title: Emergency medicine clerkship curriculum: an update and revision.
abstract: In 2006, the latest version of a national curriculum for the fourth-year emergency medicine (EM) clerkship was published. Over the past several years, that curriculum has been implemented across multiple clerkships. The previous curriculum was found to be too long and detailed to cover in 4 weeks. As well, updates to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)'s form and function document, which guides the structure of a clerkship, have occurred. Combining experience, updated guidelines, and the collective wisdom of members of the national organization of the Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM), an update and revision of the fourth-year EM clerkship educational syllabi has been developed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Manthey
authors.forename: Douglas S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Ander
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morrissey
authors.forename: Scott C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rimple
authors.forename: Lorraine G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Thibodeau
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives