The Maine Medical Center (MMC) Emergency Medicine Residency Program is committed to providing an outstanding educational and training experience for emergency medicine residents and students, as well as comprehensive health care of the highest quality to their patients in the Emergency Department at Maine Medical Center.

Rotation


First Year Rotations
Emergency Medicine 4 months
Orthopedics 1 month
Internal Medicine 1 month
Cardiology/CICU 1 month
Pediatrics 1 month
Anesthesiology/EMS 1 month
OB/Ultrasound 1 month
Trauma Surgery 1 month
Critical Care 1 month

Second Year Rotations
Emergency Medicine 7 months
Toxicology 1 month
Critical Care 2 months
Trauma/ICU 1 month
Elective 1 month

Third Year Rotations
Emergency 8 months
Administration/EMS 1 month
PICU 1 month
Teaching 1 month
Elective 1 month

Click here for a description of each rotation

Didactics

Four to five conferences are presented each Tuesday morning.

- The first hour is Grand Rounds. Medical and surgical presentations from Emergency Medicine and visiting staff are given.
- The second hour is devoted to reviewing critical cases managed in the Emergency Department trauma rooms. The critical case conference is given by Emergency Medicine attending staff and senior residents.
- The third hour is devoted to rotating topics including follow up conference, radiology and ultrasound. These conferences are coordinated by the chief residents and assigned faculty leaders.
- The final hour of Tuesday morning conferences also rotates on a weekly basis.

Click here for Emergency Medicine Didactics

How to Apply

Maine Medical Center participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), and this process selects all PGY-1 residents in the institution. All applications will be handled according to the rules of the plan. They use the electronic residency application service (ERAS). All documentation must be submitted using the ERAS program.

Applicants can also check the ERAS web site with questions about the application process.

About Maine Medical Center
Maine Medical Center, a 606-bed non-profit hospital, is the largest medical center and teaching hospital in northern New England. The Emergency Department(ED)is a state-of-the-art facility designed to meet the needs of a high-volume, tertiary-care patient population. The ED is the busiest in Maine and serves approximately 80,000 patients per year from Maine and New Hampshire, as well as visitors from all over the world.

This information is reposted with thanks to Maine Medical Center.