MED EM 658 - Anchorage, Alaska

clerkship information

Credentialing 

Eight weeks prior to your arrival you will receive an email from the EM Clerkship Administrator connecting you to the Providence Medical Staff Office, AKMedicalStaff@providence.org. They will send you a pre-application to start the credentialing process; please complete it promptly so that you can begin the rotation on time. 

Students rotating at this site are required to provide documentation of a TB test within the past year.

Please e-mail Dr. Navitsky 2 weeks prior to your start date to check in and ask about specifics regarding the 1st day of your rotation. YOU WILL NOT be provided with a schedule in advance of your 1st day. The schedule is something that will be developed with Dr. Navitsky on the 1st day of your rotation.

Background Check

To complete the “Letter of Good Standing” requirements for this site, please send the GME Coordinator a copy of your criminal background check. This is in E*Value. For a student to access a report from E*Value:

1. Students should log into E*Value as they normally do
2. Click the purple “My Profile” button
3. Click “Immunizations and Certifications”
4. Choose the most recent Criminal Background Check PDF
5. Save the file to your computer and attach it to an email

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

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