Medical Students Programs

Students applying for a departmental scholarship should be in their fourth year of medical school with plans to apply for an Emergency Medicine residency position. The scholarship is open to all and is intended for students who have demonstrated a special interest in serving rural and urban medically underserved areas to improve healthcare access and eliminate health inequities.

Students interested in applying for either the College of Medicine or Departmental Scholarships should apply for the rotation through VSLO and contact Stephanie Hazen at Stephanie.Hazen@osumc.edu to receive scholarship application instructions. Students will not be awarded more than one scholarship. All application materials along with the rotation application will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We will notify scholarship recipients as soon as they are selected.

Ohio State University College of Medicine interest groups and courses

Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG)

EMIG serves to provide students with early exposure to the field of Emergency Medicine and it’s subspecialties. Throughout the year, the group organizes educational panels, workshops, and procedure labs for the student body. ED shadowing opportunities are available to students interested in emergency medicine by contacting EMIG. Students that wish to shadow must have their current PPD on file and have taken the Ohio State University Medical Center HIPAA training.

Faculty Advisor: Matthew Malone

Ultrasound Interest Groups (USIG)

USIG serves to educate medical students on the use of point-of-care ultrasound in direct patient care. Students have the opportunity to complete extracurricular educational programs in Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced ultrasound skills. They can also volunteer through the Trained Simulated Ultrasound Patient Program (TSUP) and serve as ultrasound models for various educational programs in UME, GME, and faculty development. USIG also has a very active research group which encourages students to conduct, present, and disseminate ultrasound related research. Faculty

Advisor: Dave Bahner

Wilderness Medicine Interest Group (WMIG)

WMIG serves to educate medical students on topics and skills required to provide emergent medical in austere settings. Throughout the year, the group organizes educational lectures, workshop, and procedure labs for the student body.

Faculty Advisor: Matthew Malone

MS3 selective in Emergency Medicine 

Third year medical students have the option to complete a 2-week selective in Emergency Medicine as part of their Patients within Populations (PWP) ring. In addition to completing shifts at Ohio State University Main and Ohio State University East hospitals, students will complete a medic ride along, attend EM resident conference, engage in a custom simulation experience, and present a case at a student case conference.

Faculty Lead: Benajamin Ostro

Advanced Management in Hospital Based Care - Emergency Medicine (AMHBC-EM)

AMHBC-EM is a mandatory rotation for all Ohio State University College of Medicine fourth-year students. Students schedule their preference of clinical site:

• Grant Medical Center in Columbus, OH
• Mt. Carmel Medical East in Columbus, OH
• Riverside Hospital in Columbus, OH
• The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Ohio State East Hospital in Columbus, OH
• St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima,OH 
• Mercy Health, Springfield Regional Medical Center in Springfield, OH
• Madison Health in London, OH
• Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH

Course Director: Christopher San Miguel, AMHBC Director: Kristen Lewis

Advanced Management in Relationship Based Care – Ambulatory (AMRCC)

Students can select to complete their 80 clinical hours for the AMRCC-Ambulatory course at our Advanced Urgent Care. Students work directly alongside EM attendings at our Martha Morehouse and Dublin locations. In addition, students complete a didactic session covering common urgent care chief complaints and a procedure lab.

Faculty Lead: Kimberly Bambach

Advanced competency in emergency preparedness and disaster response

The primary objective of this course is to teach and assess medical students' ability to provide care in disaster scenarios. Contemporary disasters, like the COVID-19 Pandemic, terrorist attacks (Paris, Las Vegas), and Hurricanes (Harvey, Katrina) have engaged the interest of medical students and educators alike in disaster preparedness. This longitudinal elective will provide pandemic, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), and disaster preparedness education by marshalling local resources to provide practical experiences.

Course Director: Nicholas Kman 

Honors Ultrasound (gives advanced competency credit)

Honors Ultrasound is an in-depth focus on ultrasound during a 10-month longitudinal rotation for fourth-year medical students. In addition, there is a 4 year advanced competency in ultrasound which students begin completing requirements for during their 1st year in medical school.

Course Director: David Bahner

Advanced competency in teaching in medicine

This course provides students with an introduction to medical education. Course topics and assignments include educational theory, curriculum development, assessment, gamification, FOAMed, and medical simulation. As part of the course students produce educational products which they can implement into their teaching and add to their teaching portfolios.

Course Director: Krystin Miller

Advanced Topics in Emergency Medicine (ATEM)

This elective course is designed for students interested in pursuing emergency medicine in residency and is a required component of the EM specialty track. ATEM is a 10-month longitudinal course for the fourth-year medical students with a 2, week concentrated bootcamp in March. Educational sessions and assessments focus on topic and procedures aimed at helping students transition from medical students to EM intern.

Course Director: Lauren Branditz