PA 703 - Emergency Medicine Rotation

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A required five-week rotation (supervised clinical practice experience, or SCPE) that takes place in the emergency department. The purpose of this rotation is to provide the student with SCPEs that address the fundamental principles and practice of emergency medicine. Under the supervision of the program-identified clinical preceptor, the student will apply knowledge and skills learned during the didactic phase to the care of actual patients as a member of an interprofessional health care team. Emphasis will be on caring for the acutely ill patient with a wide variety of urgent, emergent and life-threatening conditions. Students will gain experience in triaging patients, interacting with patients’ families, taking rapid, accurate histories and performing appropriate physical examinations. They will also gain experience in prioritizing critical initial stabilization and mobilizing hospital support services in the resuscitation of a critically ill or injued patient, as well as reassessing after stabilizing the patient. Prerequisite(s): PA 641, PA 642, PA 644, PA 645, PA 646, PA 647