basic google search...
The Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Residency Program teaches resident PAs the advanced skills, knowledge, and humanistic qualities that constitute the foundation of a successful emergency medicine practice.
surgery.duke.edu
Vituity Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant (EMPA) Fellowship at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (909) 580-2178 Arrowhead Regional Medical Center 400 North Pepper Avenue Suite 1M107 Colton, CA 92324 Application Deadline: June 2 Fellowship Start: October 30 Length of program: 14 months Class...
appap.org
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www.bcm.edu
The Staten Island Emergency Medicine Residency Website
www.statenislandem.com
www.einstein.edu
www.fresno.ucsf.edu
Johns Hopkins Bayview is a vibrant academic medical center, offering services that range from primary care and emergency medicine, to specialized centers.
www.hopkinsmedicine.org
and many more.
One PA wrote about her experience here:
A Day or Night in the Life of an Emergency Medicine Fellow
"When I applied there were about
12 programs in the country that met the
Society of Emergency Medicine PAs (SEMPA) Standards for Postgraduate training." That was in 2019.
I recall and old post over 10 years old now on the physician assistant forums that detailed the experiences of one such "resident".
Since some folks expressed interest in me doing some sort of journal of my foray into the residency world, I thought I'd keep a running post on this board as opposed to doing some sort of blog- mostly because it's easier to just post here than to maintain some separate website. I'm all about effi...
www.physicianassistantforum.com
Some pearls:
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Even though formal shifts don't start until late July, we do have some "ED-lite" shifts every so often this month, where we may work an occasional 6-hour shift during the week or a 12-hour shift on the weekends. The idea of course is that we get our feet wet without being thrown into the deep end. This is unlike the other departments in the hospital, where they immediately start their interns on shifts as soon as possible. Both the PA's and the physician interns are doing the exact same thing this month."
Of course. Every EM intern gets baby shifts to ease right into it. Standard practice. Right?!
"There is, of course, a MOUND of reading to do, but having very few shifts to do this month enables me to spend as much time as I want to review stuff while also
picking up detailed facts that weren't covered in PA school."
False. PA school = medical school
"The month of orientation is now over. There had to been just a LITTLE jealously among interns on other services when they see we were only working once a week and otherwise were taking classes during the day, but this has really helped in transition into the culture here."
hmmm.
"My first full month in the ER is over...
...The senior residents, while they are adjusting to their new roles of running each area of the ER, are also very understanding of “the kids”, since they were just in our shoes a few years ago. And at no time has anyone looked down on me simply because I’m a PA-
I’m seen no differently than the physician interns in regards to what patients I’m allowed to see."
Nothing to see here folks. Move along.
" In the ER, we generally work 6 days in a row, followed by three days off. The shifts vary from 9A-7P, 7P-7A, 7P-5A, 7A-7P, Noon-Midnight, or 9P-7A...so depending on the shift, it's either 10 or 12 hours. This means I never work more than 80 hours/week, but it comes close. The shifts also alternate between the three different areas of the ER."
Ok this seems legit.
"This past weekend was exactly one year since I graduated PA school, which gave me some time to reflect on where I"m at now with my career. One year later....absolutely no regrets about doing this program.
I really don't know where I am in relation to a PA who just got hired on with an ER straight out of school without any prior experience....all I know is that compared to some of my physician resident colleagues, I'm doing well."
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As an non-ER doc this is incredible. Literally training your replacements.
You have an ER with 2 midlevels and 1 ED doc on during the busiest hours.
ER volumes continue to grow year after year.
When the admin finally get around to support increasing staffing what do you think they will do?
They won't add a second physician. They will add another PA. All the better if they are "residency trained".
And who do you think that new PA/NP will go to when the have a question?
"Hey doc I had this funny ECG. You mind taking a look at it?" Meanwhile you are still seeing well over 2pph on your own. If there was another doc there you know they would be able to handle their s***.
Just increased liability and another way for them to decrease your
effective pay without making it look like a paycut. More work for same pay is a paycut in my books.
EDIT:
look at the Staten Island program. It pays 94k a year and is a 24 month program. At that point you are really blurring the lines between physicians and non-physicians. The Staten Island PGY-1 residents will get paid 73K as of June 2020. This is a sad joke.
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