Medical Students
Thank you for your interest in our program. Our clinical clerkships are for medical students in their 4th year of medical school and are performed at Centro Medico Episcopal San Lucas in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Our Emergency Department cares for approximately 60,000 patients per year, and serves as the main tertiary care center of Southern Puerto Rico.
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These clerkships will provide you with exposure to a wide array of EM pathologies, trauma, life-saving procedures, resuscitations, while also allowing you to work first-hand with our clinical faculty with their own unique areas of expertise and skills.
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Students will have direct participation in patient care, under the direct supervision of our enthusiastic EM faculty and our amazing team of PGY-3 residents. In addition to the clinical portion of the rotations, students will participate in didactic time and in the development of simulation scenarios.
Emergency Medicine Clerkship
Duration: 4 weeks
Description: Students will rotate through the Fast Track (ambulatory care area) and the Acute Care side of our Department. They may also be assigned to some shifts in the Pediatric ER working with our Fellowship trained Pediatric EM faculty. Once per week, students will attend our didactic sessions. They will also be incorporated as participants of simulation scenarios in our “Sim Days”.
EM Ultrasound Clerkship
Duration: 4 weeks
Description: Students will perform 14-16 scanning shifts during the course of their rotation. On each shift they will be supervised by one of our Ultrasound-trained faculty members. Students will both assist and perform ultrasound scans of multiple patients in the different areas of our ER. They will be provided on-site feedback of their scans. They’re also expected to participate in our monthly Quality and Assurance Sessions (Q&A) where they’re expected to make a presentation on an Ultrasound topic.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Clerkship
Duration: 4 weeks
Description: Students will rotate through our Pediatric ER, where they will be expected to perform an adequate history and physical examination of a pediatric patient. Discussion of the cases and both direct supervision and teaching will be provided by one of our Pediatric EM Faculty or one of our EM Faculty. Students will be assigned a short curriculum at the start of their rotation that will be discussed during shifts.
