Educational Opportunities
Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds on Wednesday mornings from 8am-1pm serves as the center of our didactic training. This is protected time and residents attend whether on-service or off-service, as the ED is staffed by attendings during this time. We frequently have visiting Emergency Medicine Department Chairs as guest lecturers in addition to our own faculty expertise. In addition, residents hone their speaking skills by providing lectures to their colleagues. Our format is a mixture of evidence-based lectures, clinical pathology cases (CPCs), M&M, Journal Club, oral boards review and case reports.
Morning Report
In addition to Grand Rounds, our residents participate in daily Morning Report. Morning Report is a oral-boards format case presented each morning from 7:30 to 8:00 am. Nurses and ancillary staff join in once a week for collaborative rounds to promote team building.
Topical Mentoring
Topical Mentoring is a combined educational and social event held each month at a faculty home. Topical Mentoring offers us the opportunity to review and discuss cutting edge emergency medicine journal articles and also to discuss popular topics in EM, including finding a job, finances, and career longevity.
This provides a relaxed atmosphere to delve in depth into a given topic over food and beverages.
Topical Literature Review is a review of seminal articles in emergency medicine topics at an attending home. This provides a relaxed atmosphere to delve in depth into a given topic over food and beverages.
Procedures and Resuscitations
The Shock and Rescusitaion Unit (SRU) in our emergency department is rarely quiet. Managed by the third year resident, this busy area operates as both medical and traumatic resuscitation bays. Managing hundreds of resuscitations under attending guidance offers our residents critical care skills.
Procedures are done throughout the residency, however the second year resident has a special role as the primary procedure person in the SRU. In addition to managing chest tubes and central lines, all emergency airways are done by an emergency physician.
Teaching Opportunities
The University Of Cincinnati Department Of Emergency Medicine is committed to training our
residents as teachers. Both clinical bedside and didactic teaching is emphasized here. Our
residents share lecture responsibilities and lecture on evidence based topics, clinical pathology
cases, and case reports. Upper level residents and attending physicians help prepare younger
residents for presentations to help them develop the strong presentation skills required for
academic physicians. In addition, residents are responsible for precepting medical students on
rotation in the Emergency Department.
Ample opportunity exists for those desiring additional teaching opportunities. Residents are
encouraged to participate in the training of paramedics, as well become ACLS, ATLS course
instructors. In addition, the popular teaching elective emphasizes self evaluation and
improvement of bedside and didactic teaching skills.
Leadership Opportunities
In Cincinnati, we strongly believe in developing leadership skills and helping residents reach thier full potential. Below is a list of some of the potential opportunities:
- Wilderness Medicine Elective
- Research: Basic, Clinical and Translational
- EM Chapter Writing
- EMS Assistant Medical Direction
- International Medicine Electives
- Observational Medicine Protocols
- Administrative Electives
- Urban Search and Rescue (USAR)
- Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT)
- Special Weapons and Tactics- Medical (SWAT)
- Stroke Team Electives
- Mass Gathering Medicine
Research Opportunities
This program offers its residents the opportunity to become involved in a
research program which is among the most productive in the nation. The
department boasts full-time, dedicated
Research Division that includes full-time personnel and a research
associate support staff. Elective time is available for interested residents to
pursue research in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years. In addition, many residents pursue
research projects during free time in clinical rotations. There are many
ongoing research projects at both the basic science and clinical level.
University of Cincinnati Emergency Medicine residents and faculty have
presented at numerous meetings worldwide, including the Society for Academic
Emergency Medicine (SAEM) , American Heart Association, European Society of
Cardiology, American College of Cardiology, and Hyperbaric Medicine . A monthly
Research Seminar Series has been developed to increase resident exposure to
basic science research and to explore the clinical relevance of ongoing
projects. Funding is available to support those residents presenting their
original work at national meetings through the resident research fund.
A sample of current research projects include:
- Treatment trials in acute heart failure, neurologic emergencies and angioedema
- Diagnostic studies and risk stratification and in acute heart failure, massively transfused trauma patients, and traumatic brain injury
- Quality improvement, implementation and comparative effectiveness research
- HIV screening in the ED and prevalence of undiagnosed HIV in the ED
- Clinical research ethics and exception from informed consent
- Health systems interventions to improve access to healthcare
- Observational studies of soft tissue infections and cellulitis
- Research on educational effectiveness, including simulation
- Animal studies of the role of CD 14 in AAA formation
- In vitro models of clot lysis and testing of new therapies for stroke
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