Heard this week

“One of the biggest advantages of providing education through the ED is the advantage you may get in recruitment. This is particularly true when you have EM residents or advanced practice provider (APP) students, such as a PA or NP student, rotate through your ED. You really know what [you’re] getting (as does the student) after a month-long rotation in the ED.”

—Michael Silverman, MD, partner at Emergency Medicine Associates and chairman of emergency medicine at the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, reveals the pros (and cons) of hospitals allowing students and residents to rotate through their emergency departments.