Scott & White Healthcare - Texas A&M College of Medicine

Submitted by CRush on May 24, 2011 - 11:16am
Medical School Affiliation: 
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Institution Address: 
2401 South 31st Street
Temple, TX 76508
United States
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Mailing Address
Address1: 
2401 South 31st Street
Address2: 
MS-11-AG062
Address3: 
Department of Emergency Medicine
City: 
Temple
State: 
Texas
Zip: 
76508
Website(s): 
http://gme-em.sw.org
Program Training Format: 
PGY 1 - 3
Number of residents per entering class: 
12
Number of residents currently in training: 
34
Percentage of residents who are women: 
11.76
Total number of resident graduates: 
125
Numbers of residency who did not complete the program in past 5 years: 
3
Accreditation: 
ACGME
ACGME Accreditation: 
Continued
Date of last ACGME RRC - EM survey : 
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Year accreditation expires: 
2012
Year program began: 
1992
Residency Coordinator
Coordinator First Name: 
Cindy
Coordinator Last Name: 
Rush
Coordinator Title: 
Program Administrator
Coordinator Email: 
crush@swmail.sw.org
Coordinator Phone: 
+1 254 724 5815
Coordinator Fax: 
+1 254 724 0408
Department Chair:
Chair Title: 
Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Chair First Name: 
C. Keith
Chair Last Name: 
Stone
Program Director
Director Title: 
Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
Director First Name: 
Dorian
Director Last Name: 
Drigalla
Director Email: 
ddrigalla@swmail.sw.org
Director Phone: 
+1 254 724 5815
Associate/Assistant Program Directors
First Name: 
Trey
Last Name: 
Morris
Title: 
Assistant Program Director
Phone: 
+1 254 724 5815
Email: 
jamorris@swmail.sw.org
Research Director
First Name: 
David
Last Name: 
Morgan
Email: 
dlmorgan@swmail.sw.org
Phone: 
+1 254 724 1068
Areas of department research interest: 
Sepsis, medical simulation, medical education, airway, envenomations
Number of peer review abstracts presented in last 5 years: 
82
Number of non-peer-reviewed publications in the last 5 years: 
38
Describe how the residents meet the requirement of engage in scholarly activity: 
Residents formulate a research question typically during their 1st year. They pursue the question with a faculty member and begin to develop their project from IRB submission and approval to data collection to statistical analysis. Most formulate an abstract and pursue presentation at a national or international meeting. Some choose to pursue different scholarly activity in the form of case reports, and many have written textbook chapters over the past several years.
Primary Site
Institution name: 
Scott & White Memorial Hospital
Number of beds in hospital: 
634
Number of beds in ED: 
47
Total number of annual ED visits: 
84961
Admission rate (%): 
25
Level 1 Trauma verification?: 
Yes
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
24
Miles from primary training institution: 
0
Unique attributes: 
Rotations in the ED and throughout the hospital are 4 week blocks (24 above refers to number of blocks)
Second Site
Institution name: 
Scott & White Children's Hospital
Number of beds in hospital: 
64
Number of beds in ED: 
14
Total number of annual ED visits: 
0
Unique Attributes: 
Our Children's Hospital is nearing completion, expected to open October 2011. Residents will spend an appropriate percentage of shifts at this site during each 4 week block they spend on Emergency Medicine, and the remainder at Scott & White Memorial Hospital's ED. This new facility will have a 16 bed PICU, 48 hospital beds, and a dedicated, Children's ED.
Third Site
Institution name: 
Swedish Medical Center (Denver, CO)
Level 1 Trauma verification? : 
Yes
Unique Attributes: 
This site is an optional rotation site for our PGY3 residents for their Surgical ICU rotation.
Faculty Attributes
Total number of all faculty: 
22
Number of core faculty: 
11
Number of clinical faculty: 
11
Female faculty (%): 
14
Program graduates who are program faculty (%): 
10
Number of faculty with additional training (Peds, Critical Care, Toxicology, EMS, etc.): 
3
Block Schedule
PGY-1: 
Emergency Medicine - 6 blocks
General or Family Medicine - 1 block
Cardiology - 1 block
Medical ICU - 1 block
Anesthesia/Ultrasound - 1 block
Orthopaedics - 1 block
OB/GYN - 1 block
Trauma Service - 1 block
PGY-2: 
Emergency Medicine - 9 blocks
Pediatric ICU - 1 block
Cardiovascular ICU - 1 block
Admin/Tox/Rearch - 1 block
Elective - .5 blocks
Difficule Airway/Research/US - .5 blocks
PGY-3: 
Emergency Medicine - 9 blocks
Admin/Tox/Research - 1 block
SICU (Scott & White or Denver) - 1 block
Elective - 1.5 blocks
Teaching Chief - .5 blocks
Resident Benefits
Annual PGY-1 Salary: 
47517.28
Educational stipend allowance per year: 
500.00
Uniform allowance per year: 
5 monogrammed sets of scrubs are provided
Number of vacation or personal days: 
15.00
Types of insurance coverage provided: 
Health, dental, disability and life insurance (available at no cost or at a greatly reduced cost)
Educational materials provided outside allowance per year: 
No
Unique resident benefits not listed above: 
Reduced health club rates at Temple College and a city owned gym, The Summit, are available along with free parking, on-call & conference meals, meals while on shift and a 403B retirement plan. Dues to ACEP, TCEP, EMRA and AMA are paid for by the residency, and included in these dues are subscriptions to Annals of Emergency Medicine, Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine, EMRA Antibiotic Guide, Emergency Medicine Resident News, and EMRap. Our Chair edits his own textbook and provides copies to all residents at no cost. Our EMRA representative attends SAEM and ACEP annual meetings with travel costs covered by the program. Our Chief Residents attend SAEM annually with costs paid. Travel for any research project accepted to a regional, national or international meeting will also be covered. There is potential for multiple paid trips for a resident who has more than one presentation accepted.
Resident Graduate Attributes (last 5 years only)
Number of residents entering fellowship programs: 
1
Number of program graduates who are academic faculty: 
11
Number of program graduates who are non-academic clinicians: 
102
First time ABEM qualifying exam rate: 
100
First time ABEM oral exam pass rate: 
100