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Clinical CurriculumClinical excellence in every possible setting: this is the number one goal of the Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine. We achieve this through a unique, complementary training situation that spans a wide variety of patient populations and training situations. These situations vary from the quintessential Level I county ED experience of Denver Health to the classic tertiary care environment at the University of Colorado Hospital. Solid pediatric training is ensured through the inclusion of rotations at The Children's Hospital, a Level I pediatric trauma center and tertiary referral pediatric, as well as through the new Denver Emergency Center for Children (DECC), the level II pediatric ED and trauma center at Denver Health. Clinical rotations at Exempla St. Joseph's, a large private hospital Emergency Department, provide our residents training in an environment where efficiency of care and disposition is paramount. It is this combination of varied training environments, and challenging clinical experiences, which form the crux of the Denver Health residency experience. These varied experiences are critical in the training of emergency medicine residents who are ready to care for any patient, anywhere, at any time. It has been a general policy of the residency since 1977 that the resident will never function unsupervised at any time in any of the emergency departments in this program. At least one staff physician is present 24 hours per day in all emergency departments. All of the Emergency Department attending physicians throughout the program are board certified or eligible in Emergency Medicine. The vast majority are also residency trained in emergency medicine. A resident can realistically expect to work an average of 50-60 hours per week in the clinical, didactic, and academic endeavors of this residency. All required rotations have written goals and objectives, which are periodically reviewed to ensure a valid learning experience. In addition, mechanisms are in place to frequently assess resident experiences in their varied rotations, allowing for a dynamic program that seeks to maximize the resident learning experience. The Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine is an institution that has spent over thirty years refining its curriculum to maximize its residents' clinical education and experience. Over the years, we have striven to mold our program into one that represents excellence and leadership in the field of emergency medicine. A graded ladder of responsibility has been constructed to shape residents in their training. A focus on basic skills and procedures is emphasized in the first and second year while the third and fourth years allow increasing levels of responsibility for more critically ill medical and trauma patients. This ladder culminates in a position of departmental leadership as the senior resident at Denver Health. The senior is responsible for the function of the entire emergency department. Responsibilities as senior resident at Denver Health include the direct supervision of all medical students and interns, serving as a resource to EM2 and EM3 residents, leading and teaching nurses, supervising the observation unit, and responding to incoming paramedic calls. Residents become optimal clinicians, multi-taskers, and educators who are prepared for any clinical experience in the field of emergency medicine. For more information: |
