Didactics throughout this rotation will consist of:
- In Person Simulation Labs
- Foundations of Emergency Medicine (Case based learning) (Virtual, Optional)
- Asynchronous Didactics
- Resident Conferences (Optional)
With the nature of emergency medicine schedules, it’s challenging for us to be in the same place at the same time. This means that we’ll only be able to have a limited amount of in-person didactics, and likely less that you may have experienced on your other rotations. Asynchronous online content provided here is meant to supplement what we’re able to provide in person, providing material to cover both course objectives and additional high yield topics in emergency medicine.
The information collected below is a combination of textbook material (Mostly from the CDEM Curriculum), multimedia (podcasts and videos), and additional helpful FOAMEd (Free Open-Access Medical Education) material.
* = intended to directly address course objectives.
Primary textbook for this course:
CDEM Clerkship: Online textbook, divided into M3 and M4 curriculum. Don’t let the names fool you, both contain great information and should be thought of as more introductory and advanced topics, rather than separated by year.
| Topic | Text | Multimedia | FOAMEd (Extra) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction | How to Get the Most Out of Your Emergency Medicine Clerkship (CDEM) | Emergency Medicine Clerkship Primer (CDEM) | |
| *How to Approach the EM Patient (Critical thinking in emergency medicine) | Approach to the Undifferentiated Patient (CDEM) | Differential Diagnosis (EMin5) Dr. Reuben Strayer – Emergency Thinking | RAPID-Inforgraphic (ALiEM) |
| *Patient Presentations | The 3 Minute Emergency Medicine Student Presentation | Presenting Patients in the ER | Presentation Tips (EM Over Easy) |
| *Consultations | The consultation process (CDEM) | ← Embedded in text | 5C Consultation Pocket Card (CDEM) |
| Patient Handoffs | Effective and safe patient hand-offs (CDEM) | ED Patient Handoffs (EMin5) | Giving Good Sign-out (EM BOUND) |
| Topic | Text | Multimedia | FOAMEd (Extra) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Distress | Breathing (CDEM) | Respiratory Distress | Bi-level Ventilation: Who Needs it and Who Doesn’t? Pearls and Pitfalls (emDocs) |
| Topic | Text | Multimedia | FOAMEd (Extra) |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Shortness of Breath | Shortness of Breath (CDEM) | Shortness of Breath (EM Clerkship) | Dyspnea (CoreEM) |
| Topic | Text | Multimedia | FOAMEd (Extra) |
| *Abdominal Pain | Abdominal Pain (CDEM) | Abdominal Pain Basics (EM Clerkship) | Abdominal Pain Mimics – Pearls and Pitfalls (emDocs) |
| Topic | Text | Multimedia | FOAMEd (Extra) |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Altered Mental Status | Approach to Altered Mental Status (CDEM) | altered-mental-status (Flipped EM Classroom) |
| Topic | Text | Multimedia | FOAMEd (Extra) |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Toxicology | Poisonings (CDEM) | The “Big 5” Toxidromes (EM Clerkship) | Envenomation (CDEM) Snake Bites (CDEM) |
Recommended FOAMEd Resources:
Just a small list of a few of the amazing FOAMEd Resources out there.
MDCalc(Has an app, too)
EM Basic – Your Boot Camp Guide to Emergency Medicine
Bridge to EM: Senior Medical Student Curriculum (2nd Edition, Updated 2024) (ALiEM’s curated content for the medical student bound for emergency medicine)
Life in the Fast Lane • LITFL (Outstanding EKG Library)
For those interested in our previous didactics page: