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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.