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EMED 302 EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Required clerkship for senior medical students. Students will work approximately 16 clinical shifts at GW Emergency Department and Prince George's Hospital Center Emergency Department. Both are high acuity, high volume departments with Level 1 Trauma designation. Students function at an acting intern level with responsibility for patient care under the direct supervision of the faculty and residents of the Department of Emergency Medicine. This course offers a suture lab, regularly scheduled student conferences, required readings and Grand Rounds. This course is a pre-requisite for all elective rotations in Emergency Medicine.
Course Duration: 4 weeks
Evaluation method: Clinical (subjective) evaluation; written examination.
Faculty Directors: Robert Shesser
EMED 350 WOUND MANAGEMENT
The course will open with a week long orientation including didactic and July 30, 2007. Following successful completion of the orientation, the student will be assigned to work forty hours per week in eight or twelve hour rotating shifts, with four to eight hours each week being dedicated to didactic instruction. Clinical shifts will involve first-hand wound care, including preparation, anesthesia, general and cosmetic repairs, dressings, splints and minor orthopedics and aftercare instruction, with one-on-one teaching and supervision by the Wound Care Staff.
Course Duration: 4 weeks
Evaluation method: Clinical (subjective) evaluation, written evaluation, and seminar performance.
EMED 390-393 EXTRAMURAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE
The department will allow selected students to spend elective periods at other institutions.
Available to G.W. students only.
EMED 502 ESSENTIALS OF CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY
During this two-week rotation, students are exposed to the basic principles of approaching the poisoned patient. Individual toxidromes are discussed in depth.
Course Duration: 2 weeks
Evaluation method: Seminar performance; student's presentation.
EMED 503 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
2 week senior elective focusing on psychological, legal and medical perspectives on the problem of domestic violence, including understanding the problem, approaches to screening and assessment and effective interventions for victims, perpetrators and their children.
Course Duration: 2 weeks
Evaluation method: Course participation, oral presentation.
EMED 504 EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESEARCH
4 week elective in a selected topic of Emergency Medicine. Project can involve clinical or bench research but must be approved and directly monitored by an Emergency Medicine faculty member.
Students should contact course director at least 12 weeks before their elective is scheduled to begin research preparation.
EMED 505 INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Elective focuses on the development and deployment of EMS, disaster, emergency medical care and injury control and prevention programs globally.
Course Duration: 2 weeks
EMED 506 INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE ELECTIVE
4 week clinical elective in acute care medicine abroad. Students will work closely with a faculty member of the Emergency Medicine department to design the elective.
Students should contact the department at least six months before the elective is planned
EMED 508 HEALTH POLICY ISSUES IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE
2 week elective on health policy issues that pertain to the practice of Emergency Medicine including access to health care, Emergency Department overcrowding, cost-benefit analysis of health expenditures and analysis of the health care debates that affect the practice and future of Emergency Medicine.
Course Duration: 2 weeks
Evaluation Method: Paper; Seminar performance
EMED 511 INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Four week rotation for medical students interested in International Medicine/Emergency Medicine. Student to work with Dr. William Green, GW faculty member who is the regional medical officer for the US Department of State in the Balkans. Course will emphasize issues in emergency prepareddness, medical evacuation, assessment of regional response capabilities, as well as some exposure to medical issues in the host country. Rotation to be based in Belgrade, Yugloslavia. Student will provide own transportation, housing will be provided.
Course Duration: 4 weeks
Evaluation Method: Clinical (subjective) Evaluation.
EMED 512 ECONOMICS OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The course will examine practice management details for both office and hospital-based specialties. Participants will be exposed to the basics of billing and coding systems, physician productivity measurement, malpractice insurance, and marketing. The course will also look at case studies of successful physician-lead medical businesses.
Course Duration: 2 weeks
Evaluation Method: Seminar performance.
EMED 513 EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND BIOTERRORISM: A GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGE
As physicians in any specialty, you may be the first one to detect the sentinel case for an outbreak. Are you prepared? Come find out in Emed 513. This course will focus on selected topics in emerging and re-emerging infections such as tuberculosis, influenza, viral hemorrhagic fevers and their recognition and management. The course will also address general principles of infection control practices and biological containment plans for healthcare facilities. International health topics such as emergency systems in other countries will be covered. Additional workshops may include media training in the case of a bioterrorism event, a tour of GW's BSL-3 laboratory, and an introduction to designing a contagious disease outbreak plan. Especially recommended for those interested in emergency medicine and disaster preparedness, international health, infectious disease, internal medicine, and pediatrics.
Course Duration: 2 weeks
Evaluation Method: Class attendance and participation