10/17/2014
EM Residency Spotlight—Doctors Hospital
Doctors Hospital is a teaching hospital unlike any other. Located on the west side of Columbus, Ohio, Doctors offers an experience that allows trainees to see a large variety of pathology, all while living in one of the nation’s best cities.
![Participating in this sim lab are [left to right] Rachel Bextermueller, Gina Rossi, Eric Jackson, Chontelle McNear](https://associationdatabase.com/aws/OACEP/asset_manager/get_image_small/87139?ver=1 "Participating in this sim lab are [left to right] Rachel Bextermueller, Gina Rossi, Eric Jackson, Chontelle McNear")
The Doctors Hospital EM Residency’s focus is on providing a great education and having fun doing it. Faculty members train residents to be ready for anything at a moment’s notice. As a member of OhioHealth (one of Ohio’s largest health systems) and being affiliated with the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM), Doctors Hospital has access to resources that cover the gamut of modern medicine. Residents not only rotate at Doctors Hospital, a 58-bed, 85,000 visits-per-year Emergency Department, but at Grant Medical Center in downtown Columbus, the region’s busiest Level I Trauma Center; Nationwide Children’s Hospital, one of the busiest pediatric Emergency Departments in the country, and the Central Ohio Poison Center.
How many residents are in the Doctors Hospital EM Residency?
Doctors Hospital takes eight residents per year for a total of 32.
![Residents, Drs. Andrew Little [left] and Zachary Hudson [right] at EMS extraction day, intubation station](https://associationdatabase.com/aws/OACEP/asset_manager/get_image_small/87140?ver=1 "Residents, Drs. Andrew Little [left] and Zachary Hudson [right] at EMS extraction day, intubation station")
What makes Doctors Hospital’s program unique?
Residents say Program Director, Dr. Bill Fraser, and Residency Coordinator, Leigh Hylkema, are second to none. Dr. Fraser is a huge resident advocate and also supports a healthy lifestyle both in and outside of residency. Doctors’ program prides itself on a collegial learning environment, great didactics and simulation labs, and a significant patient load that are conducive to training the some of the best residents in the country. The program has a very strong ultrasound curriculum guided by two fellowship-trained faculty. Residents come out of the program with all the skills and confidence needed to run any emergency department.
When asked how they would describe the program in three words, residents said:
- Engaging, laid-back, committed
- Camaraderie, fun, busy
- Fun, friendly, organized
- Ready for anything!