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The University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine offers a three-year program committed to the training of emergency physicians who will assume leadership roles in clinical care, research, teaching, and administration.
The first year of training provides a solid foundation in the areas of internal medicine, surgery, anesthesia, pediatrics, and critical care, and also includes four months of Emergency Department experience. In addition, a month-long series of core lectures and skills workshops provides the entire first-year resident group with a comprehensive introduction to the body of knowledge and skills the emergency physician must master.
In the second and third years, the focus is more exclusively on the delivery of emergency medical care in both prehospital and hospital settings. There is increasing Emergency Department time and increased involvement in all aspects of prehospital care. In the strong teaching environment of the residency hospitals, supervised experience and bedside teaching enable the resident to develop procedural skills, critical thinking, and clinical judgment and master the application of medical knowledge in the clinical setting. Formal lectures, required readings, and a full roster of conferences complement the resident's rotation experiences and promote the acquisition of a comprehensive knowledge base. Residents also provide medical command for prehospital care personnel and fly as crew members for STAT MedEvac, the air medical system that is a service of the Center for Emergency Medicine.
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| An essential element in establishing the credibility of any medical specialty is the scholarly activity it engenders, particular in the form of high-quality laboratory and clinical research. Situated on the campus of a highly respected research university, the residency offers trainees exceptional opportunities to pursue research activities, providing access to animal facilities, surgical research laboratories, and faculty expertise at the School of Medicine. Each resident is required to plan and execute a research project and to present the findings in a paper of publishable quality. A continuing series of didactic sessions provides a firm grounding in research methodology and statistics. Residents are also required to complete one other piece of scholarly work, such as a case report or review article. Many have had the opportunity to present their research and papers at national meetings. |
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Second- and third-year residents are involved in the educational programs sponsored by the Center for Emergency Medicine. Residents may participate in:
* Advanced Cardiac Life Support provider courses
* Advanced Trauma Life Support courses
* Basic Trauma Life Support courses
* Pediatric Advanced Life Support courses
* Continuing medical education series for practicing emergency physicians
* Emergency medicine electives and clerkships for first-, third-, and fourth-year medical students from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
* Paramedic (EMT-P) training courses
* Refresher courses for EMTs and paramedics
* Lectures to emergency and allied health care personnel in residency hospitals and in the southwest Pennsylvania region |
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The emergency physician's expertise must often extend beyond the clinical arena. Thus, another goal of the training program is to prepare residents to play leadership roles in emergency department administration and in the planning and management of EMS systems and other health care-related programs.
Each year, a two-part management course is taught to third year emergency medicine residents by the faculty in Mercy Hospital's department of emergency medicine. This extensive course introduces the senior resident to the skills required for emergency department leadership. Residents will develop an understanding of how the emergency department functions within an individual institution while learning the essential elements in managing an emergency medicine practice. The course is taught using small group sessions. |
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