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Explore mentorship in UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency, including faculty mentors, peer mentorship, and an annual Career Day for senior residents.
Each class has an Assistant/Associate Program Director who is assigned to them for all 4 years and meets with each resident formally on a semi-annual basis to track progress and discuss goals. Residents are also matched with a personal faculty mentor to meet with regularly to discuss career or personal goals and issues. Resident sibling families are made up of 4 residents (one per year) to provide peer mentorship and advice. While we have these formal avenues for mentorship, a lot of mentorship comes from working alongside our faculty on shift as well as on various projects.
The program hosts a Career Day each year for senior residents to give advice on how to prepare for the job search and life after residency. Many of our program's alumni from various practice types around the region attend and give their perspectives on the different settings and locations in which EM is practiced.
Learn how UCLA Emergency Medicine residency addresses diversity through the EDI Committee and the Geffen School of Medicine's robust EDI programming
The UCLA Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has an office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) with a robust amount of programming for students, trainees, faculty, and staff. Please refer to the websites below to see a full listing of information and events!
Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at UCLA
In 2019 the Department of Emergency Medicine Residency Program chartered an EDI Committee. The mission of the EDI committee is to foster diversity and inclusion for the recruitment and retention of our residents, fellows, and faculty to reflect the rich diversity of Los Angeles and promote long term population health equity. "Please check out our "Diversity" section for additional information!
Explore how UCLA Emergency Medicine residency promotes wellness with events, retreats, support services, and access to gyms and fitness centers
Our Residency Wellness Committee plans and organizes regular residency-wide events that also include nursing/ancillary staff and scribes! Some previous activities include: brewery tours, hiking, magic shows, and comedy shows.
The residency hosts 2 retreats each year and allow residents to request special days off in order to help them be present at important events in their lives outside of residency.
The UCLA Behavioral Health Center is available for residents to seek help and support with 24/7 services provided including psychiatric consultation and short-term psychotherapy.
UCLA Physician and Faculty Wellness Program provides lectures and workshops related to burnout, stress, health, and wellness, as well as a drop-in center.
Residents are also able to get discounted rates to join UCLA gyms and fitness centers.
Ronald Reagan Medical Center & Olive View Medical Center
- Primarily 8 hour shifts on weekdays and 12 hour shifts on weekends (allowing for more weekend days off)
- At Ronald Reagan: Scribes for Seniors and Dictation Software available
- Majority of shifts overlap to allow wrap up and chart completion
Ronald Reagan
- Level I Trauma Center
- EM Senior is Team Leader
- Airway always belongs to EM
- Remainder of procedures alternate by day between EM and Trauma
Olive View
- Not a designated Trauma Center but gets a lot of delayed trauma, walk-ins, and drop offs! EM residents in charge of all resuscitation and procedures.
Antelope Valley
- Level II Trauma Center with a remarkable, high acuity catchment area
- EM resident is only resident present and participates in all codes/procedures in the ED and in the hospital!
Discover the unique electives undertaken by UCLA Emergency Medicine residents.
With 20 weeks of elective time, residents have ample opportunity to get creative with their choices! Residents have the option to pursue ICU electives to further hone their critical care medicine and procedural skills, subspecialty electives to delve into specific fields of interest, and international electives to gain global medical experience. Elective time is used to explore career interests, develop fellowship applications, and enjoy new experiences. See our electives section for additional information.
Unique electives recently done:
- EM Experiences in Hawaii, Guam and South Africa
- Aerospace Medicine with SpaceX
- Global Medical Education in Kenya
- Medical Informatics
- Interventional Pain Management
- Medical Writing for a TV Station …and more…
If a resident designs an elective with educational value, the leadership is willing to support it while continuing to provide salary!
Benefit-Year Deductible
- Tier 1: UC Medical Center and One Medical providers
- $0
- Tier 2 from Anthem PPO Network Provider
- $100 individual
- $200 family
- Tier 3 From an Out-of-Network Provider
- $200 individual
- $500 family
Benefit-Year Out-of-Pocket Maximum
- Tier 1: UC Medical Center and One Medical providers
- $1000 individual
- $2000 family
- Tier 2 from Anthem PPO Network Provider
- $1000 individual
- $2000 family
- Tier 3 From an Out-of-Network Provider
- $2000 individual
- $4000 family
Preventative Care
- Tier 1: UC Medical Center and One Medical providers
- $0
- Tier 2 from Anthem PPO Network Provider
- $0
- Tier 3 From an Out-of-Network Provider
- $0
Doctor, Specialist and Therapist Office Visits
- Tier 1: UC Medical Center and One Medical providers
- $15 copayment
- Tier 2 from Anthem PPO Network Provider
- $15 copayment
- Tier 3 From an Out-of-Network Provider
- 30%
Discover recent changes in UCLA's Emergency Medicine residency, including expanded R4 teaching roles, shift adjustments, and new R2 experiences
- Teaching and resident supervising role expanded for longitudinal R4 experience
- Majority of shifts now 9hr with 8hr overnights and 12hr shifts on weekends (to allow more residents weekends off)
- Increased pediatric exposure through two additional weeks of Pediatric EM and UC at Olive View
- Quality improvement and Administration changed to be a longitudinal experience for R4 seniors
- Added Social Emergency Medicine experience to R2 year
- Building additional Pathways for our residents to graduate with a certificate in an area of concentration
Discover the diverse career paths of UCLA's Emergency Medicine alumni, with 35% in fellowships and academics and 65% in community jobs, many in leadership roles in EM groups nationwide.
Alumni hold leadership positions in EM groups across the country and are part of academic faculty in a wide variety of institutions!
Discover the activities of UCLA Emergency Medicine residents, including residency committees, organized medicine, and event medicine involvement
Residency committees are run entirely by the residents based on individual interests. Current committees include:
Recruitment
Social media
Wellness
Community outreach
Medical education
Hospital-wide committees that residents can get involved in include ethics and GME committees
Organized Medicine
Residents are involved in and members of ACEP, CalACEP, EMRA, AAEM/RSA, California Medical Association, AMA, and local advocacy groups such as SCOPHE.
Several of our residents have been involved in Event Medicine activities such as: Rock Medicine (music festival), AIDS Lifestyle support, and the Painted Turtle Camp.
Explore the variety of living options for UCLA's Emergency Medicine residents, from Westwood to Venice and beyond.
Residents live in a variety of places!
- Westwood
- Brentwood
- Santa Monica
- Venice
- Culver City
- West Hollywood
- San Fernando Valley
- East LA
- On a boat!
UCLA housing also available!