Training at a Glance

The emergency medicine (EM) training program at the University of Iowa Health Care is a three-year program and provides each resident physician with a diverse experience.

Some Elective and Selective rotations are residents have done are: EMS, International, Research, Pharmacy, Nursing, Ultrasound, Toxicology, Critical Care, Community Medicine, Pediatric EM, EKG, Sports Medicine, Opthalmology. With a variety of options residents can specialize their training to fit their areas of interest.

Year 1 Block Schedule
  UI Health Care - University Campus St. Luke's
Rotation 1 Intro to EM  
Rotation 2 EM  
Rotation 3 EM  
Rotation 4 EM  
Rotation 5

EM

 
Rotation 6 Ultrasound (1)
EM (1)
Pediatric EM (2)
 
Rotation 7

Anesthesia (3)
Quality Improvement (1)

 
Rotation 8 Sports Medicine (2)
EM Orthopedics (2)
 
Rotation 9 Trauma  
Rotation 10 Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)  
Rotation 11 Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (2)
Burn (2)
 
Rotation 12 EM (1)

Obstetrics (3)

Rotation 13

EM (2)
Pediatric EM (2)

 
  EM Weeks: 32  
Year 2 Block Schedule
  UI Health Care - University Campus St. Luke's
Rotation 1 EM  
Rotation 2 EM  
Rotation 3 EM  
Rotation 4 EM  
Rotation 5 EM  
Rotation 6   EM
Rotation 7   EM
Rotation 8 Toxicology  
Rotation 9 Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)  
Rotation 10

Surgical and Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (SNICU)

 
Rotation 11 EM  
Rotation 12 Elective  
Rotation 13 Selective  
  EM Weeks: 36  
Year 3 Block Schedule
  UI Health Care - University Campus St. Luke's
Rotation 1 EM  
Rotation 2 EM  
Rotation 3 EM  
Rotation 4 EM  
Rotation 5 EM  
Rotation 6 EM  
Rotation 7 EM  
Rotation 8 EM  
Rotation 9   EM
Rotation 10 EMS (2)
EM (2)
 
Rotation 11 SNICU  
Rotation 12 Elective  
Rotation 13 Elective  
 

EM Weeks: 38

 

Unless otherwise noted, each rotation is 4 weeks.

UI Health Care EM in second and third year will be comprised of both adult and pediatric EM shifts.

Total Number of EM Weeks: 106 Weeks of EM

Total Number of Weeks: 156

Percent Time in EM: 68%