Overview
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Curriculum Overview
Resident training is aimed at the development of outstanding clinical, research, and leadership skills through clinical rotations and educational programs. The clinical rotations are designed to provide exposure to patient populations and disease that will be encountered when in practice and include three months of critical care experience, dedicated pediatric rotations in the ED and in the PICU, three months of community hospital experience, EMS, administration and elective time. A regularly scheduled comprehensive series of conferences contributes to the strong foundation of the emergency medicine residents' education. The core content in emergency medicine is covered in a series of monthly topic modules and are taught through case conferences, didactic lectures, simulation, and review of controversial or current literature pertaining to that content area.
Residents will participate in PALS, ACLS, BLS, NRP, ATLS, and ultrasound courses during their training with the opportunity to become instructors. The residents will also have an opportunity to practice procedures in a cadaver lab and practice resuscitations in Duke's simulation center using the SimMan electronic patient simulator. Emergency airway is a focus of the curriculum, with dedicated procedure labs scheduled throughout the year. Wellness topics are built into our conference schedule. Evidence-based medicine and research topics are integrated in the curriculum, led by Duke's cutting-edge clinical research faculty. We will also have annual resident retreats where the program is reviewed in its entirety by faculty and residents.
Resident competency is assessed in a variety of ways that place the burden of assessment on the resident. In addition to faculty evaluations of the resident during their clinical rotations, residents receive feedback from the nurses, are provided monthly exams, images and cases to self-assess fund of knowledge, simulation and procedural labs, and oral board review. In addition, residents will be expected to take the Emergency Medicine In-Service examination annually. Through this process, the residents will receive continuous feedback on their performance and can identify individual strengths and areas in need of improvement. Every resident, with their mentor and the program director, develops a performance improvement plan bi-annually that is used to track their clinical progress in all six core competencies.
First Year: The first year of training is designed to give a resident the strong background in various specialties, which they will need to practice clinical medicine. More »
Second Year: The second year resident will continue to perfect the skills of physical diagnosis and stabilization of the critically ill patient in addition to polishing their interpersonal and communication skills. More »
Third Year: The third year is a time of perfecting clinical skills and improving supervisory and administrative skills. More » |
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Leadership
Duke attendings are leaders in ACEP, SAEM, NCCEP, and CORD. Duke residents have excellent opportunities to become involved in regional and national emergency medicine organizations including EMRA, the Emergency Medicine Residents Association.
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