Observation Medicine Educational Programs
Residents
Emory has developed the model curriculum in this area which has been presented at SAEM, CORD, and ACEP. The clinical operations of an emergency department observation unit are learned through involvement in the three emergency department observation units. These three unique settings allow physicians to learn pathophysiology, clinical science, and clinical skills unique to observation medicine.
Training includes learning to select and manage patients in the observation unit, learning observation unit operational structure, staffing, and resources.
Our tiered curriculum for residents is structured as follows:
PGY-1
- Principles of observation medicine
- Definition of observation services
- Settings for observation care
- Patient selection
- Approach to low-risk chest pain
PGY-2
- Stress testing: indications and types
- TIA care in the EDOU
- Heart failure care in the EDOU
PGY-3/4
- How to start and run an observation unit
- Protocol design
- Observation billing
- Observation medicine research
Observation Medicine Fellowship
Emory Emergency Medicine Section of Observation Medicine offers an Observation Fellowship. During training physicians will learn the skills necessary to develop, manage, and refine an observation unit.
Upon completion of fellowship training, the fellow will be prepared to assume the directorship of a hospitals’ observation medicine program or chest pain center or direct research and education in this area of medicine.