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.

EM II Rotations

Shifts in the ED each month for residents are divided approximately 40% trauma shifts, 40% general medicine shifts, and 20% pediatric shifts. These are approximate estimates, as traumatic vs. medical vs. pediatric patient presentations may be seen in any part of the ED.

Hand/Plastic Surgery: The EMII resident is on-call with the Hand/Plastic Surgery attending during the month and covers ED consultations. This rotation involves extensive 1:1 time with faculty as the resident is first assist in the OR and sees patients in the clinic and wards with the faculty member.
Pediatric ED at Texas Children’s Hospital: The resident participates as an EMII in the largest children’s hospital in the world with the busiest Pediatric ED in the country with 80,000 patient visits per year. Direct supervision is by Pediatric EM faculty and fellows.
Shock Trauma ICU (STICU): The EMII resident gains extensive experience managing critically ill trauma patients while working with Surgery Critical Care fellows and attendings.
Elective month (see options below)
Eight ED months at MHH involving progressive responsibility, resuscitation management, and introduction to the supervision of medical students.
Resident teaching requirements involve two 30 minute focused topic presentations and one 60 minute core lecture presentation during the course of the EMII year. The resident will also participate as an ACLS instructor. The resident may supervise medical students during their EM rotation and participate in medical student focused teaching sessions.

EM Resident Electives

EMS/Lifeflight
Toxicology at the Regional Poison Center, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Emergency Ultrasound
PICU, NTICU, STICU
ENT/Ophthalmology/Dental combined rotation
Difficult airway/Advanced Anesthesia
Research month
Other rotations considered upon request, planning, and funding

Trauma experience: We have very close working relationships with our trauma colleagues. EM residents develop extensive experience managing multiple critically injured trauma patients through experience on the orthopedic trauma service, the STICU, NTICU, PICU, and Hand Surgery services.

Pediatric experience: Our residents gain extensive pediatric experience. Each ED month throughout the residency involves specific pediatric shifts. Pediatric patients also may be seen in the main ED. The EMI year dedicates one full month to the Pedi ED, and the EMII year has a full month at Texas Children’s hospital ED. The EMIII year has the option of PICU for those residents who elect for additional pediatric critical care experience.