K500 Emergency Medicine (Jacobi Medical Center)
Not Available to International Exchange Students
During this elective subinternship, which consists of two weeks at Jacobi and two weeks at Montefiore Medical Center, students learn the basics of Emergency Medicine through a process of carefully supervised immersion consisting of hands-on education. Although the vast majority of teaching and learning occurs at the bedside, the elective also includes 12 hours of didactics, encompassing the core topics in Emergency Medicine. The curriculum includes a suture workshop and an introduction to ACLS. Each didactic session is linked to several chapters in a text designed for those students who may be interested in more in-depth reading. A copy of this text is loaned to each student for the duration of the subinternship.
Dr. SmeetaVerma
(718) 918-5820
Modules: All, except 4AZ
Maximum students: 8-12 depending on the module
Please report for your Jacobi rotation on Monday, at 11:00am. You will be meeting with Ms. Elizabeth Morales who will assist you in obtaining the proper clearance to start your rotation. Ms. Morales can be contact directly by email at elizabeth.morales@nbhn.net or by phone at 718-918-5820, and she is located at: Jacobi Hospital Medical Center, 1400 Pelham Pkwy S., Building 6, Suite 1 B 25, Bronx, NY 10461
K500T Trauma in Emergency Medicine (Jacobi Medical Center)
Not Available to International Exchange Students
The Trauma in Emergency Medicine tutorial is a structured program designed to expose the student to the wide range of experiences of a busy Trauma Level I center. This interdisciplinary elective is arranged so that on the surgical side of the adult Jacobi Emergency Department will be augmented by exposure to the the trauma surgery, Orthopaedics and hyperbaric services. The medical student will be involved in the initial care of the trauma patient and will follow the OR significant trauma cases. The students will log all of their cases permitting them to follow up on these patients later in their hospitalization to discover the outcome of the patient's care. Weekly tutorial sessions covering the relevant trauma cases will be led by Emergency Medicine faculty. The two tutorial students will be the only other participants in this tutorial. There will be a vast amount of teaching directly connected to patient care at the bedside. There will also be 12 hours of didactics presented by EM/Einstein faculty. The student will be permitted to attend the morning didactic program including the joint EM/Surgery trauma rounds, EM follow-up rounds and the weekly EM core conferences. Jacobi is also the snakebite center for NYC and as such has a unique relationship with the Bronx Zoo. One morning will spent learning about poisonous animals at the Bronx Zoo. As one of two trauma centers in the Bronx, the pathology available to the students is remarkable. This is a unique opportunity to interact with the multiple disciplines involved in care of very ill trauma patients at an inner city trauma center.
Dr. Marianne Haughey
(718) 918-5820
Modules: 1A,1B,2A,2B,3A,3B,4A,4B
Maximum 2
Please report for your Jacobi rotation on Monday, at 11:00am. You will be meeting with Ms. Elizabeth Morales who will assist you in obtaining the proper clearance to start your rotation. Ms. Morales can be contact directly by email at elizabeth.morales@nbhn.net, or by phone at 718-918-5820, and she is located at: Jacobi Hospital Medical Center, 1400 Pelham Pkwy S., Building 6, Suite 1 B 25, Bronx, NY 10461
K700 Emergency Medicine (Long Island Jewish)
Not Available to Visiting Students
The Emergency Medicine elective at Long Island Jewish Medical Center introduces the student to Emergency Medicine in a Busy Department with a varied patient population and case mix. Under the supervision of a full-time Emergency Medicine faculty member, the student acts as the primary physician for patient with acute medical, surgical, psychiatric, obstetric/gynecologic and traumatic conditions. In addition, the student learns the basic principles of and gains on hand experience with such techniques as airway management, suturing, splinting, casting and use of slit lamp. LIJ is an 825 bed tertiary care hospital with an annual Emergency Department with a census if 55,000 patient visits, located on the border of Queens and Nassau Counties. A fully accredited Emergency Medicine Residency is in place, as well as a combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Attendings staff the Emergency Department 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with specific responsibilities for patient care, teaching and supervision. Students work approximately 40 clinical hours per week in the Emergency Department. Students participate in daily morning report/case conference, additional case conferences, Journal Club, wellness meetings and Grand Rounds. In addition, the core content of Emergency Medicine is reviewed and case presentations discussed during a weekly medical student conference. Procedure labs (suturing, splinting, airway management, arrhythmia’s, etc. An Emergency Medicine manual is distributed which is specific to the needs of the rotating medical student. ACLS certification is also provided to each student during this rotation free of charge.
Dr. Helen Bloch
hbloch@lij.edu
718-470-7501
Modules: All
Maximum 6
Students MUST contact Dr. Bloch or Ms. Sandra Luciano, sluciano@nshs.edu, 718-470-7501 before registration of the elective.
K800 Emergency Medicine (Beth Israel)
Not Available to Visiting Students
This program has been developed to give clear guidelines and an organized approach to the education of medical students rotating through the Department of Emergency Medicine. Students rotating through the ED will have the following clinical blocks; two weeks in the General Treatment Area, one week in Intermediate Care and one week in the Acute Care Area. Medical students will be assigned to a specific Attending physician for the entire rotation. The Attending will assign a Senior Emergency Medicine Resident to be your clinical mentor for each shift. There will be 12 case lectures per month. These lectures will be guided by an Attending or by an Emergency Medicine Resident. Two hours per week will be set aside for discussion of cases of particular interest to the medical students. One day per week will be dedicated toward wound management.
Dr. Altaf Ansari
212-420-2847
AAnsari@chpnet.org
Modules: 4A,4AZ,4B,5A,5B,6A,6B
Max: 4
Students MUST contact Dr. Ansari prior to the registration of the elective.