West Virginia University Charleston Division Internal Medicine Residency Curriculum

Emergency Medicine
Goal & Educational Purpose	Familiarize the medicine resident with assessment and management of all types of unselected emergency department cases, to include trauma, pediatric, surgical, obstetrics, gynecologic and medical patients with special emphasis on the stabilization, emergency diagnosis and emergency treatment of such cases.
Objectives	The resident should see the above problems with particular attention to the areas of: ALCS techniques ATLS techniques intubation acute fluid resuscitation of trauma and medical patients rapid diagnostic techniques rapid venous access suturing placement of nasogastric tubes placement of foly catheters arterial puncture arterial lines indications for and emergency interpretation of radiology studies lumbar puncture advance directives and living wills abilities and limitations of emergency response personnel and non-physician emergency department staff determination of surgical or medical nature of problems in patients not triaged by physicians
Educational Content	2 months of emergency medicine rotation, no-triaged patients evaluate patients when consulted while on other services, triaged patients, particularly frequent when on medical team and cardiology attend emergency medicine conferences when on that rotation attend the first three months of medicine conferences during the new academic year, emergencies and acute management are stressed ACLS ATLS (optional) evaluate patients in emergency medical observation care (EMOC) unit when on medicine team and cardiology
Evaluation	EM attending evaluation of resident resident evaluation of rotation and attendings attending evaluation of residents on medical team and cardiology resident's meeting feedback survey of residents post rotation to assess meeting of objectives meetings between program director(s) and EM director(s)
Reading List	Washington Manual Ferri UpToDate®