Emergency Medicine Elective Resident Conference  The students are encouraged to attend the residents core conference on Tuesday mornings.  This conference is the centerpiece of the residents formal curriculum.  Attending this conference is a great way to meet faculty, residents and to learn about the program as well as learn some great emergency medicine!  Feel free to attend all or part of the conferences while you are rotating in the ED. The conference is divided up into three main parts: The conference from 8:00 to 9:00 features a rotating set of topics. The first week each month, EKG reading is taught.  The next Tuesday is devoted to a research and statistics conference, where this subject is taught by analyzing the emergency medicine literature. The third week will be devoted to a variety of topics, including EMS, ultrasound, administration, use of the laboratory, emergency psychiatry, communication skills, etc. The last week is devoted to reading X-rays brought in by a faculty radiologist. The conference from 9:00 to 12:00 is the core conference. The emergency medicine curriculum is divided into 3 hour blocks, presented each week and extending over 18 months. The conferences are problem based and focus on actual ED patient presentations. Expert guest lecturers from other departments are often asked to participate. The conferences may include labs, such a suturing, use of ED equipment, airway management, and ballistics. A noon conference, during which lunch is served is the 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. The ensuing general discussion about the case and management options often becomes quite heated! This is clearly the best part of the conference! <<previous page