title: Six months in an Irish emergency department: the experience of a senior house officer.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland. joseph.f.baker@gmail.com
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Molloy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cusack