EMERGENCY MEDICINE CLERKSHIP 

Welcome Student Rotators!

Meet our EM Clerkship Director, Scott Bugsch

Are you interested in EM or want to gain experience working with critically ill patients? Are you interested in emergent procedures? Do you want an experience that is challenging and unique?

Welcome to St Joe’s! Here at Joe’s, our goal is to give our rotating students the experience of a lifetime and give them skills and knowledge they can take with them no matter where they may end up.

In our 4-week long rotation you will take an active role learning and working alongside both resident and attending physicians, serving as the primary provider for patients and giving you a strong foundation in patient care and emergency management.

Learning also goes beyond clinical shifts and into the classroom with weekly didactic sessions with our residents, as well as separate student-only learning sessions focused on simulation, procedures, and ultrasound. We also provide a resource guide for our students for use during their rotation to help strengthen and solidify knowledge and skills.

Our diverse patient population provides a wide breadth of pathology and opportunities for additional learning and growth. Our patients are the reason we exist, and they deserve to have the best care possible - you will serve a major role in helping to provide this care.

Students have been a part of St. Joe’s since before the residency programs existed and are the reason for the growth in graduate medical education - we love our students and will work to make your experience invaluable.

What We Offer

    • 4-week EM rotation

    • Up to 15 shifts scheduled with either a senior resident or attending

    • EM Passport (list of chief complaints and procedures to complete while on rotation)

    • Attend resident didactics weekly

    • Attend monthly journal club

    • Student-only simulation/procedure sessions

    • Student-only ultrasound sessions

    • EM resources list/rotation curriculum

    • Recognition and stabilization of emergent medical conditions.

    • Application of medical knowledge to real patients.

    • Experience working with a diverse, low-income population

    • Procedural skills (on patients and via simulation)

    • Group advising session with the Program Director

    • End-of-rotation performance review/advising session with Clerkship Director

    • Student case presentations

    • SAEM exam on completion of the rotation

How to Apply

Interested students should apply through VSLO and contact our Clerkship Administrator

(Available dates on VSLO may not always be up to date)

Students from Touro University California, Western University of Health Sciences, California Northstate University and American University of Antigua — please email Lillian Diaz directly (contact below).

Application components needed:

  • Current CV

  • Letter of interest in the specialty of Emergency Medicine.

    • If you are not applying into EM, submit a letter letting us know what you hope to get out of the EM rotation

  • USMLE/COMLEX scores

International Students without VSLO access

  • We are able to accept international medical students with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Space is limited.

  • Please email Lillian Diaz (contact below) with the application components listed above and your desired timing of rotation and we will review applications on a case-by-case basis.

Scott Bugsch, MD
EM Clerkship Director
scott.bugsch@commonspirit.org

Lillian Diaz
Clerkship Administrator
lillian.diaz@commonspirit.org

EM Clerkship Contacts