EM Rotations during Residency

[bubbadoc]

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Forgive me if this is one of those questions that has been beat to death already, or if I sound ignorant for asking, but I was looking at different residencies on the SAEM website and I had a question about the rotations you have during residency.

For instance, at one hospital, PGY-1 looks something like this:

EM-3
IM-2
Neuro/NS-1
*IPD Peds-1
Ortho-1
Trauma-1
SICU-1
Obstetrics-1
Anesth/Radiology-1

with the following years looking somewhat similar, albeit a few different rotations/lengths.

Is this so that when you become an attending you have a very wide range of skills that will make you the best ED physician you can possibly be? Or is this simply for you to explore your interests and help you choose a fellowship?

Thank you.

 

[Daiphon]

Without getting into the argument about what rotations SHOULD be in an EM residency, know that the ACGME/RRC-EM have specific ideas about what is needed in order to have your residency program become accredited (http://www.acgme.org/acWebsite/RRC_110/110_prIndex.asp).

That being said, there is significant leeway from site to site as to how best meet these goals; and thus why rotations differ from program to program.

Your last paragraph hits the nail on the head: EP's are essentially the last "true" physicians out there, in that we take all ages/genders/problems and deal with it. We get our consultants involved, sure, but we never turn away patients. As such, we need to have as broad a body of knowledge as possible. It's not like med school where you need to do all the "core" rotations in order to try & figure out what you want to do in medicine...

Cheers!
-t

 

[bubbadoc]

Without getting into the argument about what rotations SHOULD be in an EM residency, know that the ACGME/RRC-EM have specific ideas about what is needed in order to have your residency program become accredited (http://www.acgme.org/acWebsite/RRC_110/110_prIndex.asp).

That being said, there is significant leeway from site to site as to how best meet these goals; and thus why rotations differ from program to program.

Your last paragraph hits the nail on the head: EP's are essentially the last "true" physicians out there, in that we take all ages/genders/problems and deal with it. We get our consultants involved, sure, but we never turn away patients. As such, we need to have as broad a body of knowledge as possible. It's not like med school where you need to do all the "core" rotations in order to try & figure out what you want to do in medicine...

Cheers!
-t

Thank you, I really appreciate the response.