Emergency Medicine
Visiting Student Elective in Emergency Medicine: EMED-442
Department: Emergency Medicine
Instructor: David Lane, MD
Phone: (202) 444-0684
Location: Georgetown University Hospital and Washington Hospital Center
Duration: 4 weeks
Max Students: Variable
Description: Experience Emergency Medicine in two high acuity departments in our Nation’s Capital.
This four week rotation for senior medical students includes the following:
1. Clinical shifts in two urban Emergency Departments
2. Sim Lab with central line, intubation, ultrasound and suture stations
3. Teaching shift with a senior Emergency Medicine Resident
4. Poison Control Center toxicology session
5. Invitation to weekly GU/WHC EM Residency Lecture series
Our students evaluate and treat patients in close conjunction with EM Residents and EM Attending Physicians. Many shifts provide one-on-one teaching with the EM Attending, accelerating your development as a future EM physician.
Visit us to view further details on this elective. Please see here for the 2013-2014 EM syllabus to use when applying for the program.
Emergency Medicine: EMED-440
Department: Emergency Medicine
Instructor: David Lane, MD
Phone: (202) 444-0684
Location: Washington, DC
Duration: 4 weeks*
Times Available: Blocks 1-5 and 7-10
Max Students: 25 students/block
Description: For those Georgetown University Medical School students interested in a career in Emergency Medicine, an outside elective at another institution in Washington, DC (but not one of the institutions that are part of the required rotation) can be arranged. This elective should be arranged in advance. NO VISITING STUDENTS.
*Interested students should communicate with the instructor regarding availability well in advance of their planned rotation. Please note the EM syllabus and schedule listed when planning for residency interviews, weddings, etc.
Transition to Intern Year in Emergency Medicine: EMED-503
Department: Emergency Medicine
Instructor: Lisa Jacobson, MD
Phone: (202) 877-7632
Location: Washington Hospital Center
Duration: 2 weeks (Not offered in AY13-14)
Max Students: 12 students/block
Description: This two-week elective uses high-fidelity simulation intended to replicate the patient presentations that students will soon encounter on the wards as interns, where they will, at times, be first responders making critical decisions. High fidelity simulation places the student in a realistic environment with interactive vital signs, physical findings, and realistic patient responses to actions and medications. This environment allows the student to make autonomous decisions in a safe environment providing hands-on practice of the skills required to manage such situations. The course is designed to include six days of simulation training followed by debriefing sessions, which will include reviewing videos of participants during the simulation. The first week will include a "skills day" to practice placing venous access, managing compromised airways and performing lumbar punctures. The second week will include a day of problem-based learning cases focused on topics commonly encountered by interns but not specifically addressed through simulation.
Emergency Medicine Clinical Bedside Ultrasound- EMED-511
Department: Emergency Medicine
Instructor: Elizabeth (Beth) Pontius, MD, RDMS, FAAEM
Phone: (202) 444-0684
Location: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Reporting Time and Place: Students will be contacted with specific information, but generally they will report to MedStar WHC Emergency Department on the first day of the rotation.
Duration: 4 weeks
Times Available: September until April every academic calendar year (not available Blocks 1, 2, or 6)
Max Students: 1 student/block
Description: The fourth year medical student will be introduced to point-of-care ultrasound in the Emergency Department to answer a specific medical question based on patient history and clinical presentation.
Introduction to Ultrasound- Ultrasound allows for the integration of clinical physical exam skills with the basic science of anatomy taught in the first year of medical school. Emergency Ultrasound specifically integrates three specific critical physician skills. The first skill is the identification of the appropriate patient based on presenting complaint. The second skill is acquiring high quality images with the ultrasound machine at the bedside. The third component is the integration of the acquired ultrasound images into the clinical picture and laboratories for the patient.
Goals and objectives- To introduce fourth year medical students to the technological and diagnostic capabilities of point-of-care emergency medicine ultrasound incorporating the six patient core competencies.