EM Experience: Can the time residents spend in the Pediatric ED be counted towards fulfilling the 200 hours of clinical time in EM?
Time in the Pediatric ED can be counted towards fulfilling the EM requirement. Time spent in urgi-care departments should not be counted unless it can be demonstrated that residents are caring for patients’ acute and emergency medicine care needs (e.g., lacerations, resuscitations, etc). If training in the Pediatric ED is used to fulfill the pediatric requirement it must not be used to also fulfill the EM requirement. Double-dipping is to be avoided.