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UNM Department of Emergency Medicine- Resident Program
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PROJECTS |
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We believe that Emergency Medicine is far more than just showing up for a shift.
As residents, we want you to be exposed to and familiar with a wide range of
opportunities related to Emergency Medicine. We want you to have the skills to
practice in the ED setting of your choice and to broaden your experience and
choose experiences in academic emergency medicine, fellowships, or other
opportunities. Through these projects, residents can establish one-on-one
relationships with faculty and establish skills for self learning and continuing
self- education
Research:
The faculty help our residents in devising meaningful research projects which
can be completed and often presented or published within the time frame of the
residency program. Research helps the resident become a critical thinker and
reader of the medical literature. Having done research enables a person to
better understand the process of hypothesis testing and research projects give a
working knowledge of statistical analysis. The requirements of the research
project are that the resident develop with faculty guidance a hypothesis driven
project which is then presented to the departmental research meeting for
approval. Most projects will require HRRC approval as well. After completion of
the project the resident must submit a written manuscript of publishable quality
for their portfolio. The resident must also give an oral presentation at the NM
ACEP Meeting or at another national EM meeting.
Community:
Our potential patient population is far greater than those who walk through our
ED doors. We are much more effective if we can prevent the injury or illness,
rather than treat it after the fact. We want our residents to get to know and to
contribute to the community through a community project. This can take the form
of education (through schools, churches, interest groups, etc.) service
(providing health care in shelters, at community events, etc.) or through
research (injury control, epidemiology, etc.) Resident community projects have
lead to ongoing programs, career focus and research grants.
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Quality Improvement:
Because emergency physicians do not regularly see the ultimate outcomes of the
patients they care for, a systematic evaluation process is crucial for assuring
high quality emergency medical care. Emergency physicians must participate in
this process independent of practice type or location. The QA project can take
the form of a 1.) Original project looking at some aspect of quality of care in
the ED which results in a written summary of the outcome measures, OR 2.) Review
of cases with the QA faculty member during the HO III year. Case review will
take about 10 – 12 hours including direct chart review, independent research on
3 cases and a formal presentation of those three cases during resident
conference (Noon M+M).
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EVALUATIONS & EXAMINATIONS |
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Evaluation of the program: Residents are
asked to do an electronic evaluation of each rotation. The residents do an
electronic evaluation of each EM faculty member at the end of each year.
Residents do a written evaluation of each residency year and an end of residency
evaluation. The residents meet as a group in a retreat setting with the
residency director and other interested faculty biannually. During these five
hour retreats, the rotations, faculty and conferences are discussed. All of this
input is used to revise the rotation schedules and the conference structure.
Constructive criticism is relayed to the faculty, and resident evaluation is
part of the biannual faculty performance review with the chairman.
Evaluation of the resident:
The resident receives an electronic evaluation from appropriate faculty members
for each rotation. These evaluation summaries are available for review at
anytime.
Examinations:
There are two formal examinations each year. A mid-year exam with multiple
formats is given each spring. As part of this 4 hour exam, the resident works
through mock “oral board” cases, reads X-rays and EKGs, performs focused EM
procedures, and does a mock resuscitation on the human simulator. The residents
take the national EM Inservice Exam each year. Residents are encouraged to use
the monthly “CORD Question Bank” test of the month to provide ongoing self
assessment of medical knowledge.
Advisors:
Each resident chooses an advisor. The resident and advisor meet periodically to
review evaluations, test results and other materials. Each resident meets with
the residency or assistant residency director biannually to review resident
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