At ARMC, the combination of a hands-on approach, strong didactic curriculum, research, and committed faculty make for a well-rounded resident training program. Learning is obtained on a case-by-case basis with bedside teaching viewed as a crucial instrument for education. There are scheduled weekly didactics, which include morbidity and mortality conference, resident lecture series, the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine’s Approved Instructional Resource modules and trauma grand rounds with the surgery department. Medical research is encouraged at ARMC, with multiple on-going research projects throughout the year. Residents have presented at regional conferences and are published in peer-reviewed journals. Attending physicians give procedure workshops, as well as oral and written board review. Additionally, outside guest speakers periodically provide lectures on various topics.

The curriculum is set up as a PGY 1-5 program. During EM rotations, the EM/IM Resident will do 10 or 12 hour shifts. Most shifts are 7-7. When off service, residents adhere to the schedule for that service. We are pending ACGME approval for a medical critical care track for board certification. This would create a PGY 1-6 program that would qualify the resident to sit for critical care board.

The ARMC ED is divided into sections called “pods,” each of which have between eight and eleven beds. The more senior residents are given autonomy to run each pod with direct supervision from an attending physician. The more junior residents are paired up with a senior resident or attending. Residents have ample opportunity to do student teaching and mentoring during shifts.