The new ED Learners Calendar is a google schedule that lists all the learners that are scheduled to be in the department, faculty can email edlearners@gmail.com to get their student learners included on the calendar. View the calendar here.
OHSU Doernbecher Opens 24-Hour, Kids-Only Emergency Department
Newly renovated facility is uniquely designed to help decrease anxiety, make patients and families feel more comfortable
A video tour of the new facility, which features an aquatic motif, is available at:
http://peds.emergencyresidency.com
OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital now has a dedicated, kids-only Emergency Department (ED) with specially trained emergency medicine physicians and pediatric emergency nurses on site 24 hours a day. The new OHSU Doernbecher ED is double its previous size, with 11 flexible examination rooms fully equipped to treat everything from traumatic injuries to stitches to sedation. It features a separate, enclosed waiting area for children and their families, with kid-friendly amusements, including a video game console, art niches and a big-screen TV.
OHSU class teaches docs to provide the basics that Third World needs
Global Health Fellow, Amy Marr, was recently pictured in an article
written and published by the Portland Tribune on an OHSU internal
medicine class that focuses on retraining physicians looking to become
volunteers overseas through organizations such as Doctors Without
Borders. Learn more about the Global Health Fellowship.
Two EM Faculty Members Graduate From Education Leadership Initiative Program
A graduation reception honoring the nine faculty members who make up the first cohort of
the Education Leadership Initiative program was held March 26. ELI,
identified as a priority by the School of Medicine Faculty Engagement Committee
in the 2007 strategic planning process, brings together faculty to discover and
apply new ideas and approaches to learning. Graduates are asked to share
the knowledge with their faculty colleagues and others to promote continued
excellence in education across all programs and disciplines.
The graduates included two Emergency Medicine Faculty members, Nicole Deioro, MD,
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics;
and Lalena Yarris, MD, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine.
Upcoming Conferences
OCEP Oregon Chapter of American College of Emergency Physicians
General EM - CME conference
Sunriver, OR
Jan 31-Feb 4, 2010
www.ocep.org
The new ED Learners Calendar is a google schedule that lists all the learners that are scheduled to be in the department, faculty can email 
OHSU class teaches docs to provide the basics that Third World needs
A graduation reception honoring the nine faculty members who make up the first cohort of
the Education Leadership Initiative program was held March 26. ELI,
identified as a priority by the School of Medicine Faculty Engagement Committee
in the 2007 strategic planning process, brings together faculty to discover and
apply new ideas and approaches to learning. Graduates are asked to share
the knowledge with their faculty colleagues and others to promote continued
excellence in education across all programs and disciplines.
