Our Chief Residents Welcome You to North Florida!
Welcome to the UCF/HCA North Florida Emergency Medicine Residency! As the chief residents, we are excited to tell you about our program and show you why we love training at North Florida. Our program is more than just a residency; we are a family. Our close-knit group includes attendings, residents, APPs, nurses, paramedics, and all the ED staff. This family atmosphere makes coming to work every day enjoyable!
High-Acuity Training in a Busy Referral Center
Our emergency department is a fast-paced, high-acuity, busy referral center for the entire North Florida network of affiliated hospitals. This means we see a very diverse, often sick, population. North Florida is a Comprehensive Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center of Excellence. North Florida has a variety of specialists with whom we work closely to ensure the best care for our patients. Our shifts always keep us on our toes; there is rarely a shift that goes by without multiple highly acute patients, and more often than not, a major resuscitation!
Clinical Experience Without Competing Learners
We see approximately 109K patients per year between our main emergency department, fast-track area, and three freestanding emergency departments. Our volume and acuity of patients allow residents to become comfortable with procedures and resuscitation by the end of their intern year! As North Florida has no surgical residencies, no residents are competing with us for procedures. We do all of our own reductions, sedations, nerve blocks, ENT procedures, chest tubes, intubations/airways, joint aspirations, and more!
Hands-on Simulation Training Beyond the Emergency Department
Outside the hospital setting, we get to learn and challenge our procedural skills in our state-of-the-art simulation lab. We have a simulation lab experience every month and get hands-on experience with procedures like cricothyrotomies, bronchoscopies, difficult intubations, joint aspirations, thoracotomies, lumbar punctures, complicated infant deliveries, and so much more!
Faculty Who Invest in Every Resident
The icing on the cake is our amazing attendings! They consistently attend our weekly conferences and are available at any time for questions, concerns, or extra help with study material, procedures, anything—you name it! They continue to invest time and energy into making our resident experience the best that it can be.
