Emergency Medicine - Medical Student Electives
Senior medical students who are interested in completing an elective in CMU Healthcare's Department of Emergency Medicine can contact:
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Emergency Medicine
During the Emergency Medicine clerkship, the student will:
- develop
skills in quickly establishing a doctor/patient relationship
in the busy Emergency Department, while assessing the patient's
complaint in an effective and efficient manner
- gain
an understanding of the initial clinical approach to and the
management of multiple medical, surgical, and traumatic conditions
and learn an expedient, priority-directed evaluation of emergency
medicine patients
- gain
an understanding of the relationships between the Emergency Department
and the other hospital departments, other members of the medical
staff and pre-hospital care systems
- gain
additional experience in radiographic and electrocardiogram interpretation
- be exposed to and develop skills in emergency procedures including airway management, wound care, splinting and establishing vascular access, etc.
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For more detailed information about the clerkship, please visit: