Spring 2027

Emergency Medicine Internship Prep Course

Prepares students for Emergency Medicine residency through case simulations, didactics, and procedural skills focused on early clinical challenges.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Bret Benally Thompson

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Diagnose and manage common and critical medical conditions

  • Practice initial orders for acute situations

  • Develop competency as a potential first responder to urgent or emergent patient care situations

  • Accurately interpret and apply laboratory information to clinical scenarios

  • Demonstrate effective communication with peers, patients, families and all members of the healthcare team

  • Develop competency in providing meaningful feedback to peers in clinical environment

  • Develop strategies to address the stresses of transitioning to internship during residency and throughout medical career

  • Develop a framework for performing basic procedures in the Emergency Department

  • Develop ultrasound skills that can be used to aid in stabilization and diagnosis of critically ill patients

  • Develop an approach to evaluating and stabilizing ill pediatric patients

  • Demonstrate familiarity with basic procedures commonly performed in the Emergency Department (intubation, central venous catheter placement, etc.)

  • Demonstrate familiarity with the medications that are utilized during procedural sedation and Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) in the Emergency Department

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Prerequisites

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MED SC-M 810, 811, 812, 813, and EMER MED 961

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Designed to highlight, review, and allow practice of key concepts in Emergency Medicine. Practice with case simulation, case discussion, didactics, panel discussions, and procedural skills to prepare for success in the first few weeks of an Emergency Medicine residency. Will lead and participate in simulations. Explore critical interplay between medical care and communication. Discuss common challenges encountered early in residency and throughout an EM career, and develop individualized plans to address these challenges.

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Topics

  • Diagnosis and management of critical medical conditions
  • Basic emergency department procedures
  • Strategies for managing residency transition stress

Skills

  • Develop ultrasound skills for stabilization and diagnosis
  • Perform basic emergency department procedures
  • Communicate effectively with healthcare teams and patients
  • Evaluate and stabilize ill pediatric patients

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UW–Madison

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EMERMED 909 · Spring 2027

Emergency Medicine Internship Prep Course

Recorded 2026-10-14
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