Pediatric Emergency Medicine- Second Year

Institution: Children's Hospitals and Clinics- St. Paul

Duration in Months: 1 Month

Year of Training: EM2

Educational objectives:

1.     Demonstrate appropriate knowledge and skills to resuscitate infants and children with acute life threatening emergencies.

2.     Demonstrate appropriate knowledge and skills to treat infants and children with urgent or acute medical or surgical problems.

3.     Develop familiarity with procedural skills used in caring for infants and children with emergent or urgent medical or surgical problems.

Description of clinical experiences:

This rotation occurs at Children’s Health Care - St. Paul Emergency Department.  Residents will rotate 6 weeks in the EM-2 year and approximately 16 shifts throughout the EM-3 year.  The emphasis of the rotation will be clinical evaluation of infants and children with emergent and urgent problems.

Description of didactic experiences:

The resident is responsible for case presentation at the monthly citywide peds/EM conference.  EM Residents are expected to attend weekly EM core at the primary training site.

Evaluation process:

Residents receive a written summary evaluation that is completed after the resident has completed the rotation. This evaluation is available for the resident to review and is part of the formal review that residents receive every six months.

Feedback mechanisms:

Direct and informal feedback is given by the pediatric EM attending during the clinical time that they work with the resident.