Course Catalog » Emergency Medicine 140.02A

Subject: Emergency Medicine
Course Number: 140.02A
Course Title: Off-Campus Clerkship
Units: 6
School: Medicine
Department: Emergency Medicine

Course Description: Students participating in this clerkship will act as interns evaluating and managing patients with undifferentiated medical and surgical emergencies and urgencies. Students practice procedural skills, learn to recognize, resuscitate and stabilize seriously ill patients. EM faculty provide direct supervision and bedside teaching. Students work clinical shifts in the ED, attend didactic lectures & participate in other educational endeavors unique to the site as indicated by clerkship director.
Prerequisites: Completion of clinical rotations in Medicine, Pediatrics, OB-GYN and Surgery. Prerequisites can be waived at the discretion of the course director.
Restrictions: Fourth year medical students only.
Activities: Direct - Seminar, Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact, Student - Seminar

Instructor of Record: A. Harries
May the student choose the instructor for this course? No
Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No

Quarter(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Graduate Division course: No
Is this a web-based online course? No
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? No
Repeat course for credit? Yes