The University of Toledo

Residency Profile

University of Toledo Emergency Medicine Residency Program Vital Statistics

Program name: University of Toledo Emergency Medicine Residency
Medical school affiliation: University of Toledo College of Medicine
Mailing address: 3600 Arlington Ave, Mail Stop 1088
Telephone number: 419-383-6369
Fax Number: 419-383-3357 
E-mail address: Lauren.Monus@utoledo.edu

Program training format: 1-3
Number of residents per entering class: 8

Number of residents currently in training:24

Percentage of residents who are women: 19%

Total number of resident graduates: n/a
Residency attrition rate (past 5 years only): n/a

Year program began: 2009
List combined programs: n/a
ACGME Accreditation Category and duration of years approved: Full accreditation, 3 years
Next ACGME RRC-EM survey date: 2011

Residency Coordinator name: Lauren Monus
Residency Coordinator contact information: lauren.monus@utoledo.edu, 419-383-6369; emresidency@utoledo.edu
Department/Division Chair name: Kristopher R. Brickman, MD
Program Director (PD) name: Catherine A. Marco, MD, FACEP
Research Director (RD) name: Catherine A. Marco, MD, FACEP 

Institutional and Emergency Department Attributes:

Notes: The “primary” training department is the department with the most number of EM rotations, “additional” departments are those where the residents also rotate.  Only Emergency Medicine rotations are included in this section.  If a Pediatric Emergency Medicine rotation in another institution is used, list the institution in this section

 

Institution name	University Medical Center	St. Luke's Hospital	The Toledo Hospital
Number of acute care hospital beds	320	365	794
Number of beds in the ED	18	30	52
Total number of annual ED visits	30,311	40,113	84,000
Percent pediatric visits	19%	23%	31%
Percent admission rate	28%	13%
Percent of total admissions admitted to critical care area	6%	4%
Trauma Accreditation	I	II	I
Unique attributes	Electronic ED chart Digital radiographs Electronic tracking Distinct ChemBio area Electronic patient records	Electronic ED chart Digital radiographs Electronic tracking Distinct ChemBio area Electronic patient records	Digital radiographs Electronic tracking Electronic patient records
Total number of EM rotation months	19	17	3
Miles from primary training institution	0	8	6

Faculty Attributes

Total number of all faculty: 24
Number of core faculty: 8
Number of clinical faculty: 24
Number of non-clinical faculty: 0
Percentage of total faculty who are women: 25%

Curriculum Attributes

 

EM 1	EM 2	EM 3
Orientation and Procedures (1 month)
CCU (1 month)	SICU (1 month)	ED Administration (1month)
Anesthesiology (1 month)	ED (10 months)	ED (7 months)
Pediatrics (1 month)	Pediatric EM (1 month)	Elective (3 months)
Orthopedics (1 month)		EMS/ Disaster (1 month)
Trauma (1 month)
Surgery (1 month)
MICU (1 month)
ED (3 months)
OB/GYN (1 month)

Emergency Medical Services

Describe EMS experience: Month rotation, with unique opportunities to develop expertise in EMS and disaster medicine. 

EMS relating training opportunities: annual EMS training day, EMS ride-alongs, EMS education opportunities

Research and scholarly activity

Describe unique research resources available to the residency: College of Medicine research statistical support, collaborative opportunities with College of Medicine, College of Law, College of Pharmacy

 

 

 

Resident Benefits

 

Uniform allowance per year: 2 Lab Coats for eah PGY 1     

Educational stipend allowance per year:      

Educational materials provided outside allowance per year:      

Resident CME policy:      

Types of insurance coverage provided:      

Number of days vacation or personal days: 30

Unique resident benefits not listed above:       

     

Medical student clerkship

Duration of clerkship: 4 weeks 

Clerkship Director name: Rhonda Hercher, MD

 

Three areas of department research interest: pain management, resuscitation, patient education

Number of peer-reviewed abstracts presented last 5 years: 44

Number of peer-reviewed manuscripts published over the last 5 years: 48

Number of non peer-reviewed publications over the last 5 years: 106

Describe the how residents meet the requirement to engage in scholarly activity: Mentored scholarly project