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| Diane Gorgas, M.D., FACEP |
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As Co-residency Director, my focus is on the educational aspects of the residency training program. Although every residency strives to teach their residents the basics of emergency medicine, we at Ohio State have a few educational philosophies which make our approach to resident education new and innovative.
The Didactics: associated with the residency program, we offer a minimum of five hours of didactic conferences per week. While covering the Emergency Medicine Core Curriculum, we are also afforded a great opportunity in utilizing expertise from residents, EM faculty, OSU non-EM faculty, and Children's Medical center fellows and attendings. The didactic curriculum is augmented with procedure labs, radiology review conferences, and reading club (usually covering a basic text in emergency medicine in a two year spans). A monthly journal club conference provides an opportunity for residents and attendings to discuss current literature in the informal setting of a local restaurant. Preparation for the written boards can be guaranteed during the three-year curriculum. In addition, we focus on preparing residents for success in Oral Boards by offering a yearly Mock Oral Board day, designed to prepare residents for the credentialing exams.
Technology Advances: Here at Ohio State the residents have access to some of the greatest medical informatics. Medical records are all computerized, and can be downloaded to hand held Palm Pilots given to each resident at the beginning of residency. All radiographs are also digitized and available throughout the hospital from any PC, making acquisition of films for teaching purposes easy and convenient. In addition, the university has built a state-of-the-art simulation laboratory where our residents hone their skills at procedures. Moreover, it is in this setting where our resident are taught how to be teacher, undergoing teaching workshops and subsequently being supervised one on one with faculty while teaching medical students.
Teaching Rounds: Bedside teaching takes place on a case-by-case basis within the emergency department, but also formal teaching rounds are given daily. This is a time when all residents working gather to examine and discuss the interesting case of the day, converting classroom knowledge into clinical acumen. Our program sets a premium on education, and has taken great strides in assuring adequate attending coverage in the clinical setting to afford this opportunity, as well as give each resident the time and attention needed to become the best clinician possible.
Verticality of Teaching: A unique feature of our program is our commitment to verticality of teaching. We have designed the program to include graded responsibility throughout the three year cycle, assuring adequate opportunity for instruction in the early years, and development of expertise in instructing during the senior year. As senior residents, opportunities abound for teaching interns, rotators, medical students, students in allied health fields, and EMS personnel.
Personalized Residency Training: We are currently piloting a program focused on assessing incoming residents' areas of strength and weakness within a curriculum, and devising programs which address these relative weaknesses early during training. Just as all medical schools are not the same, all graduating medical students are different, and need specifically designed programs to address their individual needs.
We believe that great educators come from great educational programs. It's our goal at Ohio State to be the leader in helping to shape the greatest educators in Emergency Medicine, whether they work in academics, or in the community.
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