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graduate medical education at scripps mercy trauma

Scripps Mercy Trauma prides itself on being a leader in GME and providing exceptional training opportunities to several residency and fellowship programs throughout San Diego. Residents and fellows expand their skills with firsthand experience and close mentorship from attendings.

The residency program at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) has been integrated with Scripps Mercy Trauma for over 30 years. General surgery residents from NMCSD complete rotations in trauma at Scripps Mercy Hospital.

Scripps Mercy also hosts residents from Kaiser Permanente San Diego emergency medicine and pediatric emergency medicine fellows from Rady Children’s to complete rotations in trauma.

SCRIPPS MERCY TRAUMA PRACTICE GUIDELINES

Current practice guidelines for Scripps Mercy Hospital Trauma Services are outlined and accessible for all residents and staff.

Scripps Mercy Hospital Trauma Research Symposium

The 2022 Mercy Hospital Trauma Research Symposium is scheduled for December 12, 202 from 7:30am to 12:00pm. This free event is open to physicians, nurses, graduate students, investigators, and researchers. Physicians and nurses in attendance are eligible to claim 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

San Diego Day of Trauma

The San Diego Day of Trauma is an annual meeting aimed at all healthcare providers. In attendance are trauma surgeons, nurses, medical students, EMT service providers, and law enforcement. The 2022 San Diego Day of Trauma occurred on December 2nd at the Sheraton Resort in San Diego. Attendees may claim EMS credit, ACCME credit, or nursing CME credit, as applicable. The event will be hosted again in the future.

Journal Club

RESIDENT EDUCATION

Mercy Trauma prides itself on a thorough educational experience for all residents. The reading list for surgery residents and curriculum schedule can be accessed via the links below.

Clinical Research Fellowship

Surgery residents from the US Navy are eligible for a one-year research fellowship.

RESEARCH FELLOWS

2023-2024: CASEY ERWIN MD, BENJAMIN HAVKO MD, LAURINDA JACKSON MD

2022-2023: Bryan Campbell DO

2021-2023: BENEDICT CAPACIO MD, CHRISTOPHER GOLJAN MD, ALEXANDER MARROTTE MD

2020-2021: KRISTINE PARRA MD

2019-2020: DEREK BENHAM MD, MATTHEW CARR MD, JOSEPH DIAZ MD

2018-2019: KYLE CHECCHI MD

2017-2018: JASON BOWIE MD, W. JASON BUTLER MD, LyNDSEY WESSELS MD

2016-2017: KATHLEEN CANNON MD

2015-2016: JASON BRILL MD, JAMES WALLACE MD

2014-2015: PAUL LEWIS MD, VICTORIA MCDONALD mD, KIMBERLY THOMPSON MD

2013-2014: ERIC OLSON MD, j. MICHAEL VAN GENT DO, ASHELY ZANDER DO

2012-2013: JESSE BANDLE MD

Trauma Research Internship

The Trauma Research Internship is designed for active students with an interest in public health, epidemiology, trauma and injury prevention, biomedical statistics, and health policy. This internship, in an earlier form, began in 2005 as a post-baccalaureate research internship in collaboration with the Johns-Hopkins Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program. In 2016, the trauma research program began accepting Master's of Public Health students from San Diego State University's Graduate School of Public Health to provide practical experience in a research setting. In 2018, this program was expanded to include students in the University of California, San Diego Masters in Clinical Research program. All researchers have subsequently received authorship for publication in leading academic journals.

Students are provided with hands-on training towards conducting research. Students are exposed to all aspects of the study development process that includes:

• Hypothesis generation

• Literature review

• Study design

• Institutional review board (IRB) submission

• Data collection

• Data processing

• Analysis and interpretation

• Scientific writing

• Manuscript review and submission

This internship allows for the application of clinical and public health knowledge towards the development of guidelines for implementation in the clinical setting. This program runs concurrently with the Clinical Research Fellowship and provides for an innovative and multidisciplinary approach to applied research.

Mercy Trauma supports the development and completion of a Master's thesis (or manuscript option) for graduation. Studies designed during the internship may be used for this purpose, pending approval by both an academic student advisor and the Mercy Trauma administration. While not required, a Mercy Trauma research member may serve as an external committee member. Authorship of any manuscript resulting from the internship must include an attending physician and a member of the research staff.