CLE 706: Emergency Medicine

Course Description

This elective is to provide exposure to the specialty of emergency medicine. The student will gain experience through the process of assessing a patient by history taking, physical exam and diagnostics. By the end of the 4 week elective the student should be able to obtain a complaint based history with review of system, complete a physical exam and start to formulate a differential diagnosis based upon the chief complaint. Stress will be placed on the development of the differential diagnosis. The experience will include learning appropriate laboratory and radiographic testing as well as treatment options for illnesses/disease that most commonly present to the emergency department. The student will commonly get exposure to patients with chest pain, abdominal pain, neurological disorders, undifferentiated malaise, early pregnancy complaints, STI, sepsis and trauma. No graduate credit. 4 professional hours. Approved for S/U grading only. Prerequisite: Internal Medicine or Surgery Clerkship. Restricted to students enrolled in Phase 2 or Phase 3 of the Carle Illinois Curriculum.