ME725 SCPE Emergency Medicine

The Emergency Medicine supervised clinical practice experience (SCPE) is designed to allow students to use knowledge, skills, and abilities ?gained throughout the didactic year to?interact with,?evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients in the emergency room under appropriate supervision. During the 5-week course, the student will be given the opportunity to 1) Apply a fund of knowledge in basic and clinical sciences to the understanding of common conditions encountered in the emergency care setting; 2) effectively interact and communicate with patients to obtain a thorough history and conduct pertinent physical examinations; 3) use critical thinking to generate high-quality differential diagnoses; 4) formulate, justify, and carry out appropriate diagnostic and management plans based on current medical evidence; 5) understand the indications, possible complications, and limitations of various emergency procedures; 6) observe, assist, or perform emergency care procedures under the supervision of a clinical preceptor; 7) Organize and present information and medical decision making to other members of the healthcare team through oral presentation and construction of clinical notes;?8) provide?high-yield education to patients and their families;?and?9)?showcase professionalism?and respect?for?patients, their families, other students, and all?members of the healthcare team?throughout the clerkship. Course delivery methods for teaching and learning include hands-on clinical experiences and preceptor/clinician observations.