PYAS 6567 - EMERGENCY MEDICINE CLERKSHIP

[3 Credits]

The emergency medicine clerkship is designed to introduce the student to healthcare in the emergency medicine practice setting. The setting will be given this opportunity to: understand and manage patient problems in an emergency care setting; understand the broad base of knowledge required for the emergency care setting; apply this knowledge to benefit the physician and patient in the emergency care setting; apply previously acquired knowledge in the management of patients; apply principles of evidence based medicine; apply data gathering techniques on unusual patient conditions for the purpose of publication; and participate in designing and/or collecting data in clinical trials. (4 week rotation)