Developing a curriculum for emergency medicine residency orientation programs.
BACKGROUND
New residents enter emergency medicine (EM) residency programs with varying EM experiences, which makes residency orientation programs challenging to design. There is a paucity of literature to support best practices.


OBJECTIVE
We report on a curriculum development project for EM residency orientation using the Kern Model.
Components of the revised curriculum include administrative inculcation into the program; delivering skills and knowledge training to ensure an entering level of competence; setting expectations for learning in the overall residency curriculum; performing an introductory performance evaluation; and socialization into the program.


RESULTS
Post-implementation resident surveys found the new curriculum to be helpful in preparing them for the first year of training.


CONCLUSIONS
The Kern Model was a relevant and useful method for redesigning a new-resident orientation curriculum.
Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
Raymond
R
Lucas
Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
Tina
T
Choudhri
Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
Colleen
C
Roche
Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
Claudia
C
Ranniger
Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University and Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia.
Larrie
L
Greenberg
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D015397:Program Evaluation
curriculum development; emergency medicine residency; orientation