Lakeland Regional Heath (LRH) is Florida’s fifth largest hospital with 864 beds located between Tampa and Orlando. It is a community regional referral center housing the second busiest single site emergency department (ED) in the nation with over 204,000 visits annually. LRH is also a Joint Commission accredited Chest Pain Center, AHCA attested Comprehensive Stroke Center, Level II Trauma Center, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Center, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and the only dedicated Pediatric Emergency Department (ED) in the county.  The LRH ED has 165 total beds including 16 critical resuscitation beds.  The Pediatric ED houses 33 beds including three critical resuscitation beds.

The PGY2 EM residency is a 12-month, organized, directed, postgraduate training program focusing on the development of the skills and competencies necessary to provide optimal pharmaceutical care to emergency medicine patients. Under the guidance of specialty trained preceptors, the resident will develop advanced clinical skills and professional confidence. 

Learning experiences: 

Required

Adult Emergency Medicine I and II 

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Trauma

Elective 

Critical Care

Infectious Disease 

Neurology 

Pain Management

Longitudinal 

Pre-Hospital (EMS education and ride-along experiences)

Presentations (case conferences, CE seminar, research)

Professional Development

Research (medication use evaluation presented at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, research presented at Florida Residency Conference, monograph presented to P&T)

Staffing (one weekend per month, additional evening coverage as year progresses)

Toxicology 

 

For more information please go to:

http://mylrh.org/pgy2-emergency-medicine-residency