Surrey Memorial Hospital is an extremely busy community hospital. Annual ED visits are expected to surpass 180,000 this year with approximately 45,000 of these visits in the Pediatric emergency department. The ED is divided into Adult, Pediatric, Mental Health and Substance Abuse departments. EM residents are the senior residents on all shifts in the ED as well as in ICU. The goal of the program is to immerse residents in a comprehensive environment of EM training. We have a high acuity and high-volume department with emphasis on clinical and procedural experience. A highly collegial department fosters a learning environment that will enable residents to master the skills necessary to practice competent emergency medicine. Surrey is the fastest growing community in the Metro Vancouver. Downtown Vancouver is only a 35 minute drive, making access easy to all the Lower Mainland has to offer.

Although established as a satellite site of the existing UBC CCFP(EM) program, this site has the benefit of its own in-house site director and administrative assistance for the two accepted residents.

ULTRASOUND

We provide the opportunity for our residents to become certified as a “Independent Practitioners” by the Canadian Point of Care Ultrasound Society (CPoCUS) (http://www.cpocus.ca/about-ultrasound-society/our-mission/).

Additionally, some formalized echo training is available through the department of Cardiology.

SIMULATION

We make regular use of the high-fidelity simulation centre at Surrey Memorial Hospital to deliver a synchronized sim curriculum across all sites. In Situ SIMs are done in our Pediatric ED as well as in the Adult ED

ACADEMICS

There is a rigorous weekly academic day that consists of various learning opportunities. Every week there is core content that focuses on learning as well as transitioning to practice. These sessions are led by faculty at all sites and videoconferenced to wherever the residents are.

Additional sessions with all EM staff include monthly Surrey Memorial Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) rounds and monthly SPH EM Department Grand Rounds, and UBC DEM Provincial Grand Rounds.   Over the course of their training year, EM residents will have the opportunity to present at rounds.

Resident EM-based radiology, ECG and research rounds occur monthly.

All residents are provided with a HIPPOEM subscription for the training year. (https://www.hippoed.com/em/)

All residents attend the St. Paul’s Hospital Emergency Medicine Update Conference in Whistler. https://ubccpd.ca/learn/learning-activities/course?eventtemplate=306-20th-annual-st-pauls-emergency-medicine-update

Several EM-specific workshops and courses are given over the year and include:

• • 2-day introduction to “being a great EM resident boot camp” in the first week of the year
  • Cadaver procedure course
  • PALS or APLS course
  • UBC EM research day

There are monthly evening journal club sessions. Each EM resident is responsible for presenting at one of these sessions.

EXAM PREPARATION

There are regular practice oral exam sessions throughout the year. There is a practice written exam in the spring.

SOCIAL

We have several social events throughout the year including a welcome BBQ, the St. Paul’s Hospital Emergency Medicine Update Conference, a two-day winter retreat in January and a graduation party.

FLEXIBILITY

We strive to meet the training needs of each resident and are always open to creating specific training opportunities when possible.