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History & Practice of Emergency Medicine

County General: The Making of Modern Emergency Medicine

Before The Pitt, there was County General. Use ER's fifteen seasons to trace the invention of emergency medicine as a specialty, the changing rules of resident training, and the enduring craft of bedside care.

IntroductoryProfessional development

Modules

Module 1

Birth of a Specialty

Anchor scene

The pilot

In this module

  • How EM became a board specialty
  • The county hospital as teaching engine
  • Nurses and PAs

Course outcomes

  • Trace emergency medicine from the 1970s to today
  • Practice bedside procedures in the context of real cases
  • Understand duty hours, supervision, and residency reform
  • Reflect on the physician-patient relationship over a career