Emergency Medicine Residency Details by Year

Year one is structured to provide our residents with a diverse and comprehensive experience with a strong clinical foundation and knowledge base needed for the rest of the emergency residency program.

The primary goal of the PGY-2 year is to begin layering the technical skills and knowledge specific to emergency medicine. The PGY-2 is granted more responsibility and begins performing primary patient care and learning to vary the pace and efficiently control flow in an emergency department.

PGY-3 is when our residents become true experts in emergency medicine. They perfect clinical and administrative skills, and teach and mentor juniors, while also simultaneously overseeing department flow and efficiency. 

Resident didactics are held every Thursday from 7am–11am after which our residents enjoy a department sponsored lunch. Once a month we have 2 hours of simulation during didactics which includes task trainers and simulation cases. We also participate in an outdoor Wilderness Medicine Day, UltraSim Procedure Day, as well as Battle of the Bluegrass – a friendly EM based competition day between us and the University of Louisville’s EM residency program. Besides learning during didactics, every residency class attends a national conference each year.

Our residents also have several opportunities to teach. We have MS3 and MS4 learners on a majority of shifts, along with opportunities to participate in simulation with the M3 clerkship, trauma nursing simulations with our ER nurses and the trauma surgery department, as well as outreach opportunities with different community groups.