What are the specific roles of the different classes of residents?
PGY I- The first year of training concentrates on developing skills in individual patient evaluation. Focusing on the basic principles of decision making in emergency medicine and acquiring the central knowledge base are the primary educational objectives. The first-year residents are not primarily responsible for the care of critically ill patients. They are expected to see a reasonable number of patients and begin to develop efficiency as they acquire familiarity with common presentations. They are expected to learn appropriate medical record keeping and documentation, basic procedural skills of wound repair, incision and drainage, burn management and splint application. PGY2 – Residents acquire the technical skills and theoretical knowledge required as a foundation for a career in emergency medicine. They also build on patient care skills and practical knowledge of emergency medicine. PGY3 – Residents refine clinical and technical skills, expanding their efficiency and multitasking
EM1 – Residents acquire the technical skills and theoretical knowledge required as a foundation for a career in emergency medicine. EM2 – Residents build on patient care skills and practical knowledge of emergency medicine. EM3 – Residents refine clinical and technical skills, expanding their efficiency and multitasking abilities. They begin to assume supervisory roles, educating other residents and students. EM4 – Residents have supervisory control of the entire ED at DHMC, perfecting their efficiency and multitasking abilities. They have more autonomous role in the private ED and further develop specific areas of their knowledge base with electives.
