The Stanford Emergency Medicine Core Clerkship offers medical students the unique opportunity to care for undifferentiated ill patients in the acute care setting of the Emergency Department (ED).
Students will be exposed to the unique challenges of clinical decision-making with disease states that often evolve during the course of a patient's presentation.
Students will care for critically ill patients, traumatically injured or suffering complications of chronic illness. They will also be exposed to the social determinants of health that influence a patient's receiving care in the ED.
Clerkship Objectives
Develop a clinical approach to assessing the undifferentiated patient.
Appropriately prioritize a differential diagnosis to inform your care plan.
Implement dynamic medical decision making for the initial stabilization, diagnosis, and management of patients presenting to the ED.
Clerkship Deliverables
EMED Daily questions
Directed learning modules
Case presentation
Social determinants of health reflection
Multi-source feedback
SAEM M3 Exam
Clinical Duties
A total of 14-16 nine-hour shifts between the Adult and Pediatric Emergency Departments.
Combination of morning, afternoon, evening, and overnight shifts.
Weekend shifts: Friday-Sunday.
Students may be scheduled during holidays that are not explicitly excused by the SoM.
