In addition to training at the hospital and block rotations, Morristown Medical Center’s Emergency Medicine residents will attend weekly emergency medicine conferences and participate in a research project with the support of our faculty members.
- PGY- I residents spend five blocks in the department of emergency medicine (EM) working 18 shifts per block. Two months are spent in the medical intensive care unit (ICU). The remaining five months are spent in EM/anesthesiology, obstetrics (OB) and ultrasound, pediatric EM, surgical intensive care unit (SICU) and the trauma center in Morristown Medical.
- PGY- II residents spend seven blocks in the department of emergency medicine working 17 shifts per month. Two blocks are spent in the Medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Morristown Medical. One is spent in the Pediatric EM at Morristown Medical and one is worked at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) on the trauma service. The remaining block is spent at the New York Poison Center.
- PGY- III residents spend eight blocks in the department of emergency medicine working 16 shifts per month. Two months are devoted to working in the pediatric EM with trauma call. The remaining two months are designated for a free elective and emergency medicine services (EMS) and audit.
Experiential Curriculum:
PGY-I
Institution | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 |
Rotation | EM | EM | EM | EM | EMV1 | EMV1 | EMV2 | Anes/US EMS | MICU | PEM/ Trauma | SICU | PEM | EM/OB |
PGY-II
Block | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Institution | Site 1/5 | Site 1/5 | Site 1/5 | Site 1/5 | Site 1/5 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 2 or 3 |
Rotation | EM/r | EM/r | EM/r | EM/r | EM/r | EMV1 | EMV1 | EMV2 | PEM | ICU/CCU | PICU | PEM / Trauma | Toxicology |
PGY-III
Block | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Institution | Site 1/5 | Site 1/5 | Site 1/5 | Site 1/5 | Site 1/5 | Site 1/5 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 or 4 | variable |
Rotation | EM/pr | EM/pr | EM/pr | EM/pr | EM/pr | EM/pr | EM/pV1 | EM/pV1 | EM/pV2 | Trauma | Selective aUS/P.Anes | Trauma | Elective |
Site 1: Morristown Medical Center
Site 2: New Jersey Poison Information and Education System
Site 3: New York City Poison Control Center
Site 4: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center/University of Maryland (can do elective there)
Site 5: Hackettstown Medical Center (longitudinal learning- Rural PGY 1 and PGY II)
Key
- EM: Adult Emergency Medicine
- EM/p: Adult ED with 1-2 pediatric EM shifts included for longitudinal learning (15 shifts= 1 block)
- EM/pr: Adult ED with 1-2 peds and 1-2 rural (HMC) shifts
- EM/r: adult ED with 1-2 rural (HMC) shifts Anes: Anesthesia 7-12 pm (2 weeks)
- US: Ultrasound 1-5 pm (2 weeks)
- AUS: Advanced US 1-5pm (2 weeks)
- EM/OB: Obstetrics (2 weeks), ED (2 weeks)
- SICU: Surgical Intensive Care Unit
- ICU/CCU: Adult Intensive Care Unit and Cardiac Care Unit
- PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- PEM: Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- P. Anes: Pediatric Anesthesia 7-12pm (2 weeks)
- EMS: Emergency Medical Services (2 weeks)
- V1: 1 week vacation
- V2: 2 week vacation
- Selective: based on specialty track (2 weeks)
- Trauma: (when on PEDS/trauma time is split 50%/50% )
- Electives Available: Administrative, Research, Ultrasound, EMS, Toxicology, Anesthesia, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Trauma or another approved rotation. Most occur at Site 1
Totals
Peds: 1.5 rotations PGY1, 2.5 rotations PGY2, 1 rotation (longitudinal) PGY3. (Additionally peds: night in MMC ED, rural rotation HMC, and peds anesthesia)
ICU: 2 blocks PGY1 and 2 blocks PGY2.
