Inception Date: March 2022

Curriculum:

Didactic

• Weekly didactic time spent in lecture and discussion on emergency medicine core content topics
• APP-specific educational lectures and skills experiences
• Procedure Labs
• ACLS renewal, ATLS, PALS

Clinical

• Rotations in emergency medicine at Hennepin with dedicated point-of-care ultrasound and procedure time
• Off-service rotations in MICU, toxicology, EMS, ENT/OMFS, ophthalmology, pediatrics, anesthesia

The schedule will be similar to a PGY-1 EM resident with rotating day, evening, overnight, weekend, and holiday shifts as well as on-call shifts with, on average, 40-50 hours of clinical time per week in addition to didactic experiences

Clinical Rotations: Emergency Medicine, Ultrasound, EM Procedures, MICU, anesthesia, ENT, OMFS, ophthalmology and pediatrics

Program Length: 13 months

Class Size: 2

Class start dates: March 2022

Credential: Certificate of completion

Stipend: PGY-1 Salary, Currently $56,353 per year

Benefits:

• Vacation: Three weeks paid vacation
• Parking: Free parking, provided in a ramp adjacent to the hospital
• Meals: Generous meal allowance
• Fitness: HCMC offers a 24-hour exercise center

Insurance

• Health: Medical benefits are provided by Medica
• Dental: Dental coverage is available for purchase
• Life: Hennepin Healthcare offers basic life insurance of $50,000 for individual coverage only
• Malpractice: Hennepin Healthcare covers physician assistants for malpractice claims, with continuing coverage for any claim that arose during the course of the program
• COBRA: Continuation of benefits coverage
• Travel: MedEx Travel Insurance

Maternity/Paternity Leave: Hennepin Healthcare’s standard policy follows the Minnesota statute on parental leave. Requests will be granted through the program director.

CME: $2,000 to cover SEMPA conference

Contact Information: empostgradpa@hcmed.org