Contact person for general information:
Cristina Catt
ccatt@partners.org
Overview
The MGH Department of Emergency Services is involved in a wide variety of medical education endeavors. Physicians and nurses from the ED collaborate in teaching courses such as the Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) program. Continuing medical education courses for practicing physicians are offered throughout the year. Premedical students are encouraged to contact individual faculty members for mentorship, usually in clinical research, which also provides introduction to medicine as a career. As part of their activities as members of the Academy at Harvard Medical School, faculty provide preclinical-year medical students with educational experiences in a medical simulator setting (at HMS) and also in the ED, in an "advanced shadowing" program. An Emergency Medicine clinical rotation for junior and senior Harvard Medical School students, as well as visiting seniors from other medical schools, accommodates 5-10 students monthly. The MGH ED is a founding site of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency.
The BLS Provider Course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills needed for fundamental patient evaluation and stabilization. Course participants, who can be healthcare workers or anyone in the community, are trained to recognize an emergency and be sufficiently competent to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
For BLS course information, please contact Roberta Raskin Feldman by e-mail rraskinfeldman@partners.org.
ACLS: Advanced Cardiac Life Support
The ACLS Provider Course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) arrest.
Providers are expected to learn to manage 10 core ACLS cases: a respiratory emergency, 4 types of cardiac arrest (simple VF/VT, complex VF/VT, PEA, and asystole), 4 types of prearrest emergencies (bradychardia, stable tachycardia, unstable tachycardia, and acute coronary syndromes), and stroke.
Intended Audience: Personnel staffing emergency, intensive care, or critical care departments; emergency medical providers such as physicians, nurses, emergency technicians, paramedics, respiratory therapists, and other professionals who may have a need to respond to a cardiovascular emergency.
COST: $195 for Partners Employees, $235 outside of Partners
TUITION FEE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PROVIDER MANUAL
REQUIREMENT: BLS is strongly recommended and participants must be able to recognize basic dysrhythmias.
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ATLS: Advanced Trauma Life Support
The ATLS Provider Course is designed to teach skills necessary for initial assessment and stabilization of the injured patient. ATLS is designed for physicians.
For ATLS course information, please contact Sue Lindsay (617 726-3597).
PALS: Pediatric Advanced Life Support
The PALS Provider Course is designed to teach skills necessary for initial assessment and stabilization of the pediatric patient. Among the topics covered by the courses are basic life support, respiratory and ventilatory interventions, shock, and vascular access. PALS is designed for physicians, nurses, paramedics, or other health care providers.
For PALS course information, please contact June Peterson, RN at (617 723-5143), Pager #15911 or e-mail: jpeterson0@partners.org.
Emergency Medicine: Update & Current Practice
The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Emergency Services offers this two-week postgraduate course for emergency physicians twice a year at the MGH. Didactic sessions involve a variety of formats including lectures, case presentations and a sheep lab session. Participants are encouraged to take advantage of evening and weekend opportunities for observer participation within the MGH Emergency Department. Enrollment is restricted to twelve physicians, in order to respond to the needs of each participant and to allow for individual interaction with faculty members.
These courses are approved by the AMA and ACEP for 60 hours of Category I credit.
Cost: $1,750
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Emergency Medicine into the 21st Century
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the Division of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School are pleased to offer this four day course which emphasizes the cutting edge of emergency medicine and features nationally renowned speakers. We focus on controversial and rapidly changing areas of emergency practice while also offereing updates in common emergency disorders. Afternoon interactive small group and hands-on workshops on a variety of topics allow participate physicians to tailor their educational experience.
This course is approved by the AMA and ACEP for 21.5 hours of Category
I credit. Course limited to 175.
Cost: $695.00
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Other CME Courses for Physicians
The MGH Department of Emergency Services co-sponsors and/or participates in other CME conferences. Information on these courses can be obtained by contacting the CME administrator (Cristina Catt - ccatt@partners.org). One such conference, the Rocky Mountain Conference on Emergency Medicine, occurs each winter. A sample brochure is offered here, to give an example of the type of educational offerings available.
Sample brochure from Rocky Mountain EM Conference
"Beyond shadowing": Introduction to clinical medicine for Harvard Medical School students
Dr. Dana Stearns, Emergency Medicine Faculty and member of the Academy at Harvard Medical School, is the course director of a "beyond shadowing" rotation for preclinical medical students. The course offers an in-depth introduction to clinical medicine, as practiced in the ED setting, to 1st- and 2nd-year medical students from HMS.
Medical simulator training at Harvard Medical School
The G.S. Beckwith Gilbert and Katharine S. Gilbert Medical Education Program in Medical Simulation at Harvard Medical School is directed by Dr. James A. Gordon, an MGH ED faculty member and member of the Academy at HMS. The medical simulator program "brings to life" good teaching cases for students at all levels, using high-fidelity patient simulation to foster experiential learning in a safe environment. The program offers teaching and research electives for residents as well as post-graduate fellowship opportunities in medical education.
Harvard Medical School Clerkship in Emergency Medicine at MGH
With approximately 80 students annually, the HMS clerkship in EM at MGH is an important educational function of the Emergency Department. Most students are from Harvard, but interested non-Harvard students from both the US and abroad are encouraged to contact the Harvard Registrar's office for information on visiting clerkships. Contact information and an outline of the clerkship can be obtained from the rotation's website.
Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (HAEMR)
MGH was a founding base institution of the Harvard Affiliated EM Residency. With 13 residents per postgraduate year, this four-year training program represents a major educational commitment for the Department. More information on HAEMR can be obtained from the HAEMR website.
MGH ED rotation for visiting residents
The MGH offers an elective ED rotation for non-MGH residents from Partners-affiliated hospitals. More information on this program can be obtained by contacting Dr. David Brown (617 726 5273).
Other educational opportunities are available through:
The MGH ED serves as an educational rotation site for paramedicine (EMT-P) students from Northeastern University, and a clinical rotation site for other prehospital providers such as crewmembers from Boston MedFlight. Paramedic students interested in spending time in the MGH ED should contact their respective paramedicine programs for more information.
Premedical students from Harvard, MIT, Tufts, and Wellesley College have worked with individual ED Faculty members on clinical research projects which have also afforded an introduction to medicine as a career. Premedical students interested in working on clinical research projects should contact Dr. J. Tobias Nagurney (617 726 7622).
Other Emergency Medicine-related educational offerings information may be found at the following sites:
Harvard Medical School – Department
of Continuing Education
American Heart Association