The Upcoming UW Residency Program for Emergency Medicine!

Thanks for tuning in. Yes, that is right. Remember all these talks the UW EMIG has had regarding an EM residency here at UW and Harborview. Remember showing up at late evening panel discussions as a student to show your support of EM and to help show administration that there was a large student population interested in EM? I know you did it only for the love of Emergency Medicine and NOT the great Indian food we served at those events.... Anyway. I have some new info on the upcoming UW Emergency Medicine Residency!! Yes, that is right. I just finished my EM rotation at Harborview and have a few concrete details that I am excited to share with the EMIG. Until more work is solidified on this program they don't want too much out about it as details will probably change, but I do know that our new residency will be a 4-year program with an academic focus. Their are now 7 EM board certified docs at Harborview, one of which is possibly the new EM Residency director. She told me that she is very motivated to put this program together right so that fomr day one we come off the starting line making a very strong and positive impression on the world of academic EM. This is all still a few years away, but your involvement as students has HELP MOVE THIS FORWARD. Thank you all for being a part of EMIG these past years and all you new students for helping in the upcoming years. Although I don't have a lot more detail, I think this was some good, solid "in the trenches" info and it has me hopeful. There is also talk of having attendings rotate both at UW and Harborview to bring some more unity to the program which I think would be great. Anyway, feel free to leave comments on this blog post and let us all know how you feel about this and what you hope to see in the coming years! - Noel Hastings