Georgetown Medical Student Rotation in Emergency Medicine

Course Name: Student Clerkship in Emergency Medicine
Course Number: EMED-440
Director: David Lane, MD
Email: david.lane@gunet.georgetown.edu
Prerequisites: Fourth year Georgetown medical students
Offered: July-April
Location: Georgetown University Hospital and Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Students may also choose to rotate at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, MD.
Duration: 4 weeks / Blocks 1-5 and 7-8

Description

This four week rotation for Georgetown senior medical students includes the following:

• Clinical shifts in two urban Emergency Departments
• Simulation Lab with central line, intubation, ultrasound and suture stations
• Teaching shift with a senior Emergency Medicine Resident
• Poison Control Center toxicology session
• 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.