The residency is heavy on emergency department and critical care experience. There are six months spent in the various intensive care units, with 22 months of emergency medicine. There are only four months of ward work. Four months of the residency are spent at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center or the adjacent Miller Children's Hospital.

There are a total of eight weeks of elective time spread out during the emergency medicine months of the R-3 year. The clinical workload during the third year is intentionally light (approximately 40 hours per week) to allow for elective activities. Residents take four weeks of paid vacation each year during their emergency medicine rotations.

All rotations at UCIMC unless otherwise noted. LB = Long Beach Memorial Hospital, eight weeks of dedicated elective time during EM-3 year, mixed in with EM months. Four weeks vacation time each year during EM months.

In addition to the blocks below, the resident gains exposure to EM administration and research throughout the residency.  Click on the respective year (ie. EM-1, EM-2, EM-3) to download year-specific goals and objectives in adobe acrobat format:

Research: There are many opportunities for research within the UCI Medical Center system and a research project is a requisite of the program. The Emergency Medicine faculty are currently involved in a variety of research projects. Some specialized areas of research include imaging in emergency medicine, EMS, toxicology, hyperbaric medicine, disaster medicine, and public health. Residents are encouraged to submit articles for presentation at national meetings and funding may be provided for residents who present at those meetings.

EM Administration: Throughout the residency, lectures and discussion pertaining to management skills and techniques, financial planning, quality care audits and computer applications will be taught. Senior residents will be given responsibility for coordinating lectures and arranging schedules. Chief residents will participate in administrative meetings within the Department of Emergency Medicine, and will represent the program on in-house committees.