Emergency Medicine Residency Program – Goals

A graduate of the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program will be able to:

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  • Provide initial resuscitation, stabilization, management, and timely disposition of any patient who presents to the Emergency Department.
  • Manage and treat multiple patients simultaneously.
  • Provide patients and their families with emotional and sociological support, especially in dealing with the emotional stress of death and severe injury.
  • Manage and direct pre-hospital care.
  • Manage and direct mass casualty situations and participate in military and civilian disaster planning.
  • Develop teaching abilities applicable to all levels of emergency care personnel, i.e. physicians, medical students, pre–hospital care personnel, hospital personnel, and the public.
  • Effectively perform administrative tasks necessary to manage an Emergency Medicine Service including scheduling, risk management, and performance improvement.
  • Have an understanding of basic research design, methodology, and statistics, be able to apply the knowledge to critically review emergency medicine literature, and perform clinical and basic science research.
  • Successfully negotiate any operational obstacle, which an MOS 62A Emergency Physician may encounter.

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