Six months in an Irish emergency department: the experience of a senior house officer.
BACKGROUND
Emergency Medicine (EM) is a challenging specialty to work within and forms part of a number of training programs. The Emergency Medicine experience at non-consultant hospital doctor (NCHD) level in Ireland has not been reported.


METHODS
We retrospectively audited one NCHDs 6-month experience in Emergency Medicine at Cork University Hospital to document the potential experience gained from this rotation.


RESULTS
We found a broad experience and exposure to a variety of medical conditions, especially orthopaedic presentations (39% of patients seen).


CONCLUSIONS
Emergency Medicine provides a potential broad experience for a senior house officer and may be of benefit to various training schemes.
Baker
J F
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland. joseph.f.baker@gmail.com
Molloy
M M
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Cusack
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