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Emergency Medicine

Specialties Guide: Emergency Medicine

1. Elective Clerkships Highly Recommended

  • Away Emergency Medicine rotation at an institution with an EM residency program (highly recommended)
  • Cardiographics 
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Ultrasound
  • Trauma
  • Critical Care
  • EMS
  • Medical Toxicology
  • Anesthesia (schedule for later in year)
  • Areas of personal deficiency (Cardiographics, Radiology, Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, etc.)

2. Sub-I Recommended

  • Any

3. Narrative Comments

Emergency Medicine is a broad field so most electives have the potential to be helpful. Students with an interest in emergency medicine should take one emergency medicine elective at an institution that has a residency in that specialty in addition to their home EM rotation.

Specialty Experts

Brian Barbas, MD (brian.barbas@lumc.edu)

Matthew Baluzy, MD (matthew.baluzy@lumc.edu)

Jason Palmatier, MD (jason.palmatier@lumc.edu)

Trent Reed, DO (treed1@lumc.edu)

David Snow, MD (david.c.snow@lumc.edu

1. Elective Clerkships Highly Recommended

  • Away Emergency Medicine rotation at an institution with an EM residency program (highly recommended)
  • Cardiographics 
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Ultrasound
  • Trauma
  • Critical Care
  • EMS
  • Medical Toxicology
  • Anesthesia (schedule for later in year)
  • Areas of personal deficiency (Cardiographics, Radiology, Orthopaedics, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, etc.)

2. Sub-I Recommended

  • Any

3. Narrative Comments

Emergency Medicine is a broad field so most electives have the potential to be helpful. Students with an interest in emergency medicine should take one emergency medicine elective at an institution that has a residency in that specialty in addition to their home EM rotation.

Specialty Experts

Brian Barbas, MD (brian.barbas@lumc.edu)

Matthew Baluzy, MD (matthew.baluzy@lumc.edu)

Jason Palmatier, MD (jason.palmatier@lumc.edu)

Trent Reed, DO (treed1@lumc.edu)

David Snow, MD (david.c.snow@lumc.edu