Residency Program

The Department of Emergency Medicine Residency Program at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of urgent and emergent patients of all ages.

Didactic Curriculum

We are dedicated to our residents’ education, learning and individual progress as they progress towards becoming successful practicing emergency physicians. Our didactics follow the core curriculum from the Model of Emergency Medicine. We have conference with didactic lectures, demonstrations, journal clubs, and labs on Wednesdays from 7am to noon in one hour time slots. During this time we incorporate morbidity and mortality conference, ultrasound curriculum, airway in-services, EKG courses, follow-up and case conferences, monthly reading exams and test-taking skills sessions, review sessions, oral board preparation experience, and many other educational offerings. Residents are relieved of all clinical duties in order to attend conference on Wednesday mornings except on some ICU rotations in which direct patient care takes precedence. All residents are expected to maintain a minimum of >70% conference attendance throughout the year.