This is why you chose this specialty! HUP is your home base, where you will gain clinical experience in the evaluation and management of patients with undifferentiated complaints. Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (PPMC) is our sister hospital and our level 1 trauma center located less than 1 mile away from HUP. Combined ED volume is over 115,000 patients annually. PGY-1s focus on improving their clinical and communication skills as well as learn how to take care of critically ill patients. As the years progress, so do the responsibilities. The PGY-2s and PGY-3s are expected to manage multiple patients simultaneously and begin to function like an attending. The senior residents (part of PGY3 and all of PGY4) are given a new role - that of an administrator, educator, and patient care provider - all at the same time. Our senior residents are expected to run an entire side of the ED. This includes overseeing sign-out rounds, supervising all major procedures and resuscitations, assisting the charge nurse with patient flow through the rooms they are overseeing (typically 20 or so), answering paramedic medical command calls, and managing all trauma airways. It may seem overwhelming now, but the graded responsibility over the training makes this transition as smooth as possible.

Curriculum by Year