Facilities
Graduate Medical Education Center Mercy Health St. Rita’s Medical Center and the Lima community have invested in Graduate Medical Education by purchasing state-of-the-art simulation equipment and housing it in a new GME Center. Full-time simulation center director, David Faulkner, ACSM, RCEP, provides an amazing resource for hands-on, procedure-based education. |
Mercy Health St. Rita's Medical Center Emergency Department |
Simulation Lab Simulation is an essential part of Emergency Medicine education. You will have monthly directed simulation sessions at our simulation lab with our faculty, including radiology speed rounds, splinting, wound repair, basic and advanced airway, lumbar puncture, eye exam, central venous access, open thoracotomy and full case-based simulation, among others. |
Rotation Schedule
PGY 1 Rotation | Duration |
Bootcamp | 2 weeks |
Emergency Medicine | 26 weeks |
Ultrasound | 2 weeks |
Trauma ICU | 4 weeks |
Cardiology | 2 weeks |
Inpatient | 2 weeks |
Anesthesia | 2 weeks |
Medical ICU | 4 weeks |
Pediatric Emergency Medicine | 4 weeks |
Vacation | 2 – 2-week blocks |
PGY 2 Rotation | Duration |
Orthopedics/Physical Therapy | 2 weeks |
Emergency Medicine | 30 weeks |
Obstetrics | 2 weeks |
Ultrasound | 2 weeks |
Pediatric ICU | 4 weeks |
Medical ICU | 4 weeks |
Trauma Service | 4 weeks |
Vacation | 2 – 2-week blocks |
PGY 3 Rotation | Duration |
Emergency Medicine | 36 weeks |
Toxicology | 2 weeks |
EMS | 2 weeks |
Pediatric Emergency Medicine | 4 weeks |
Elective | 4 weeks |
Vacation | 2 – 2-week blocks |
Electives
- Ultrasound
- Anesthesia
- ED
- Interventional Radiology
- Neurology
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Toxicology
- EMS
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Critical Care
- Other electives of your choice will be evaluated for type and length on a case-by-case basis depending on your educational goals.
Didactic Curriculum
In addition, to the Emergency Medicine journal club, leadership conferences and didactics, you will participate in GME-wide journal club and leadership sessions called GME Serving Up Knowledge.
There are constant teaching activities available, including medical student skills lab, and the opportunity to participate as resident director of simulation, ultrasound, student education, administration and research, giving you additional opportunity to learn and practice leadership skills.
Research and Scholarly Activity
The Emergency Medicine Residency Program supports the Lima community through service projects and education.
To focus on your wellness, quarterly recreational activities are conducted. Wellness and career enhancement activities are also woven into the EM didactic curriculum.
Presentations and Publications
Lightfoot A, Chan J. Unexpected severe intra-abdominal injuries resulting from a ground-level fall in an elderly patient with a large staghorn calculus. BMJ Case Rep. 2021;14(3):e239829.
Oswald, D., Davis, D., & Toro, D. (2020, November 4). Ultrasound [Medical Student Skills Lab].
Barbee, E. (2021, January 7). Teaching Medical Students [Graduate Medical Education Faculty Development].
Toro, D. (2020, December 16). Doctor on the Plane [Wilderness Medicine Interest Group].
McMillan, E., & Toro, D. (2021, March 2). Table Top Disaster Scenarios [Medical Student Skills Lab].
Toro, D. (2021, March 10). Artic Emergencies, A Wilderness Medicine Approach of Hypothermia and Cold Related Injuries [Miami Valley Hospital Regional Trauma Symposium].
Lightfoot, A. (2020b, November 18). Don’t Trust Your Elders [Morbid & Mortality Conference].
Morrison, E. (2021, April 7). 11F with Acute Urinary Retention [Pediatric Emergency Medicine Case Presentation].
Nock, C. (2020, December 9). Everything that Shines isn’t Golden [Clinical Pathological Case Conference].
Rohrback, C. (2021, March 17). I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up [Morbid and Mortality Conference].
Toro, D. (2020a, February 6). The Foreign and International Medical Graduate Podcast. Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-david-toro/id1493282221?i=1000464848434
Toro, D. (2020b, February 15). Wilderness Patient Transport. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Wilderness Medicine Workshop.