Emergency Medicine Program curriculum highlights
The FM Program schedule is based on 13, 4-week blocks.
|
PGY-1 |
Duration |
Site |
|---|---|---|
|
EM Bootcamp |
4 weeks |
1 |
|
Emergency Medicine |
20 weeks |
1 |
|
Pediatric Emergency Medicine |
4 weeks |
2 |
|
Medical ICU |
4 weeks |
1 |
|
Trauma |
4 weeks |
1 |
|
Anesthesia |
4 weeks |
1 |
|
Obstetrics/Newborn |
4 weeks |
1 |
|
Ultrasound/Research |
4 weeks |
1 |
|
Elective |
4 weeks |
1 |
|
PGY-2 |
Duration |
Site |
|---|---|---|
|
Emergency Medicine |
32 weeks |
1 |
|
Pediatric Intensive Care |
4 weeks |
2 |
|
Burn Intensive Care |
4 weeks |
1 |
|
Nursing/Pharmacy |
4 weeks |
1 |
|
Elective |
8 weeks |
1 |
|
PGY-3 |
Duration |
Site |
|---|---|---|
|
Emergency Medicine |
32 weeks |
1 |
|
Pediatric Emergency Medicine |
4 weeks |
2 |
|
Medical ICU |
4 weeks |
1 |
|
Emergency Medical Services |
4 weeks |
3 |
|
Elective |
8 weeks |
1 |
Sites
- Doctors Hospital of Augusta
- Memorial Health Children’s Hospital of Savannah
- Central EMS
Electives
Residents will have one month of electives each PGY year. The residents can set up an alternative elective rotation with the program director's approval.
- Allergy/Immunology
- Burn ICU
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Gastroenterology
- Hyperbaric
- Nephrology
- OB/GYN
- Pain Management
- Pulmonology
- Research
- Toxicology
- Urology
Conference
Residents have protected time to attend weekly conferences.
GME research and scholarship resources include:
- HCA Electronic Library – over 8,450 e-journals, over 2,190 e-textbooks, and a librarian team
- HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine – peer-reviewed PubMed indexed scientific periodical
- Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) – database with 186 hospitals' data
- Biostatisticians and Data Analysts – who will assist you with research and analysis
- Analytical Tools – SPSS, SAS and R
- Research Director – dedicated assistance to research projects, lectures and workshops
- Medical Writer – assistance with manuscripts, articles, and IRB project reviews
- Institutional Review Board (IRB) – for GME research oversight
- Resident Travel Budget – support to present and publish scholarly activity
- Annual Resident Research Day – regional conference for scholarly activity presentation