The Brooklyn Hospital Center

Emergency Medicine Training Program

Program Philosophy
and Goals		 Personalized and
Graded Responsbility		 Didactic
Program		 Research and
Resources		 Program
Format		 Faculty

Format of the Program

The Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program has a four-year format, EM-I, II. III, and IV. It is approved and fully accredited by the Residency Review Committee for Emergency Medicine of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

The program encompasses 48 months of study objectives designed to meet the special requirements for residency training in Emergency Medicine. All rotations are designed in 4-week blocks. Over the course of four years, two thirds of the time is devoted to Emergency Department rotations (adult, pediatric, trauma). There are twelve weeks of elective time. Residents receive 4 weeks of vacation each year.

EM I
  • ½ block: Introduction to Emergency Medicine
  • 6½ blocks: Adult Emergency Department
  • 1 block: Obstetrics
  • 1 block: Pediatric Emergency Department
  • 1 block: Orthopedics
  • 1 block: Coronary Care Unit
  • ½ block: Anesthesiology
  • ½ block: Ultrasonography
  • 1 block: Vacation

Dr. Shevetz and Dr. Murdock in the ED
EM II
  • 7½ blocks: Adult Emergency Department
  • 1 block: Pediatric Emergency Department
  • 1 block: Medical Intensive Care Unit
  • ½ block: Emergency Medical System
  • 1 block: Surgical Intensive Care Unit
  • 1 block: Trauma Service
  • 1 block: Vacation

Dr. Mora, Dr. Diner, and Ms. Ameres at Woodstock '99

EM III
  • 7½ blocks: Adult Emergency Department
  • 1 block: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
  • 1 block: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • 1 block: Toxicology at N.Y. Poison Control Center
  • 1 block: Trauma Service
  • ½ block: Psychiatry
  • 1 block: Elective
  • 1 block: Vacation

Dr. Stubitsch at Woodstock '99

EM IV

  • 8 blocks: Adult Emergency Medicine
  • 1 block: Pediatric Emergency Department
  • 1 block: Trauma Service
  • 2 blocks: Electives
  • 1 block: Vacation

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