First Year Curriculum
Detailed list of first year rotations. Click on rotation name to see more detail on each.
Regions Emergency Department
- 14.2 weeks
- Primary responsibility for patients under faculty supervision
- PGY-1 emergency medicine residents will work approximately 55 hours per week.
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
- 5.8 weeks
- Participate as member of the Trauma Team on Trauma Activations
- Resident has same level of responsibility as PGY-1 in surgery
- Majority of time spent with SICU patients on the Trauma Service
Cardiology
- 4 weeks
- Patients requiring cardiology consultation
- Resident works directly with attending Cardiology staff
Medical Intensive Care Unit
- 4 weeks
- Patients admitted to the ICU and CCU with primary responsibility for patient care
- Resident has same level of responsibility as PGY-1 in internal medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology
- 4 weeks
- Labor and delivery and outpatient clinics
Orthopedics
- 4 weeks
- Provide emergency care for orthopedic problems in the emergency department and orthopedic outpatient clinics
Anesthesia
- 4 weeks
- Opportunity to learn endotracheal/nasotracheal intubation, use of pharmacologic adjuncts to intubation
- Clinic experience in ophthalmology and plastic surgery.
Children's Hospital - Minneapolis
- 4 weeks
- Evaluation and management of pediatric patients with urgent medical and surgical conditions.
Plastic and Hand Surgery
- 4 weeks
- This time is focused on management of hand injury, as well as exposure to management of wounds in general
Emergency Medical Services
- 4 weeks
- Ride with ambulances
- Opportunities for air ambulance experience
- Structured educational experience in prehospital medical control
