PGY-2 Year
| Location | Length | Responsible Department |
|
Orientation |
2 Weeks |
Emergency Medicine |
|
DEM |
32 Weeks |
Emergency Medicine |
|
Selectives |
2 Weeks |
Emergency Medicine |
|
Pre-Hospital Care |
1 Week |
Emergency Medicine |
|
Pediatric ED |
4 Weeks |
Pediatrics |
|
Obstetrics |
3 Weeks |
Queen of Angels L&D |
|
Community Hospital ED |
4 Weeks |
Cedars-Sinai Huntington Memorial Hospital Long Beach Memorial |
|
Vacation |
4 Weeks |
|
Much of the second year is focused on learning and applying resuscitation principles and procedural skills to critically ill patients. Residents complete rotations in the main admitting area (1350). During this time they treat patients with critical medical and surgical disease. They also gain procedural competency at an accelerated rate due to the large number of opportunities for procedures. During this time they learn to multi-task, taking care of their own group of assigned patients with complex medical and surgical illnesses.
In addition to managing critically ill patients, residents gain experience in caring for patients in the minor trauma area (1060). It is in the 1060 rotation they learn to suture, splint, perform I&D, slit lamp examination and other minor procedures. Rotations are also done in gynecology and pediatric emergency medicine, and complete outside rotations are done in community hospitals. Didactics are emphasized with weekly grand rounds held for five hours every Thursday, including a PGY-2 specific modular session covering all the core topics in emergency medicine over the course of two years. In addition to written examinations they learn to take oral examinations in preparation for board examination in emergency medicine. Charting is another area of focus including follow-up notes and medical decision making. Residents will also learn to expand their diagnostic vocabulary.