EM Residency Curriculum and Rotations | Ohio State College of Medicine

Our Curriculum

Residents spend the majority of their clinical emergency medicine time at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, with additional shifts in the Emergency Department at Ohio State University East Hospital, our affiliated community hospital. Nationwide Children's Hospital is located in close proximity to the OSUWMC and serves as the primary training site for pediatric emergency medicine encounters. Residents spend one block at NCH during their intern year and pediatric shifts are longitudinally incorporated into the PGY2 and 3 EM blocks. Additionally, a community emergency medicine selective is offered a two local community emergency departments, Mt. Carmel Health Systems and Adena Fayette Medical Center. Five critical care rotations are spread across all three years of training, including a trauma surgical critical care rotation at Grant Medical Center, a level 1 trauma center. To round out the residency experience, we offer the opportunity to spend a selective month working at Kaiser Permanente in Honolulu or Pali Momi Medical Center in Aiea, Hawaii.

PGY-1 Curriculum (13 blocks)
The orientation curriculum in the first block is designed to orient new residents to the emergency departments at both Ohio State and Nationwide Children's, offer an intensive didactic experience highlighting management of emergent patient conditions, evaluation of ACGME level one milestones, and provide experience and certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). Interns also participate in a mastery-based procedural competency curriculum in the simulation center, prior to performing procedures in the clinical environment.
- Orientation - 1 Block
- Adult Emergency Medicine/Vacation - 4 Blocks
- Social Emergency Medicine (OSU East)/ Vacation - 1 block
- Cardiology - 1 Block
- Orthopedics (OSU or Grant) - 1 Block
- MICU - 1 Block
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NCH) - 1 Block
- Anesthesia/Ultrasound/Vacation - 1 Block
- OBGYN/Toxicology - 1 Block
- EMS/SICU - 1 Block
PGY-2 Curriculum (13 blocks)
During the second year, emphasis is placed on Emergency Medicine, with rotations at four sites to expose the resident to diverse clinical environments. This focus is on development of progressive autonomy in patient management. In addition, the residents will expand their critical care knowledge with rotations in the Pediatric ICU, Trauma/Surgical ICU, as well as an ICU selective month.
- Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine - 8 Blocks
  - Longitudinal Pediatric Experience (NCH) is Equivalent to 2 Blocks
- Adult Community Emergency Medicine Selective (Mt. Carmel/Adena Fayette) - 1 Block
- ICU Selective (CVICU, NCCU or SICU) - 1 Block
- Elective - 1 Block
- PICU/Ultrasound - 1 Block
  Trauma Surgery Critical Care (Grant) - 1 Block
PGY-3 Curriculum (13 blocks)
The third year of the program provides the senior resident with the opportunity to accept responsibility for managing many patients simultaneously, while supervising and teaching junior level residents and students in the emergency departments of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Ohio State University Hospital East and Nationwide Children's Hospital. This graded responsibility helps senior residents gain independence and expertise in managing the department. The senior resident will receive experience in emergency department administration and management of emergency medical service systems.
- Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine - 9.75 Blocks
  - Longitudinal Pediatric Experience (NCH) is Equivalent to 2 Blocks
  Ultrasound - 0.25 Blocks
- MICU - 1 Block
- Elective/Vacation - 1 Block
- Hawai’i/International - 1 Block

Curriculum and Rotations for Emergency Medicine Residency

Our Curriculum

PGY-1 Curriculum (13 blocks)

PGY-2 Curriculum (13 blocks)

PGY-3 Curriculum (13 blocks)

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