I am honored to introduce to you our residency. Although we are new, we have already successfully created a supportive and exciting learning environment. Feel free to ask any of our residents or students who have rotated here! Our program can boast of the following:

• Regularly scheduled, attending-led educational sessions that systematically cover core curriculum, with each topic covered twice a year during your residency.
• Consistent and beneficial attending presence at all learning events.
• Active FOAMed curriculum including conference credit for asynchronous learning at home to incorporate multiple learning styles.

• Our group is highly regarded within the hospital and has been here for decades!
• Our faculty are graduates from other legacy Florida programs such as Orlando Health, UF, Jacksonville, and even from right here at North Florida! 
• We have never had locums in our department. We have a highly sought after work environment in Florida with zero turn over!

• With an annual census of over 75K patients, we’ll have plenty of clinical experience for you.
• We see some of the highest patient acuities in the HCA Enterprise with a 44% admission rate.
• We have a freestanding Emergency Department experience designed for senior residents with opportunities for moonlighting, giving you independent practice experience before you graduate.
• No competing residents for all ED procedures!

• Oral Boards Cases and Board-style questions every conference session. You will be prepared long before you graduate!
• Assigned Rosh Review questions every week and constant monitoring to help you identify your possible weaknesses and address them early. We are here to support you!
• Board Prep course support.
• Quarterly board-style practice exams to get you ready for the real thing.

• A Simulation lab with over $500K of equipment at your disposal. This includes equipment such as Trauma Man, Sim Man, Sim Baby and Sim Jr.
• An EM-dedicated Simulation Director, one our very own core faculty members, Dr. Stern.
• Opportunities to write and publish simulation education scenarios.

• Support and encouragement for all areas of interest including EMRA representation, participation in state and national conferences, and opportunities to attend more specialized conferences on an independent basis. 
• Formal mentors assigned to each resident with scheduled meetings and check-ins. Getting feedback can be hard for everybody, but this is the single most important aspect of residency for you! Our mentorship program is all about you and gives you the tools to succeed! 
• Like I mentioned above, our faculty are awesome! We are all very committed to our work and to the residents! We know that if our residents succeed, we succeed.

• Two of our faculty members direct multiple EMS systems and a flight medical service. They will bring you into the world of EMS through both the director and medic roles and introduce you to a tight-knit community of dedicated medical professionals who take care of our patients before we even see them. 
• You will be examining and reviewing actual protocols, working side by side with EMS providers, and even hopping on a helicopter with our flight crew for the day!
• We have a third-year advanced EMS track for interested residents.

• Wait until you meet Dr. Middleton, our Ultrasound-fellowship trained Ultrasound Director! No one has a passion for ultrasound quite like he does!
• Your ultrasound rotation will include one-on-one scanning sessions and a formal didactic approach to make sure that you become an expert.
• Brand new top-of-the-line ultrasound machines that are integrated into our medical records.
• We have a EUFAC-accredited US Fellowship program and an Advanced Ultrasound track for 3rd years.

• We have a research team including our very own research coordinators and biostatisticians supporting our research program!
• Our residents are involved in current projects, and we work with each resident to support them in an individualized scholarly activity plan.
• Current projects topics include traumatic brain injuries, drugs of abuse, intimate partner violence, EMS, and ultrasound use in the ED.

• We have two “Wellness Days” each year. These are days when our residents have the day off together to enjoy an activity. The best part is, it’s paid for by the residency! Past trips have included scalloping, paintball, theme parks, axe throwing, and much more!
• We support our residents professionally, emotionally, financially, and scholastically throughout the year. 
• We have are dedicated to incorporating our family atmosphere into your learning environment!

• We have funds set aside to help residents with special interests such as combat medicine, advocacy, global health, etc.
• All parking is free, and housing provided at away rotations is top-notch (and also free!)
• There is a food stipend for our hospital and for away rotations, amazing food at all events, and 24/7 access to the resident snack fridge in the ED.
• Internal and external moonlighting opportunities are available to enrich our residents.

• Our faculty, Hospital Administration, and Division leadership are dedicated to your success. We are not entrenched in precedent and will be building our program around you.
• We will be watching and listening to you. You have the chance to be a part of one of EM’s premier programs from the beginning!

As you can see we have a lot to offer. I hope that you can recognize the theme throughout the experience we offer. Our residency is about our residents. When you join our family we commit 100% to your success. I look forward to meeting you.

Locate us in ERAS: 1101100201
Locate us in NRMP: 1587110C1