Curriculum
About Our Residency Curriculum
This three-year program (PGY-1 to PGY-3) is affiliated with Harvard Medical School and is based at BIDMC, a 57,000 visit per year Level I trauma center. Our training model emphasizes high acuity clinical experiences, with residents spending a significant amount of time training at community emergency department sites, where our residents are usually the only resident in the department, allowing for increased autonomy, patient volume, and procedural opportunities. Residents rotate at BID-Needham, Boston Children's Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance, Mt. Auburn Hospital, South Shore Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital, and Tufts Medical Center.
BIDMC Residency Curriculum at a Glance
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The ED is staffed by the same faculty that works at BIDMC. The hospital is a 41-bed community hospital with a seven bed intensive and cardiac care unit. The ED sees a volume of 15,000 patients per year; 15% are pediatric patients.
Children's Hospital Boston is the largest pediatric medical center in the United States and is located next to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It is a tertiary pediatric referral center for New England and the primary receiving hospital for Level 1 pediatric trauma, it also serves as the primary pediatric hospital for the surrounding communities.
Cambridge Hospital is one of three sites that form the Cambridge Health Alliance, a healthcare system primarily serving the communities west and north of Boston. PGY1 and PGY2 residents rotate in the emergency room, which sees an annual volume of 31,000 patients, including 6,600 pediatric patients.
Mount Auburn Hospital is a busy state-of-the-art community hospital. The emergency department sees 28,000 patients each year with a wide variety of medical and surgical complaints. The hospital is affiliated with Harvard Medical School and serves as medical control for a large suburban prehospital system.
South Shore Hospital is a suburban hospital that has an emergency department with an annual volume over 75,000 visits. They have a separate pediatric emergency department that is open twelve hours a day (seven days a week) and provides care for a volume of 12,600 children per year. The Pediatric Emergency Medicine faculty at South Shore Hospital are affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital and are all Pediatric Emergency Medicine trained.
St. Luke's Hospital is a community hospital located in New Bedford, a large urban area with a culturally diverse population. The hospital has 325 inpatient beds and offers a full range of medical services.
St. Vincent Hospital located in downtown Worcester, is a high volume, high acuity teaching hospital within Worchester Medical Center. The emergency department is staffed by BIDMC affiliated attendings and sees 50,000 patients each year. St. Vincent Hospital has an active cardiac cath lab, inpatient pediatrics, all surgical subspecialties, and a large volume of trauma patients.
Located in downtown Boston, Tufts Medical Center has a recently renovated 25-bed emergency department featuring an 8-bed express care area, an extended care unit, a large acute care unit and a dedicated pediatric treatment area.