University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Submitted by KNorton on May 13, 2011 - 3:13pm
Medical School Affiliation: 
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Institution Address: 
200 Hawkins Drive, 1008 RCP
Iowa City, IA 52242
United States
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Website(s): 
http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/EmergencyMedicine/index.html
Program Training Format: 
PGY 1 - 3
Number of residents per entering class: 
8
Number of residents currently in training: 
24
Percentage of residents who are women: 
58.00
Total number of resident graduates: 
36
List combined programs: 
None
Accreditation: 
ACGME
ACGME Accreditation: 
Continued
Date of last ACGME RRC - EM survey : 
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Year accreditation expires: 
2015
Year program began: 
2003
Residency Coordinator
Coordinator First Name: 
Kelly
Coordinator Last Name: 
Norton
Coordinator Email: 
kelly-norton@uiowa.edu
Coordinator Phone: 
+01 3193846511
Department Chair:
Chair Title: 
Interim Department Chair
Chair First Name: 
Andrew
Chair Last Name: 
Nugent
Program Director
Director First Name: 
Hans
Director Last Name: 
House
Associate/Assistant Program Directors
First Name: 
Jon
Last Name: 
Van Heukelom
Research Director
First Name: 
Gerene
Last Name: 
Denning
Areas of department research interest: 
Public Health, Injury Prevention, & Public Policy: All-terrain vehicle (ATV) injury prevention Reducing binge drinking among college aged adults Injury prevention in professional baseball Fall prevention in the elderly Improving Patient Care: Reducing mortality from sepsis Improving pain management Improving Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to rural communities Technology for Patient Care, Medical Education, and Research: Improving EPIC (patient record system) for patient care and research Simulation and medical education
Number of peer review abstracts presented in last 5 years: 
17
Number of peer reviewed manuscripts published in the last 5 years: 
8
Number of non-peer-reviewed publications in the last 5 years: 
0
Describe how the residents meet the requirement of engage in scholarly activity: 
Residents are required to complete an academic project prior to graduation. To get credit, the project must be submitted to a journal, meeting, or conference for publication.
Primary Site
Institution name: 
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Number of beds in hospital: 
640
Number of beds in ED: 
36
Total number of annual ED visits: 
55000
Pediatric visits (%): 
18
Admission rate (%): 
24
Admission admitted to critical care area (%): 
4
Level 1 Trauma verification?: 
Yes
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
16
Second Site
Institution name: 
St. Luke's Hospital
Number of beds in hospital: 
373
Number of beds in ED: 
34
Total number of annual ED visits: 
56000
Pediatric visits (%): 
27
Admission rate (%): 
20
Admission admitted to critical care area( %): 
2
Level 1 Trauma verification?: 
No
Total Number of EM rotation months: 
2
Miles from primary training institution: 
22
Faculty Attributes
Total number of all faculty: 
18
Number of core faculty: 
8
Number of clinical faculty: 
18
Number of non-clinical faculty: 
2
Female faculty (%): 
28
Program graduates who are program faculty (%): 
17
Number of faculty with additional training (Peds, Critical Care, Toxicology, EMS, etc.): 
4
Block Schedule
PGY-1: 
Emergency Medicine (3 months)
Pediatric Emergency Medicine (2 months)
Anesthesia
Radiology
Intro to Emergency Medicine
Trauma
Burn Unit
Orthopaedics
Medicine Wards
PGY-2: 
Emergency Medicine (5)
Emergency Medicine (2nd site)
Elective
OB
MICU
NICU
SICU
Cardiology
PGY-3: 
Emergency Medicine (7)
EMS
Emergency Medicine (2nd site)
Elective
Selective
SICU
Resident Benefits
Number of vacation or personal days: 
21.00
Educational materials provided outside allowance per year: 
Yes
Unique resident benefits not listed above: 
Membership in ACEP/EMRA. Subscriptions to EM-RAP, Annals of Emergency Medicine. All residents receive a copy of Harwood-Nuss. Book allowance of $300 in PGY-2 year. Conference stipend to Essentials of Emergency Medicine for PGY-1 residents and any conference (usually ACEP) for PGY-3 residents. ACLS, ATLS, PALS, NRP provided. Medical insurance for family with free prescription coverage. Child care facility available.
Resident Graduate Attributes (last 5 years only)
First time ABEM qualifying exam rate: 
96
First time ABEM oral exam pass rate: 
100