MED EM 656 - Juneau, Alaska

Clerkship information

Please contact Dr. Rosenfeld 4 weeks before your arrival to arrange orientation details and discuss the schedule.

Credentialing

Contact DepartmentCredentialing@bartletthospital.org

 to complete the credentialing for Bartlett Hospital. Students are required to fill out the Medical and Physician Assistant Student Application at least 60 days prior to the rotation start. All applications must include the items outlined under item 3 “All applicants are required to submit the following” located on the front page. 

Orientation

The Bartlett Regional Hospital Medical Staff Services Department will schedule the orientation for the rotation after they have received the credentialing paperwork.

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. Please print and refer to these guidelines

 

Bioethics Essay

You may face many ethical dilemmas in the ED daily. One example can be found in this clerkship bioethical reading titled, 'When in Doubt'. 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 it 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 
  www.saem.org
  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

Students needing housing should contact: Shyla Cochran-Dema - sdema@uw.edu