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RotationsRotations during the intern year are designed to comply with the American Osteopathic Associations requirements for an Emergency Medicine Emphasis Internship. Rotations during the PGY-2 through PGY-4 years include a total of 21 months of Emergency Medicine, with an additional 13 months of rotations in specialties beneficial to an emergency physician. During the senior year there are 2 months of electives. These electives allow the senior resident to pursue additional training in an area of special interest, or the opportunity to work in other emergency rooms. The rotation schedule below is only intended to provide the yearly rotations, it is not in any specific order. During the PGY2 - PGY4 years the resident is in the emergency room every other month.
Click on a rotation above to learn more about the rotation. Intern RotationsSurgery (6 weeks): One full month with Dr. Chris Carey, two weeks with Dr. Kent Webb. This is an in-patient rotation at Southwest. The intern is usually first assist on all of surgeries. Internal Medicine (2 months): One month with Dr. Daniel Lee and one month with Dr. Tamara Holloway. The intern is expected to follow patients from admission to discharge. Responsibilities include history and physical exams, daily progress notes, and daily management. ICU (1 month): This is an inpatient month at Southwest based in the ICU. This is a great opportunity to practice procedures and run ACLS codes. The day consists of writing notes for the attendings and then doing procedures as they are needed including central lines, intubations, and chest tubes. Family Practice (1 month): This rotation is split into 2 two-week of clinic with either Dr. Diana O’Connor or Dr. Ronald Hopkins. The intern spends the day in clinic seeing patients and then occasionally rounds on patients in the hospital. Infectious Disease (2 weeks): This is an in-patient service with Southwest’s Infectious Disease specialist, Dr. David Chansolme. Pediatric ER (1 month): This is an in-patient rotation at The Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center. The usual format consists of seeing a patient and then presenting to either an upper level pediatric resident or to an attending. This also includes any patient procedures such as lumbar punctures or intubations. OB/GYN (1 month): This is a dual in-patient and clinic based rotation. The intern spends two weeks in the outpatient OB/Gyn clinic and then two weeks in the hospital working alongside an OB/GYN resident. The intern delivers babies, scrubs in for c-sections, and rounds on post-partum patients. Nights (1 month): The intern spends one full in-patient month working 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. as “house officer” at Southwest. A pager is worn so that nurses can contact the house officer for any alarming patient situations such as respiratory distress, blood pressure problems, or procedures such as central lines. When the intern is not in the hospital taking care of problems they see patients in the ER. ER (3 months): The usual format includes seeing a patient, completing an H&P, formulating a diagnosis and then presenting your case to the assigned attending physician. The intern/resident is responsible for completing any needed procedures on their patient, writing necessary prescriptions, and filling out admit orders. PGY2 Rotations:ER (6 months): As a second year you are assigned to be in the odd (January, March, etc.) or even (February, April, etc.) month group. Therefore, your resident ER rotations occur every other month and you work with the same half of the residents throughout your residency. PGY 2’s work 19 twelve hour shifts and must complete 1 eight hour research day during their ER months. ICU (1 month): Refer to the description as presented in the PGY1 year. Peds ER (1 month): This rotation is conducted at Children's Medical Center Dallas Pediatric Hospital. The residency provides accommodations at the Candlewood Suites just 15 minutes north of the Hospital. Children’s is a large referral hospital that receives numerous transfers for specialized pediatric care. They have every specialty and the hospital is a level one trauma center. EMS (2 weeks): The resident works 8 twelve-hour shifts on days of their choice with the Norman EMS system called EMSTAT. The shift includes riding with paramedics to the call scene and transporting the patient to the Norman Regional Hospital. The resident is allowed to order medicines, intubate, start peripheral IV’s, and assist the paramedics in any way. Vacation (2 weeks): This time is paired the same month as the EMS ride-alongs. The resident can choose which days to ride in the ambulance and then have the rest of the days off as vacation. If the resident chooses to go out of town they are excused from resident activities such as meetings. Anesthesia (1 month): This is an in-patient rotation at Southwest. The resident is allowed to intubate, place central lines and arterial lines, and follow surgical cases with any of the anesthesiologists. Radiology (1 month): Time is spent with the radiologists at Southwest Medical Center reviewing basic radiology, computerized tomography, MRI, and U/S. Additional time is available to work with the ultrasound technicians. Orthopedics (1 month): This is a clinic based rotation with Dr. Sean O’Brien and Dr. Derek West. The resident goes to clinic and sees a high volume of patients. This is also an opportunity to review x-rays and splinting. Pgy-3 Rotations:ER – 6 months in the base emergency department, 17 shifts per month, 1 eight hour research day per month Neurology – One month in-patient based neurology rotation in our accredited stroke center with: Harvey Drapkin, D.O., Gabriel Pitman, D.O., Charles Morgan, M.D., Brent Beson, M.D. Cardiology – One month in-patient cardiology rotation with Naeem Tahirkheli, M.D. Experiences include cath lab, treadmill supervision, and the care of critically ill cardiac patients. Trauma – One month in-patient rotation at the OU Medical Center Trauma One Center, the state of Oklahoma’s only level one trauma center. The rotation includes trauma-ICU experience, as well as experience in the initial management of the traumatic patient. PICU – One month in-patient rotation at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. University ER/Vacation: Two weeks of this rotation are vacation. The other two weeks are spent working in the Emergency department of The University of Oklahoma, Presbyterian Tower, the state of Oklahoma’s only level one trauma center. ENT/Ophthalmology: Two weeks are spent on each of the sub-specialties. These are out-patient rotations with Dr. Jason Sigmon (ENT), and Dr. Thomas Wolfe (opth). Pgy-4 Rotations:ER – 6 months in the base emergency department, 15 shifts per month, 1 eight hour research day per month. Administration – One month rotation with Dale Askins, D.O., the president and C.E.O. of Morningstar Emergency Physicians. Elective – One month elective of choice. Elective/Infectious Disease – Two weeks of this rotation are spent completing an in-patient infectious disease rotation with Dr. David Chansolme. The other two weeks are elective. Toxicology – This one month rotation takes place within the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. The residency provides accommodations at the Candlewood Suites just 15 minutes north of the Hospital. University ER – This is a one month rotation spent working in the Emergency department of The OU Medical Center, the state of Oklahoma’s only level one trauma center. Medical Examiner/Vacation: Two weeks of this rotation take place at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Oklahoma. The other two weeks of this rotation are vacation.
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