Hennepin County Medical Center

Institution: Hennepin County Medical Center Emergency Department

Year of Training: EM2

Educational objectives:

Develop competency to practice in a different urban emergency department environment.

Description of clinical experiences:

Residents have the opportunity to see all types of patients.  They are supervised by attending staff.  They manage patients primarily.

Description of didactic experiences:

A minimum of five hours of didactic conferences is held each week.  All residents are excused for conferences and are expected to attend.  Additionally, there are EM conferences specific to Hennepin County Medical Center that residents are expected to attend.

Evaluation process:

Residents receive written evaluations after completing rotation to the ED.  They are evaluated on their knowledge base, facility to perform procedural skills as appropriate for their level of training and professional attitudes.  Residents are responsible for keeping track of all procedures performed.  These logbooks are reviewed at least twice a year by the Program Director.  Annual oral examinations, the national in-service examination, and case presentations at conference are also used to evaluate residents.

Feedback mechanisms:

The faculty on duty in the Emergency Department provides immediate feedback.  Such feedback is considered most important in the resident’s education.  Several times during the year residents meet with their preceptors.  In addition, the Program Director meets with each resident twice each year to review the department’s evaluation of the resident.