Program Director: Edward A. Ramoska, M.D., MPH, FACEP
Program Coordinator: Mary P. Baxter
Overview of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program
We have a long history of quality graduate training in the specialty of Emergency Medicine. Through the years, the faculty has developed several philosophical principles for graduate education that are emphasized in our residency training efforts.
First, we believe that Emergency Medicine is best learned in the clinical arenas provided through active Emergency Centers and Critical Care Units. Consequently, the vast majority of your clinical training will occur in such environments. No traditional ward rotations are incorporated in the required rotations.
Second, we feel that Emergency Medicine is best taught by Emergency Physicians. Therefore, clinical and academic practitioners of the specialty bear the brunt of responsibility for the education of the inchoate Emergency Physician. While input and guidance from traditional specialists are both sought and welcomed, the vast majority of your training will come from departmental faculty either in the Emergency Center or on the Critical Care Service that is supervised by the Department of Emergency Medicine.
Finally, while each of the three years is a graduated growth experience in the discipline, special emphasis is placed on the R1 year. This provides you, the new graduate trainee, with an environment in which your identity as an Emergency Physician is well formed. As an intern, you are closely aligned throughout the year with your colleagues in Emergency Medicine, and not "farmed out" to other specialty services.
We are proud of our graduate training program. Our faculty encourage and incorporate resident input into our curriculum, and we welcome your interest and critical review of our graduate training activities in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine.
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