Subject: Emergency Medicine
Course Number: 140.01
Course Title: Emergency Medicine Clerkship
Units: 6
School: Medicine
Department: Emergency Medicine

Course Description: Students act as interns in the UCSF and ZSFG emergency departments where they evaluate and manage patients with undifferentiated emergencies/urgencies. Students practice procedural skills and learn to recognize, resuscitate, & stabilize critically ill patients. Students work clinical ED shifts in a level 1 trauma center, spend time w/ San Francisco Poison Control, & participate in weekly didactics.
Prerequisites: Completion of clinical rotation in Medicine, Pediatrics, OB-GYN, and Surgery.
Restrictions: Fourth-year medical students only. For rotations in months of May-Dec., preference will be given to those seeking a career in Emergency Medicine.
Activities: Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact

Instructor of Record: A. Harries
Additional Instructor(s): M. Juarez
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