The Emergency Medicine Interest Group is a student run,
faculty-mentored organization geared towards those OHSU students to
Emergency Medicine as a specialty and a career choice.
EMIG holds regular meetings which includes hands-on clinical skills,
and interactive presentations and lunch panel discussions with
Emergency Medicine Faculty and Residents.
EMIG provides preceptorship opportunities to OHSU students to shadow an Emergency
Medicine senior resident in the ED. The shadowing program is designed to provide
an opportunity for 1st and 2nd year medical students to gain exposure to the
Emergency Department, EM physicians, and EM patients. Students are paired directly
with an EM faculty advisor and can expect to observe the attending in all aspects of patient care.
Goals of EMIG are:
- Introduce medical students to the field of Emergency Medicine (EM)
- Organize, develop, and promote interest in the specialty of emergency medicine.
- Encourage and develop student interest in EM through discussion groups, workshops, and attending/medical student mentoring program.
- Provide clinical exposure for medical students in the emergency department.
- Provide guidance through the emergency medicine residency process.
- Provide leadership to promote active student involvement in emergency medicine.
- Serve as liaison for possible research projects.
- Assist the professional advancement of those students seeking careers in emergency medicine.
EMIG holds various luncheons throughout the year on different topics of student interest.
Below is a brief list of talks and clinics and the dates they are tentatively schedule.
Feel free to contact the coordinator of each event for confirmation of event date, time and location.
TALKS/DISCUSSION PANELS
"Careers in Medicine/Why Emergency Medicine" (TBA) Jill Rasmussen & Vince Lew
"Emergency Medicine Specialties" November 16, 2006, Karyn Ridgeway
"Disaster Medicine", December 4, 2006, Ben Herring
"Wilderness Emergency Medicine", January 25, 2007, Jen Compton
"International Emergency Medicine", February 15, 2007, Jen Compton and Erin Meadows
"MS4 Post-Match Panel", April 12, 2007, Chris Baumann
"Drug talks 1, 2, and 3", April 30, May 7 & 14, 2007, Erin Meadows
"Snakebites", (TBA), Vince Lew
CLINICS/LABS
Airway Clinic - a team of EM physicians instructs students how to intubate and use other airway devices.
Suture Clinic - students are instructed on various suture techniques
Ultrasound Lab - student will have a combination of a didactic lecture and hands-on
practice using the ultrasound machine.
Splinting Clinic - students are taught, and given the opportunity to practice, various splitting techniques.
IV Lab - a team of EM physician instruct students how to properly insert an IV into a patient.
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
New Orleans, LA
October 15 - 18, 2006
http://www.acep.org
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
Chicago, IL
May 16 - 19, 2007
http://www.saem.org
Oregon Chapter of American College of Emergency Physicians (OCEP)
Sunriver, OR
Jan 28 - 31, 2007
http://www.ocep.org
American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)
Las Vegas, NV
March 12 - 14, 2007 http://www.aaem.org
Western States Winter Conference on Emergency Medicine (WSWCEM)
Park City, UT
January 17 - 21, 2007
http://www.wswcem.com
Western Regional Research Forum (WRRF)
Portland, OR
March 16 - 18, 2007
http://www.saem.org
STUDENT RESOURCES
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
www.saem.org
receive the monthly journal, "Academic Emergency Medicine" and the SAEM newsletter.
$75/year with journal, $50/year without journal.
American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM):
http://www.aaem.org
$50/year - student AAEM members get the AAEM newsletter,
a subscription to the Journal of Emergency Medicine,
and free registration to all AAEM Annual Meetings.
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
www.acep.org
receive the monthly journal, "Annals of Emergency Medicine" and the ACEP newsletter.
Also receive a free membership to the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA).
$55/year. Also visit the Oregon chapter of ACEP at http://www.ocep.org
ARTICLES
How do I know Emergency Medicine is right for me?
Emergency Medicine as a Career Choice
The Role of Emergency Medicine in the Future of American Medical Care
