About the Residency
What is Emergency Medicine?
Emergency Medicine (EM) is a distinct specialty that focuses on the
initial evaluation, diagnosis, and stabilization of patients with acute
illnesses or injuries. In addition, the EM physician initiates
treatment, involves consultants, makes disposition decisions and
appropriate follow-up arrangements for patients discharged from the
emergency department (ED). Emergency Medicine became the 23rd
recognized specialty in 1979. There are at least seven areas of
specialized expertise separating the EM specialist from other
disciplines:
- Resuscitation
- Toxicology
- EMS systems design and supervision
- Disaster management / Mass Gathering
- Environmental emergencies
- Acute Pain Management
- Wound Care
The IUSM Emergency Medicine Residency
Overview/Description
- Established in 1976 at Methodist Hospital of Indiana
- Became a part of The IU School of Medicine in 1999
- Expanded to a two campus system in 2000/2001
- R 1-3 Format: 17 residents per year
- Two campus system, 3 ED's (total of 225,000 visits/year)
- Combined program in Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine: - 2 residents per year. The oldest in the nation.
- "Full ongoing accreditation" status by the Residency Review Committee for the past 5 site surveys.
- "Full ongoing accreditation" status granted in the year 2005 for 5 full years.
