Frequently Asked Questions

We will take 6 residents per year.

You will have the opportunity to work one-on-one with Attending Physicians and become integrated into our community. We are able to focus on your needs as you grow as a physician.  Here you are not a number, but a member of the team each and every day. 

At SJH and St. Catherine of Sienna, you will participate as an active member of the ED trauma team and have the opportunity to manage every trauma in the department. During your rotations at Good Samaritan University Hospital, a level 1 trauma designated institution, you will participate as a member of the trauma surgery team and responsible for the evaluation and stabilization of each and every “Trauma Alert” and “Code T”. 

At SJH, you will care for the children that present to the ED.   You will also get training at GSUH with our Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending Physicians and PEM Fellows.  Additionally, you will have the opportunity to care for critically ill and injured children in the PICU. GSUH is a level II Pediatric trauma center supported by a robust department of pediatrics including pediatric subspecialty services supporting the care of the pediatric patients.

Ultrasound is a tool utilized in the ED every day and will become part of your practice. Several faculty members have done an Emergency Ultrasound fellowship and bring that expertise to your training.  You will also have a specific rotation for ultrasound where you will be scanning and going to “tape review”.

This is an ongoing process and each resident grows at their own rate. You will be doing the procedures needed and caring for each patient you sign up for throughout residency.  You will be given the opportunity to see critically ill or critically injured patients from day-1.  Ultimately, you will be practicing under supervision and guidance when starting, and nearly independently by the end of residency.

The department of Emergency Medicine is a significant department within the hospital and serves as the face of SJH. 

As a part of a community hospital, the relationships among departments are very collegial as we work together to provide for the needs of our patients.

You are team-mates with your attendings. We view you as an “Emergency Physician in training”.  As such, we allow you to grow and develop as an individual based upon your own special interests.  We understand that you are learning and we understand that it is our job to foster your growth.  Our attendings are dedicated to the program and to your advancement through the post graduate years of training.

Yes, we have a robust student rotation. Residents will have the opportunity to work with and teach medical students.  We would love to have you rotate here.  If interested in rotating, please visit the medical student rotation section above.

During your EM rotations, you will be working 17, 16, 15 shifts/month as you go from PGY 1, PGY 2, PGY 3 respectively.   

Yes, and we will encourage our trainees to attend these conferences which are supported by CME stipends provided to all of our residents.

We want humble, intelligent, hard-working people who strive to do the best for their patients while being committed to learning along the way.

You will be assigned a mentor. Mentor meetings will occur regularly to check in on your progress.  The PD and APD have an open door policy for any concerns or needs that you may have as you progress through the residency.  With regard to job placement, we have connections throughout the country within departments of all types and fellowships of all kinds. 

Things will not change dramatically at all. Attending Physicians will now have more time to go over the cases with you and supervise you.

We do not have a specific deadline, but to be considered, have your application complete by the New Year.

This is a new program and we will take feedback and integrate it into the program.  Additionally, residents will have the opportunity to contribute to the decision making of the Program Evaluation Committee.

An ideal application consists of your ERAS application, transcript, two SLOEs, and Dean’s letter.  We will consider you for interview without USMLE / COMLEX step 2, but you must have taken and passed Step 2 prior to the ERAS closing date to be considered on our match list.

Yes, we consider foreign graduates. Our institution will support a J-1 visa.