EMERGENCY MEDICINE

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EMERGENCY MEDICINE

• Dennis Allin M.D.,FACEP
• Department of Emergency Medicine

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MYTH 1

• BEST REASON FOR EMERGENCY MEDICINE IS NO PAGER
  AND REGULAR SCHEDULE

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MYTH BUSTER

• How you spend most of your waking hours
• 8-12 hour shifts long and intense
• No lunch
• No bathroom
• No privacy

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MYTH 2

• ILL BE A GLORIFIED TRIAGE NURSE

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MYTH BUSTER

• Need to be very interested in studying medicine
• The farther the specialty advances, the more is
  expected

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MYTH 3

• I WILL NOT BE A STRONG DIAGNOSTICAIN

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MYTH BUSTER

• We see more undifferentiated patients than most
  other specialist do
• We are expected to diagnostically weed out who
  needs the services of another specialist

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MYTH 4

• I NEED TO BE IN THE TOP 10 OF THE CLASS TO MATCH
  EMERGENCY MEDICINE

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MYTH BUSTER

• 88 of US grads applying solely in EM match
• The EM programs have varying levels of
  competition to get in
• KU with 55 matched in 6 years
• Average GPA 3.4
• Average Board scores 219

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MYTH 5

• ALL ER PATIENTS ARE HOMELESS, DRUNK, BELLIGERENT
  PSYCHOTICS WHOSE MAIN GOAL IS TO URINATE ON THE
  FLOOR OF A MEDICAL FACILITY

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MYTH BUSTER

• More patients are insured
• Come in trusting you to help them
• They have a physician but inadequate access or
  they are not satisfied with their physicians
  attention to their issues

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MYTH 6

• EVERYONE BURNS OUT

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MYTH BUSTER

• 85 satisfied or very satisfied with career
• 30 will change practice environment
• Wellness has become a major issue in EM groups

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FACTS

• 130 programs
• Most PGY1,2,3
• 1800 entry positions
• A few combined
• EM/Peds
• EM/IM
• EM/Critical Care

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WHO SHOULD GET IN?

• Can multitask
• Interested in the study of medicine
• Team player
• A bit of a crisis junkie
• Strong negotiator
• A bit of an altruistic humanist

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HOW DO I GET IN?

• EM rotation here before outside institution
• EMIG
• 10 interviews
• Talk with us about where
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