University of California San Francisco - Fresno

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Founded in 1974 at Valley Medical Center in Fresno County, the Emergency Medicine residency is one of the first EM programs in the country. We offer a four-year program (PGY 1-4) with 10 residents per year, featuring a strong emphasis on clinical teaching and hands-on training. Our giant, new, state-of-the-art ED at Community Regional Medical Center serves as the only Level 1 trauma center and Burn center for Central California, and handles an annual ED volume of 110,000.

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Leadership Reports , President's Message , Health Policy

Gracias. Merci. Danke schön. Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto!

10/3/2017 Alicia Kurtz, MD
Gracias. Merci. Danke schön. Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto! Random question: How many ways can you think of to say thank you? Seriously. Even if you're not multilingual, I'm sure you know the phrase
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President's Message

Keep on Rockin' in Emergency Medicine

8/9/2017 Alicia Kurtz, MD
Keep on Rockin' in Emergency Medicine First and foremost, a huge welcome to all of our new members! We are so excited to have this year's interns up an at ”�em in our departments already. While you m
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President's Message , Career Planning

Wisdom in a Time of Change

5/30/2017 Alicia Kurtz, MD
Wisdom in a Time of Change It's hard to believe another academic year is coming to an end. Another crop of medical students who have struggled through the long Match process will finally start out as
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President's Message , Advocacy

Caring for All in a Divided Society

4/1/2017 Alicia Kurtz, MD
Caring for All in a Divided Society If you're anything like me, the latest news headlines have left a part of you feeling uneasy. Whether you're conservative or liberal leaning, it seems safe to say
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President's Message , Advocacy

Use Your Voice!

1/24/2017 Alicia Kurtz, MD
Use Your Voice! Hello there, EMRA! What a few months it has been! On the national level, we've had a presidential election and inauguration causing the politics in our capital to take a palpable pivo
Benefits , EMRA , President's Message , Membership

Why Does EMRA Membership Matter?

12/1/2016 Alicia Kurtz, MD
Why Does EMRA Membership Matter? Hey there EMRA! This is my first letter to you as this year's president, and I honestly could not be more excited to write it. EMRA is an incredible organization. We
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Editorial , Burnout , Personal

A Personal Story of Burnout

10/2/2016 Leann Mainis, MD
A Personal Story of Burnout Up until this past week, I thought I had a good handle on burnout. I thought I had figured it out. At some point during the past year, during a string of overnight shifts
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Health Policy , International

Dutch Lessons for U.S. Health Care

12/3/2015 Matthew Karp, MD
Dutch Lessons for U.S. Health Care A 51-year-old female with hypertension calls EMS for palpitations. The crew arrives on the north side of town to a large, somewhat worn apartment complex. A family