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Didactics
The Department of Emergency Medicine at OSU has a strong academic history. Although it is impossible to replace hands-on experience, a variety of non-clinical formats are employed to complement this learning.
Conferences
The Emergency Medicine lecture series are held every Wednesday from 7am - Noon. In addition to the core lecture series, Trauma M&M, Emergency Medicine M&M, Pediatric ED Follow-up, Adult ED Follow-up, Reading Club, and Radiology Review conferences are held during this time.
Follow-up Conferences
At Adult Follow-up conference, a multi-level resident team is assigned to present an interesting case and an appropriate review article. The PGY-II resident presents the case, while the PGY-III gathers pertinent diagnostic imaging examples of the disease process from OSU's data archives or elsewhere. The PGY-I completes the presentation with a pertinent review article highlighting important aspects of presentation, diagnosis, and treatment modalities.
During an ED month at Nationwide Children's Hospital, residents choose cases to present at the following month's Pediatric Follow-up Conference. The residents are also responsible for gathering and presenting all necessary lab or radiographic material as needed. Pediatric Emergency Medicine attendings are present at these conferences for further insight.
Presentations
All residents present one prepared lecture per year. These lectures are drawn from a variety of appropriate topics chosen at the beginning of each year, and these are one hour PowerPoint presentations.
- Interns: Interns present as a group of four. Intern presentations consists of several cases followed by a literature review over a common or controversial topic in EM. During the case presentations there is a faculty panel who presents their approach/opinions on the case in an open forum/debate format.
- Second Year: Second years present a 1 hour PowerPoint lecture on a specific topic in EM.
- Third Year: Third years present a 1 hour PowerPoint lecture on an EM topic as well as a lecture/skills lab on a common EM procedure.
Reading Club
There are three reading clubs held each month with a single resident presenter for each. Material has been divided so that a few chapters of Tintinalli are covered. Reading Club is on-line with residents taking a pre-test, reviewing the learning points of the chapters that are posted on-line and then taking a post-test.
EMS
We learn the skills necessary to become an EMS director by assigned readings, ride-alongs, and attending EMS specific lectures throughout the residency program. Residents are assigned to a local fire department. The resident performs ride alongs with this department and as an intern composes a lecture for EMS and presents a lecture to their assigned department as a second or third year. Additionally, the Department of Emergency Medicine houses the Ohio State University Center for EMS. Several faculty members serve as medical directors for local fire departments and Dr. Werman is the medical director for MedFlight of Ohio. As a third year you are given the option to fly or ride along with MedFlight to fulfill part of our EMS requirements
Journal Club
The last Thursday of the month is reserved for Journal Club. Residents and attendings gather to review and critique journal articles. These meetings are held in the Biomedical Research Tower and are as social as they are academic.
Skills Lab
EM residents spend time in the clinical skills lab which includes a case simulator mannequins. Residents can review cases or spend time teaching medical students procedures or how to run a code. There are at least one clinical skills lab session per month. In our skills lab we have several ultrasound machines and ultrasound phantoms available for residents to practice with.
Small Group Discussions
EM residents are divided into 4 small group discussions with two EM attendings as facilitators. The small groups are made up of residents from all PGY levels and meet with the facilitators once a month for a 2 hour sessions. This provides the residents with more skilled focus learning sessions.
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