The educational curriculum has been carefully developed to provide each resident with the knowledge and skills necessary for a successful career as either an academic or private practice emergency physician.

 Our ultrasound program director, D. Robert Rodgers, MD RDMS, has practiced emergency ultrasound since 1993 and is a board certified sonographer with the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) as well as board certified in Emergency Medicine. 

Didactic lectures, self-learning modules and hands-on scanning with models both with and without pathology form the basis of the training program.  During the first year, residents attend a ten-hour orientation course in the basics of emergency ultrasound.  While on their Orthopedics and Anesthesiology rotations, they spend three hours per week with the ultrasound program director scanning patients in the ED.  The didactic curriculum continues for all residents throughout the year during scheduled resident conferences. 

Residents desiring more training may complete a one month elective in emergency ultrasound  to explore both in greater breadth and depth the indications, techniques and applications of bedside sonopgraphy. 

• Every Tuesday (5 hours/week)
• Core Content Lectures by residents, faculty and guest speakers
•  Weekly Reading Conference
• Weekly M&M Case Conference

• 8-10/year
• Animal, mannequin simulation, commerical models

• Monthly with faculty
• Focused on review of current literature and an evidence based medicine approach to the answering of clinical questions

All residents are required to complete a scholarly project before graduation.  This is an opportunity for residents to pose and answer a question of intent.  Faculty mentors will assist in developing an appropriate timeline, study design and data analysis.

All residents are required to complete an administrative project before graduation.  This Systems Based Practice task requires the resident to identify a problem and develop a solution.