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Emergency Medicine

Course Name:Emergency Medicine
Course Number:ME-404
Elective Type:A
Coordinator(s):Jan Rockwood M.D.  (Primary)
Janrockwood@charter.net
Department:Emergency Medicine
Sites Available:Health Alliance-Leominster Hospital
Months Offered:July - May 
Number of Students / Month:
Prerequisites:Completion of Surgery and Medicine clerkships and a Letter of Goodstanding from medical school is needed. 
Elective Description: This elective will offer 4th year students an opportunity to participate in the care of patients in a busy community Emergency Dept. (130 patients per day average). Students will evaluate patients and then develop a diagnostic and treatment plan under the guidance of an emergency physician. They will also perform certain procedures with supervision (including suturing, splinting, foreign body removal, I & D, cautery, LP and CPR). In addition to reviewing each patient with an emergency physician, the student may also arrange case reviews and informal teaching sessions. 
Note: NA
Location:
Health Alliance-Leominster Hospital
60 Hospital Road
Leominster, MA
01453-8004
Website: http://www.umassmed.edu/emed/