Assignments
Logs:
Each student will transfer the chief complaints and procedures to the computer (like you have done for other clerkships). Please note only 1 chief complaint per patient. If the patient has multiple complaints, use the complaint that best represents the patient's major reason for the ED visit.
If you didn't have assigned patients with specific condition, please use
alternatives simulations/cases listed in below table: Abdominal Pain/Acute Abdomen Emergency Simple Cases 9,12 -MedU Chest pain Emergency Simple case 1, 2 -MedU Dehydration/Hypovolemia Emergency Sakai Dyspnea Emergency Simple Cases 4, 30 -MedU Headache Emergency Sakai Musculoskeletal Pain/Disorder Emergency fm Cases 4,11,25 -MedU Nausea/Vomiting Emergency Sakai Syncope Emergency Simple Case 3 -MedU Injury/Burns Emergency Wise MD Trauma & Burn Module
Student PICO Presentation:
A brief presentation on an Emergency Medicine topic of interest. This could be an
interesting case, management pearl, diagnostic or therapeutic
information, or general EM pathology. This should be driven primarily
by a student's particular interest or by an EM case seen during clinical
shifts. Use a PICO statement to craft your clinical question, query for
literature to support medical decision making, and determine the answer
to your question. You will present your findings during the
clinical question conference. Your presentation will be brief
(maximum of 5 minutes, with and without PowerPoint is acceptable) which
will allow time for group discussion afterwards. Your presentation
should include your PICO statement, resources obtained with an
evaluation of the resource information, and a conclusion regarding your
answer to the question.
Educational Day Quizzes: All quizzes, 9 mandatory, are to be completed by 8 am on the day of the corresponding educational day and will be closed after that. Students are allowed to miss one question per quiz, otherwise should continue taking it until this standard is obtained. Please check the quizzes list/links on Lumen/EM/Student Planner.
EPA 10/ IPE form: recognize a patient requiring urgent or emergent care and initiate evaluation and management. Students are required to follow at least three ambulance patients, fill in a brief notation on provided card and have the attending on the case sign off that they discussed this with you. IPE checklist, please mark cases you saw/did and get signed off by a nurse. By the end of rotation evaluation meeting, return both to the coordinator Renata Barylowicz, Dr Barbas or Dr. Palmatier.
Required Reading
Please read the section from the text book HARWOOD-NUSS CLINICAL
PRACTICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, entitled "The Approach to the
Patient in the Emergency Department", introduction through
resources:
Required readings can be found on the left side of
the library homepage at http://library.luhs.org.
Reflection Paper
All students are required to write a 1 page reflection paper to be turned in
electronically no later than at the time of the final exam. It should be 1
page (i.e. about 2-3 paragraphs) and can be double spaced. You are to reflect
on how the ED experience interplays with social justice and the final sentence
should conclude with a statement about your personal commitment to the service
of others in the future. Please email it to the coordinator at
rbarylo@luc.edu by the end of the
clerkship.
The reflection process should be guided by the RFLCT acronym:
R: Recall: an experience. Spend 5
minutes before writing to contemplate the experience.
F: Formulate: a summary. Include key "facts of the case" and identify feelings
about experience.
L: Learn: from the successes and
shortcomings you experienced; think about your role in the encounter (who am
I?), how it shapes who you are becoming, and is it the type of physician you
want to be?
C: Change by identifying one area for growth,
development, and improvement. It may focus on something that did not go well or
building on a strength.
T: Transition with a sense of
gratitude for this learning opportunity and something you can build on as your
formation as a physician, make a tangible pledge to move forward