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Curriculum

PGY 1 ROTATIONS

Rotation

Duration

Location

Call

Emergency Medicine

5 months

Palmetto Health Richland

no

Medical Critical Care

1 month

Dorn VA

yes

Pediatrics

1 month

Palmetto Health Richland

yes

Pediatric EM

1 month

Palmetto Health Richland

no

Trauma Surgery

1 month

Palmetto Health Richland

yes

Obstetrics

1 month

Palmetto Health Richland

yes

Internal Medicine

1 month

Palmetto Health Richland

yes

Emergency Ultrasound

2 weeks

Palmetto Health Richland

no

EMS

2 weeks

Palmetto Health Richland

yes

PGY 2 ROTATIONS

Rotation

Duration

Location

Call

Emergency Medicine

8 months

Palmetto Health Richland

no

Medical Critical Care

1 month

Palmetto Health Richland

yes

Trauma Surgery

1 month

Palmetto Health Richland

yes

Cardiology

1 month

Palmetto Health Richland

yes

Pediatric Intensive Care

1 month

Palmetto Health Richland

yes

PGY 3 ROTATIONS

Rotation

Duration

Location

Call

Emergency Medicine

9 months

Palmetto Health Richland

no

Electives

3 months

Multiple Locations

no

During different years of the training program, residents also take part in "integrated" rotations.  These educational experiences are scheduled on one or two days each month the resident is rotating in the emergency department.

Patient Population

INTEGRATED ROTATIONS

Rotation

Location

Timing

Toxicology

Palmetto Poison Control

PGY 1

Anesthesia

Palmetto Health Richland

PGY 1

The Palmetto Health Richland emergency department currently sees nearly 80,000 patients per year of which more than 21,000 are children. Twenty-one percent of adult patients are admitted to an inpatient service: half of which go to the intensive care unit beds. Eight percent of pediatric patients are admitted. The department admits 1,500 and 2,000 major trauma patients each year. Approximately 30 percent of trauma admissions are from penetrating injuries.

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