Rural & Regional PGE Rotations: Emergency Medicine
A rotation in Emergency Medicine in a community hospital provides trainees with an opportunity to gain skills that are useful in all medical specialties. All manner of patients are seen and assessed, though care of emergency medicine patients focuses on acute and emergent conditions. Trainees are given a level of responsibility appropriate for their level of training. Each trainee will have the opportunity to learn appropriate procedures in addition to assessing a variety of medical, surgical, traumatic, paediatric and mental health problems.
During an Emergency Medicine rotation in a community hospital, typically only one trainee is assigned to a staff emergency physician at any one point in time. Therefore, a trainee at any level has a direct one-on-one relationship with the preceptor for the entire shift. In this way, the trainee is exposed to all of the most interesting patients and will have a hands-on opportunity to be involved in all procedures. Community emergency medicine rotations also focus heavily on the relationship between community family medicine and the emergency department.
Many trainees with a future interest in emergency medicine seek community electives to further their knowledge and support their career goals. Many other trainees choose to do emergency medicine as a means of gaining exposure to a variety of specialties to help decide on a future career path.
Several sites are available within the Distributed Education region for community emergency medicine.Trainees can expect a dynamic, exciting rotation, with vibrant, progressive career emergency physicians. Locations include:
Details on the locations offering EM rotations in Southwestern Ontario are available at the Division of Emergency Medicine at Western University website
