Emergency Medicine Residency Curriculum

Emergency medicine residents train at the following sites: 

• SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital  
• SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital  
• John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital  
• SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital - St. Louis
• SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton 

• Orientation: SSM Health SLU Hospital (One month) 
• Emergency Medicine: SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (five to four months); John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital (one month) 
• Pediatric EM: SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital (two to one months total) 
• EM Procedure Rotation: SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (one to two weeks total) 
• MICU: SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (one month) 
• Trauma Surgery: SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (one month) 
• Anesthesiology/Ultrasound: (one month) 
• PICU: SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital (two weeks) 
• NICU and OB-GYN: SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital-St. Louis (two weeks each) 

• Emergency Medicine*: SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (seven months) 
• Community EM: SSM Health St. Claire Hospital-Fenton (one month) 
• VA Emergency Medicine: John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital  (one month) 
• Pediatric EM: SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital (one month) 
• Surgical ICU: SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (one month) 
• ICU: SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (one month)

Note: One pediatric EM shift is done during each adult EM month.

• Emergency Medicine*: SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (nine months) 
• Community EM: SSM Health St. Claire Hospital-Fenton (two months) 
• Pediatric EM: SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital (one month) 
• Selective: (one month) 

Note: One pediatric EM shift is done during each adult EM month. 

• Discuss diagnosis, decision-making process and patient outcomes 
• Provide evidence-based case presentations in cooperation with attendings (required)

• Review rare, challenging and/or interesting cases 
• Enhance practices and evidence-based approaches 
• Identify and address barriers to optimal care 

• Monthly
• Review and discuss recent articles and concepts

• Collaborate with departments such as trauma services and internal medicine to discuss related areas of interests 

• Monthly at the simulation center in the School of Medicine 
• Stations in simulation, oral boards, ultrasound and procedures 
• Team simulations with nursing staff and trauma team 
• Case scenarios on the ABEM qualifying exam 
  • Encounters with standardized patients 
  • Structured interviews 

• Yearly at the PASE lab in the School of Medicine 
• Cadaveric procedure practical anatomy workshop 
  • Procedures include: 
  • Lateral canthotomy 
  • Cricothyrotomy 
  • Pericardiocentesis 
  • Tube thoracostomy 
  • Thoracotomy 
  • Endotracheal intubation (video, fiber-optic and direct) 
  • Central venous access 

Explore PASE Workshops

• Monthly conference by pediatric emergency medicine faculty 
• Focus on core topic of the month 

• Quarterly conference by pharmacy faculty 
• Focus on core emergency pharmacy topics 

• Monthly 
• Internal and external speakers 

• Learning modules presented in small groups to individual classes 
• Cover a wide breadth of topics 
• Level-appropriate training 

• Observe capabilities and limitations of the prehospital system 
• Interact with EMS personnel in the field 
• Attend regional medical advisory committees 
• Learn EMS management and organization 

• Learn from targeted content tailored to individual learning levels
• Master core EM content independently using guided Foundations I-III courses
• Engage in small-group discussions and focused clinical teaching during scheduled classroom time