Institution: Greenville Hospital System

Location: Greenville, South Carolina

Duration: 4 weeks

Course Offered: July through June

Number of Students: 2 per rotation, with approval of the Course Director

Students Report To: Ryan Hoffman, M.D.  ryanhoffman@bellsouth.net

*USC SOM Third Year Elective- second semester of M-III year    See Catalog in Registrar's Office for Course Objective

This elective is designed to teach the basics of Emergency Medicine through patient evaluation and treatment.  Opportunities are available for the student to evaluate patients as the first physician contact to develop differential diagnoses and formulate treatment plans.  All patients will be presented and discussed with an emergency attending.

Students will work in the adult areas of the Emergency Department.  Patients of all types may be seen - pulmonary, cardiac, and trauma.  The student will gain experiences in the fundamentals of diagnosis, stabilization, and management of emergency conditions.  Time in the simulator center doing airways, wound care and procedures is included.