MED EM 649—Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Kootenai Health

clerkship information

Credentialing  

You should reach out to Sabrina Douglas, sdouglas@kh.org & Melisa Bell, mbell@kh.org at least 5 weeks before your rotation to start the credentialing process. 

Please e-mail Dr. Allan with any specific day off requests at least 5 weeks prior to the rotation if possible. You will receive an email around 3 weeks prior to the rotation start date. The email will contain an orientation time for in person orientation in the department, as well as the complete schedule for the rotation and the physicians that you’ll be working with on each shift. 

Clinical Schedule 

You will have 13-15 clinical shifts 8-12 hours in length. Shift times will be various hours within a 24-hour period. 

Course Requirements 

All information about this clerkship is on our website. Please study this. 

IV CEX 

Students are to place a peripheral IV under the supervision of a nurse-teacher during the first week of their clerkship. See these guidelines. 

Bioethics Essay 

There are many ethical dilemmas faced in the ED on a daily basis, such as in this clerkship bioethical reading. Pick one such situation you encountered during your EM clerkship and describe what you learned from it. You may prewrite your bioethics essay, 500 words maximum, then copy and paste into the OneDrive link sent to you by the clerkship administrator. Your bioethics essay must be posted by the 3rd Wednesday of the clerkship. You are also required to respond to two other posts/comments on the OneDrive document on others’ bioethical essays by the 4th Wednesday of the clerkship. 

Final Exam 

You will take the NBME “shelf” exam for EM. The exam will be on the final Friday of the clerkship, more information will be emailed to you prior to the test. 

• The exam is online and consists of 110 questions. You will have 2 hours and 45 minutes to complete it. 

• We recommend the “Case Files for EM” book to prepare for the exam.  

• The CDEM curriculum  is also helpful in preparation.  

Absentee Policy 

Familiarize yourself with our absentee guidelines posted on our website. Absences (other than illness and emergencies) will affect your grade if they occur unannounced or without permission.  

Housing 

For this required clinical clerkship students will be contacted by the Idaho WWAMI office.  Prior to accessing the housing, students are required to sign a housing agreement. 

For questions regarding travel and reimbursement email  

gowwami@uw.edu.