Emergency Medicine
Specialty Elective Guide: Emergency Medicine
1. Elective Rotations Highly Recommended
- Away Emergency Medicine rotation at an institution with an EM residency program (highly recommended)
- Cardiographics
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Ultrasound
- Trauma
- Critical Care
- EMS
- Medical Toxicology
- Anesthesia (schedule for later in year)
- Areas of personal deficiency (Cardiographics, Radiology, Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, etc.)
2. Sub-I Recommended
- Any
3. Narrative Comments
Emergency Medicine is a broad field so most electives have the potential to be helpful. Students with an interest in emergency medicine should take one emergency medicine elective at an institution that has a residency in that specialty in addition to their home EM rotation.
Specialty Advisors: Brian Barbas, MD (brian.barbas@lumc.edu); Matthew Baluzy, MD (matthew.baluzy@lumc.edu); Jason Palmatier, MD (jason.palmatier@lumc.edu); Trent Reed, DO (treed1@lumc.edu); David Snow, MD (david.c.snow@lumc.edu)
1. Elective Rotations Highly Recommended
- Away Emergency Medicine rotation at an institution with an EM residency program (highly recommended)
- Cardiographics
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Ultrasound
- Trauma
- Critical Care
- EMS
- Medical Toxicology
- Anesthesia (schedule for later in year)
- Areas of personal deficiency (Cardiographics, Radiology, Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, etc.)
2. Sub-I Recommended
- Any
3. Narrative Comments
Emergency Medicine is a broad field so most electives have the potential to be helpful. Students with an interest in emergency medicine should take one emergency medicine elective at an institution that has a residency in that specialty in addition to their home EM rotation.
Specialty Advisors: Brian Barbas, MD (brian.barbas@lumc.edu); Matthew Baluzy, MD (matthew.baluzy@lumc.edu); Jason Palmatier, MD (jason.palmatier@lumc.edu); Trent Reed, DO (treed1@lumc.edu); David Snow, MD (david.c.snow@lumc.edu)