during the year without conference: Midyear retreat,
End of year retreat, Midyear Exam.
5. The conference cycle coincides
with the weeks of the month:
a. 1st Tuesday: Simulation 2 hours, Core material 2 hours
b. 2nd Tuesday:
Joint Trauma Conference, Core material 3 hours
c. 3rd Tuesday:
ECGs 1 hour, Core material 3 hours
d. 4th Tuesday:
Core material 2 hours, Small groups 2 hours
e. 5th Tuesday:
Misc, Quizzes, Board review and Prep
6. The small group sessions are
when the classes break down by PGY I, II or III for a series of focused
learning sessions. The PGY I sessions will focus on core procedures. The PGY II
sessions will be the Chair’s Ethics/Humanism/Legal and Literature series. The
PGY III sessions will cover a variety of administrative, business and other
topics relevant to the practicing physician.
Noon conference:
lunch is served in this weekly opportunity for EM faculty, residents and
community physicians to meet and discuss interesting and illustrative cases.
Each case is presented as an unknown and a participant works through the case
with the aid of his or her colleagues. Cases which are flagged through the
departmental quality improvement process, and morbidity and mortality cases are
also discussed in this format.
 Journal
Club is held once a month at a faculty
member's home over dinner. The chief resident or a faculty member presents two
or three articles about a related topic. The articles are discussed critically
with regard to methodology and statistics. The medical implication for practice
are also considered.
Meeting with the Residency Director:
In an effort to keep in close touch with the residents, the assistant residency
and residency director meet on a monthly basis with the HO1s and every other
month with the HO2s & HO3s. As always, food is served. This is an opportunity
to talk about problems which have arisen, discuss upcoming events and programs,
and to consider potential changes in the residency program. This and other
feedback mechanisms (see evaluations) allow the program to be quite responsive to
resident input. |
