EMD 715 Emergency Medicine
Students will see patients in all areas of the emergency room under supervision of attending physicians. They will be expected to take a complaint-oriented history, with attention to pertinent past medical history, and perform a physical exam. They will record their findings on the Emergency Room Medical Record and discuss the patient with the attending. Together they will formulate a diagnostic plan, bearing in mind time and cost factors and priorities inherent in various diagnostic possibilities. Prerequisites: MED 701, OBG 701, PED 701, SUR 701, OBG 701. FA WI SP SU [4 weeks]

EMD 722 Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Four five-hour shifts per week are spent evaluating patients in the Emergency Room at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County under the supervision of an attending physician. Evening and weekend shifts are included. The student is required to maintain a log of patients seen and procedures performed, to attend teaching conferences in the Emergency Department on Friday mornings from 7 to 10 a.m., and to present an informal lecture on a pediatric emergency medicine topic. Prerequisites: PED 701. FA WI SP SU [4 weeks]

EMD 781 Research in Emergency Medicine
Students may arrange research rotations individually with faculty at Rush. In order to receive credit for such a rotation, the person to whom the student will be responsible must write a letter describing the student's activities, responsibilities, amount of supervision, and the specific dates of the rotation. Credit toward graduation is granted assuming that the research project is ongoing throughout the academic year. [4 weeks]

EMD 815 Emergency Medicine
Students who rotate through the Emergency Department at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County will assume intern level responsibility for patient care. They will perform the primary evaluation for non-critical patients and assist in the management of critical patients. Every effort will be made to grant students autonomy commensurate with their experience and ability in patient management skills. Students will participate in weekly didactic conferences. Prerequisites: MED 701, SUR 701. FA WI SP SU [4 weeks]

EMD 822 Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Medical students will have an opportunity to see acutely ill children under direct supervision of senior pediatric residents and attending pediatricians. Students will be exclusively assigned to the Pediatric Emergency Department at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County exclusively. The department has approximately 28,000 pediatric visits per year. Medical students will independently evaluate patients. After gathering data through history and physical examination, students will determine a problem list and likely differential. Students will present the patient to the attending physician who will review the findings. Students should be prepared to recommend needed laboratory or radiology tests but the determination to order them will be made only after consultation with the attending. Evaluation will be based on the attending physicians' observation of the student's ability to gather data accurately, their pediatric and general medical knowledge base, their ability to present patients in a cogent fashion, their ability to determine the need for and interpret laboratory tests, and their interpersonal skills with children, families, and staff. Prerequisite: PED 701. FA WI SP SU [4 weeks]