Emergency Medicine Residency Rotations

 Preparing You for the Future of EM

Dr. Sara Dimeo, Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director, details the core and elective rotations for Emergency Medicine residents at the Dignity Health East Valley GME program in Arizona.

Example Rotation Block Schedule

GME Rotation Schedule: Emergency Medicine Residency

4 weeks: Orientation in Emergency Medicine

16 weeks: Emergency Medicine

3 weeks: Trauma Surgery

4 weeks: Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)

4 weeks: Ultrasound / Emergency Medicine

4 weeks: Palliative Care / Rural Emergency Medicine

3 weeks: Orthopedics

3 weeks: OB/GYN / Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

4 weeks: Cardiology / Anesthesia

4 weeks: Pediatric Emergency Medicine

23 weeks: Emergency Medicine

6 weeks: Pediatric Emergency Medicine

4 weeks: Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)

4 weeks: Toxicology

3 weeks: Emergency Medical Services / Research

4 weeks: Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)

3 weeks: Rural Emergency Medicine

2 weeks: Elective

27 weeks: Emergency Medicine

7 weeks: Pediatric Emergency Medicine

4 weeks: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

8 weeks: Electives

3 weeks: Administration / Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

CUEVA Emergency Medicine Residency: Robust Training in Simulation, Pediatrics, and Ultrasound

The CUEVA Emergency Medicine Residency Program provides robust, longitudinal training in key areas: Simulation, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and Ultrasound. This ensures our emergency medicine residents develop expertise progressively throughout their three years.

Our unique curriculum features recurring high-fidelity simulation sessions, integrated pediatric emergency medicine shifts and rotations, and a comprehensive ultrasound curriculum with bedside scanning and faculty feedback. Graduates of the CUEVA EM residency program are confident, skilled, and prepared to lead in any emergency setting.

Wide ranging rotations

Our program curriculum is divided into 13 four-week blocks which includes all of the essential elements of emergency medicine training. To supplement core ED rotations at Chandler Regional Medical center, you'll do longitudinal pediatric EM shifts at the on-site Mercy Gilbert Phoenix Children's Pediatric ED as well as dedicated pediatric EM blocks at Phoenix Children's' Hospital downtown.

You'll experience unique rotations such as palliative care, spend time as a junior medical director during your administration block, and experience life as a rural EM doc at the Sacaton at the HuHuKam Memorial Hospital ED on the Gila River Indian Community and a truly rural experience in Fort Defiance Medical Center on the Navajo Nation. 

Ample elective time is built into the 3rd year to explore your own niche, with opportunities to create your own elective or explore preset electives such as medical education, ophthalmology, hand surgery, EMS/disaster medicine, radiology/IR, sports medicine, advanced ultrasound, or wound/hyperbaric medicine.