PGY2 Emergency Medicine

• The Nebraska Medicine main campus has a 48-bed emergency department (with a flex capacity of up to 59) with over 61,000 emergency room visits per year.
• As the primary referral center for the region, Nebraska Medicine sees a multitude of diverse, complex and acute patient cases.
• Designated by the American College of Surgeons as a Level One Trauma Center.
• Designated as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the American Heart Association and the American Associates Brain Attack Coalition.
• Extracorporeal life support (ECMO) and cardiac cath lab services.
• Adult Psychiatric Emergency Services Unit.
• Bellevue Medical Center is a community and sister hospital of Nebraska Medical Center with a 17-bed emergency department (with a flex capacity of up to 26) and over 33,000 emergency room visits per year.

EM PGY2 Required Rotations

• EM PGY2 Required – Emergency Medicine Orientation (4 weeks)
• EM PGY2 Required – Introduction to Emergency Medicine I (4 weeks)
• EM PGY2 Required — Introduction to Emergency Medicine II (4 weeks)
• EM PGY2 Required – Toxicology*(4 weeks)  
• EM PGY2 Required – Pediatrics and Women’s Health (4 weeks)
• EM PGY2 Required – Advanced Emergency Medicine (4 weeks)
• EM PGY2 Required – Advanced Emergency Medicine (Academia/Precepting Focus) (4 weeks)
• EM PGY2 Required – Advanced Emergency Medicine (Nocturnist Focus) (4 weeks)
• EM PGY2 Required – Trauma/Surgical Critical Care (4 weeks)
• EM PGY2 Required – Medical Critical Care (4 weeks)
• EM PGY2 Required – Heart Failure/Electrophysiology (4 weeks)
• EM PGY2 Required – Psychiatric Emergency Services (2 weeks)

EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required Rotations (July through June)

• EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Research
• EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Interprofessional Education
• EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Emergency Medicine Management and Disaster Preparedness
• EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Pre-Hospital Care/Emergency Medical Services
• EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Staffing and On-Call Experience
• EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Emergency Medicine Community-Based Practice
• EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Medication Use Evaluation 
• EM PGY2 Longitudinal Required – Leadership Development Series (if not completed during PGY1 year)

*Note – primarily precepted by a non-pharmacist preceptor

• LifeNet Air Ambulance Ride Along (1 to 2 times per year)  
• Omaha Fire Department Ride Along (monthly)  
• Emergency Medicine Education Conference (weekly) 
• Omaha Metropolitan Healthcare Coalition (varied activities throughout the year)  
• Sports/Event Medicine (varied activities throughout the year) 
• Multidisciplinary simulations with emergency medicine residents/staff (varied activities throughout the year) 
• Teaching opportunities within the multidisciplinary emergency medicine group 
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training 
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) training  
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) training  
• ACEP Scientific Assembly  
   

The PGY2 Emergency Medicine resident will staff ~50 to 60 total shifts throughout the year, including on-call shifts. This will include two holiday shifts. The RPD will pre-determine the shifts for the Emergency Medicine resident based on staffing needs. Additionally,  

1. The Emergency Medicine pharmacy resident will staff two weekends, one Friday evening, and one Bellevue Medical Center Monday evening shift per 8 week schedule block for a total of approximately 30 shifts throughout the year. 
    
2. The Emergency Medicine pharmacy resident will cover approximately 15-20 PharmD on-call shifts per year.
    
3. Any necessary or desired alterations to the scheduled weekend staffing must be approved by the manager and RPD. 
    
4. The Emergency Medicine resident will be eligible for additional pay for any staffing or on-call shifts outside of the pre-specified staffing requirements and residency rotational responsibilities, pending RPD and manager approval. 
   
   Staffing will occur in the Emergency Department pharmacy (Nebraska Medical Center ED and/or Bellevue Medical Center’s ED).
    

Leigh Gomez, PharmD, BCCCP
Pharmacist Specialist - Emergency Medicine
PGY2 Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director
Nebraska Medicine
981090 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-1090
Phone: (402) 559-2876
Email Leigh Gomez