Thank you for your interest in Einstein’s Medical Student Clerkship Rotation! For prospective 4^th year medical students, we offer a 4 week rotation at our main hospital to develop students skills in diagnosing, treating, and caring for underserved patients at a level 1 trauma hospital in Philadelphia. We believe the best way to learn is for you to be directly involved in patient care.

Prospective students can expect to have autonomy over the patients they see, practice procedural skills such as peripheral IVs, laceration repairs, reductions, and have one-on-one learning with our residents and faculty during shifts. By the end of a rotation with us, our goal is to make you thorough and efficient in the performance of history and physical exams, understands the utility of diagnostic tests and push you to develop treatment plans and disposition for your patients. We hope you decide to rotate with us and look forward to meeting you in person!

Objectives

• Learn how to obtain accurate problem-focused history and physical exams
• Recognize immediate life-threatening conditions
• Recognize the role of EM in the community, including access to care and its impact on healthcare, in general
• Understand the indications, cost, risks, and evidence behind commonly performed ED diagnostic studies
• Develop an understanding of procedures commonly performed in the Emergency Department, including: PIV insertion, laceration repair, EKGs, Foley catheter insertion, lumbar puncture, central line placement, nasogastric tube insertion, slit lamp exam, abscess drainage, intraosseous line insertion, bedside ultrasound exams, needle decompression, chest thoracostomy, endotracheal intubation, procedural sedation, orthopedic reductions, thoracotomy, cricothyroidotomy
• Developing an expansive differential diagnosis when evaluating an undifferentiated patient
• Creating a diagnostic and treatment plan based on your differential diagnosis
• Learning to monitor therapeutic interventions for your patients Presenting cases in a complete, concise, and organized fashion to Einstein EM residents/faculty, consulting and admitting services

Specifics About the Rotation

• The rotation consists of 13x 8 hour clinical shifts, two of which are overnight (11p-7a)
• Shifts will be in both our low and high acuity pods in the emergency department
• You will present to both our senior residents and faculty after seeing a patient
• Rotators are expected to attend our resident didactic sessions from 8a-12p on Wednesday every week
• Rotators are expected to attend one medical student simulation session from 10a-2p in our simulation center, located on the 2^nd floor of the Korman Research Building
• Grading is primarily derived from evaluation cards filled out by senior residents and faculty after each shift using an Honors/High Pass/Pass/low Pass/Fail grading convention
• Each prospective medical student has the opportunity to meet with the clerkship director for mid-rotation feedback
• Students will have access to a parking garage attached to the main hospital building. Affiliated students (Jefferson, Drexel and PCOM) have their daily parking fees covered by their schools, non-affiliated students will need to pay $4.00 per day to use the garage.

Where to apply

Applications are accepted through the AAMC VSLO portal. Our specific rotation is labelled EM011 Einstein Philadelphia: Emergency Medicine; 4^th year. Click here to apply today!

Questions?

If you have any questions about our MS4 rotation or your application, please email our residency coordinators at EMResidency@jefferson.edu!