MOUNT SINAI BETH ISRAEL

Rotation Information

Students will gain experience on the front lines of medicine seeing undifferentiated patients as they walk – and are wheeled through – the Emergency Department doors. This is Manhattan's busiest adult ED with over 110,000 patients seen per year, offering the full range of patients and procedures. Guided by experienced clinicians who know that there is no substitute for hands-on learning, the student gains increasing autonomy, confidence and skill. Beth Israel was a central hub of emergency medical care in Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy and 9/11, and the staff remains seasoned by the ongoing battles against aging, disease and accident. After a recent top-to-bottom renovation, the MSBI ED boasts state-of-the-art trauma bays, imaging, and computer systems. During the 4-week elective, students are expected to act as sub-interns, picking up new patients independently and presenting their cases directly to an ED attending or senior resident. Participation in notifications and other high acuity cases is not merely encouraged but expected. Didactic activities include daily morning report and Wednesday resident conferences as well as dedicated medical student skills workshops in SIM lab, orthopedic procedures , suturing, IVs , and ultrasound. Evaluations are based on shift evaluations, a 15-minute case evidence-based presentation and a quiz taken from a list of assigned reading.

Students are expected to work a combination of 8-12 hour shifts for 13 shifts total. The end of clerkship grade is based on shift evaluations, a 15-minute case evidence-based presentation and a quiz.

To apply for our rotation, you must submit an electronic application through VSAS.  To see the institution's requirements, click here . Please include your USMLE scores in your CV.  Our elective is listed under host institution "Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai", elective code "EMR044".  Your schedule request must conform to our block dates - see below for the 2016-2017 academic year block dates.  We will not accommodate off-date schedule requests.

Unfortunately, due to high demand, we can no longer accept applicants from schools located outside the contiguous 48 states, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.

Please note that for Blocks 1-5, we only accept visiting students who will be applying to our Emergency Medicine Residency Program.  For Blocks 7-10, non-EM bound visiting students are welcome to apply but note that space is very limited.