Since we began in 2001, the educational goal of the department is to provide medical students and residents with the necessary skills to apply acute care and decision making, approach a patient with an undifferentiated chief complaint and enhance their procedural skills.

The educational mission of the Department of Emergency Medicine is to educate future leaders and scholars who will advance the practice of emergency medicine at all levels, from local to international.

EM research is an interdisciplinary field that addresses a plethora of subjects and medical specialties ranging from acute critical care to improving public health. Our clinical research field is focused on health services, clinical toxicology, critical care, ultrasound, EMS, injury prevention & control, pediatric emergency medicine, and ED administration. Faculty also have grants from the CDC, NEMC, KFDA and Rural Development Administration.

We will make a commitment to continue promoting the Department’s three primary missions: to provide excellence in patient care, to provide excellence in education, and to conduct research vectored towards acute clinical conditions and health services-related problems.

Healthcare is in crisis but we have embraced the challenges of our times and is engaged in training future leaders and in finding innovative solutions.