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Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center
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Overview
Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Three Year (EM1-2-3) Categorical Program. Fully accredited by ACGME
Located in central Texas, north of Austin
Ten residents per class
Facilities
Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center (CRDAMC), Fort Cavazos, Texas
High volume emergency department with over 75,000 visits per year
Brand new state of the art 60-bed emergency department, the largest in the Dept. of Defense
Texas A&M College of Medicine clinical teaching facility
Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Level 1 Trauma Center
New replacement hospital opened May 2017; formerly University Medical Center Brackenridge
Dell Children’s Medical Center, Austin, Texas
Level 1 Trauma Center
Pediatric Emergency Medicine rotation site
Scott and White Hospital, Temple, Texas
Level 1 Trauma Center
MICU, Cardiovascular ICU rotation site
Ascension Seton Medical Center, Austin, Texas
Austin’s largest acute medical/surgical center
Urban Emergency Medicine rotation
McLane Children’s Hospital
Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center
Pediatric ICU rotation
San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas
Level I Trauma Center
Trauma ICU rotation site
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Bryan-College Station, Texas
Level 2 Trauma Center
Regional Emergency Medicine rotation site
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center - Hillcrest, Waco, Texas
Medical ICU rotation site
Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, Texas
Regional Emergency Medicine rotation site
University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz
. Or
NYU SOM New York City Poison control center
, New York, NY
Toxicology rotation site
Faculty
Full–time, EM–trained, board certified or board eligible faculty.
Military faculty possess extensive operational and combat experience, with most having deployed in various capacities, including Forward Surgical Resuscitative Teams, Battalion and Brigade surgeons, combat support hospitals and special operations.
Contract faculty physicians with extensive experience outside of the military health system.
Multiple oral board trainers for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.
One oral board examiner for the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
Multiple fellowship trained staff to include;
5 Ultrasound
2 Emergency Medical Services
2 Pediatric Emergency Medicine
1 Critical Care
1 Toxicologist
Academics
Unopposed residency. No competition for procedures or management of trauma patients.
Consistently some of the highest in-service training exam scores in the nation.
Strong didactic program with oral boards based morning report four days a week and five hours of lecture for weekly grand rounds.
Active research program with dedicated Research Director provides opportunities to publish and past residents have had numerous national conference presentations, including poster presentations and the annual SAEM CPC competition
Semiannual cadaver–based procedure lab and advanced airway management course.
Quarterly live tissue–based procedure lab.
Weekly simulator lab with elaborate 4-bed simulation center with some of the most advanced mannequin patient simulators available.
Robust ultrasound program with formal didactics and one month of ultrasound experience during the first year of residency, including time spent in radiology and echocardiography.
One of the few residencies in the nation to offer Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) program as a part of the core residency curriculum.
BLS, ATLS, ACLS and PALS provided for first–year residents.
Monthly journal clubs focusing on current evidence based medicine and research concepts.
Capstone multiday military medicine field scenario experience for graduating seniors.
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