Emergency Medicine Curriculum

Each year is broken down into 13 four-week blocks. The majority of clinical time will be spent at Nazareth Hospital. Trauma, OB, and Pediatrics will be rotations done at our secondary sites. Additionally, each resident will have four weeks of vacation each academic year.

EM 1

Course
Emergency Medicine
Orientation
Trauma
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Medical Intensive Care Unit
Anesthesia
Ultrasound
EMS
Vacation

Duration
20 weeks
4 weeks
4 weeks
8 weeks
4 weeks
2 weeks
4 weeks
2 weeks
4 weeks

EM 2

Course
Emergency Medicine
Trauma
Medical Intensive Care Unit
NICU Intensive Care Unit
Elective
Vacation
Ultrasound

Duration
30 weeks
4 weeks
6 weeks
2 weeks
4 weeks
4 weeks
2 weeks

EM 3

Course
Emergency Medicine
Obstetrics
Teaching
Administration
NICU
MICU
Vacation

Duration
36 weeks
2 weeks
4 weeks
2 weeks
2 weeks
2 weeks
4 weeks

Orientation

All residents will become certified in ACLS, ATLS, and PALS during their residency orientation period. Interns will be given ample introductory training in simulation, procedures, and didactics on approaches to patient care. Additionally, we encourage the interns to get together and get to know each other during this time before schedules take over and it becomes harder to get everyone together at once.

Away Rotations

Trauma

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
University of Pennsylvania’s Level 1 Trauma Center
Over 2500 traumatically injured patients yearly with a 97% survival rate
36 bed ED with 5 bed trauma bay.

Pediatrics

St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pa.
17,300-square-foot emergency care center with 34 examination rooms, a trauma bay, and three distinct care zones
Level 1 trauma center and verified burn center
69,000+ ED visits

Obstetrics

St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, Pa.
53 acre state-of-the-art Medical Center campus with 371 beds
Recipient of the America's 100 Best Hospitals award for three consecutive years