Conferences
Regions Hospital offers residents a full spectrum of topics in emergency medicine based on the Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine. The core curriculum is designed to repeat itself in its entirety on an 18-month basis. As there are several modalities of learning, the didactic curriculum is set up to cover both the depth and breadth of emergency medicine through traditional as well as innovative and interactive means. Curriculum components include:
Critical Case Conference, a favorite of residents and faculty alike, provides an interactive forum for discussion of a case of educational value. Case discussion is focused not only on the content of the eventual diagnosis, but also on the decision-making process in evaluating critically-ill patients with limited immediate data.
Core Content Lectures reinforce knowledge that is gained on clinical rotations as well as supplement the clinical experience. Lectures are given by faculty members who are experts in a core content area.
Journal Club is held on a regular basis and facilitates discussion of two or three current practice-changing articles in emergency medicine.
Joint Conferences are collaborative conferences held in conjunction with other departments such as radiology, trauma services, critical care, and internal medicine to discuss related areas of interest.
Small Group Sessions encourage interactive learning. Small group simulation days have been incorporated into the curriculum. Residents are divided into three groups and rotate through stations that may include case discussion, simulation or mini-lectures.
Forensics includes a basic forensic medicine didactic curriculum that all residents receive. Additionally, residents are trained in sexual assault examinations.
Our residency encourages experiences outside the typical EM core content lecture. Residents attend an annual core competencies conference sponsored by HealthPartners IME, procedural competency day in the anatomy lab at the University of Minnesota, and combined simulation experiences with HCMC residents at the University of Minnesota SimPortal. Other conferences include a hand-on splinting workshop with orthopedic surgeons, alumi day conference of case presentations and panel discussions with Regions' graduates, and a combined EM/Trauma Update co-sponsored by HCMC, North Memorial, Mayo and Regions.
Links to conference schedules:
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