4th Year Medical Student Clerkship
The Department of Emergency Medicine offers 4-week medical student electives in both Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. The rotations are designed to introduce students to the scope of EM, including principles of patient care and the basis for problem solving in the ED. Didactic sessions and hands-on procedure labs taught by faculty.
Medical students will be assigned individual patients that they are expected to follow throughout the patient’s course in the Emergency Department. There will always be an attending or a resident available for bedside teaching and to guide the student throughout this process.
Schedules
Students will be scheduled for an average of 16 shifts varying from 8 to 10 hours to 12 hours each during their rotation, inclusive of all days and nights and one full weekend.
Lectures and Labs
In addition to clinical shifts, students are required to attend the weekly academic conference on Wednesday mornings from 7 am to noon in the education conference center of the department. Skills sessions are hands-on procedure labs taught by residents and faculty, covering splinting, laceration repair, EKG interpretation and emergency ultrasound.
Applicants
Applicants should be fourth year medical students in good standing, at either an LCME or AOA approved medical school. Applicants should have completed all core clinical rotations (Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics and OB/ GYN) prior to their emergency medicine elective.
Interested students should contact our Residency Coordinator, Jennifer Cohen, at 718 226 1548.
Erica Olsen, MD
Director of Medical Student Education