| 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: |
1 |
| 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/ |