Emergency Medicine (Rush)

Location

Rush

# Weeks

4

Hours/week on site

31-40 

Open to M3s?

no

Scheduled through OASIS?

yes

On Rush schedule?

yes

# other students

2

Prerequisites

?

Interviewing/Step 2 flexibility 2 days taken off  

Overnight call?

no

Work weekends?

yes

Weekend call?

no

Is there an exam at the end of the rotation

no

Students required to give a presentation

yes

Teaching hours/day

0-1

Teaching style

Lecture given by resident/attending, student presentation

Suggested reading/pocket contents

Online lecture material, no books necessary

Structure of rotation

One on one w/residents and attendings

Amt/quality of time residents/attendings

Spent most time with attendings, did not interact with residents that often 

Proportion of time evaluating pts alone

75-100%

# pts evaluated/day

>10

Procedures

A few times/wk

Typical day

8 hr shifts - had to do at least 2 overnight shifts, schedule more flexible if less students.  got to see own patients and then present to the attending.  had to do a presentation at the end and run thru a mock patient.  no exam.  lots of procedures if you're interested.

Usefulness for any residency (# stars/5)

4

Usefulness for this residency (# stars/5)

5

Useful for other specialties

Emergency medicine specifically but any specialty though because see everything

Overall rating (# stars/5)

4

Recommended to other students (# stars/5)

4

Other comments

Loved the independence.  Didn't like the lectures.