hank you for
your interest in our program. The Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC) and the University of
Washington Medical Center (UWMC) Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine is committed
to excellence in training. Our goal is to train highly competent emergency physicians for
a career in one of medicine's most exciting and challenging specialties.
The Madigan Army Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine began resident training
in 1979 when it began training active duty military physicians in emergency medicine for
positions ranging from those within major military hospitals to smaller positions as
General Medical Officers for overseas military clinics. Having since grown and matured to
a prominent position as a leader in Emergency Medicine, the military program was joined in
1994 by the UWMC to form an Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine, which began
training civilian residents alongside Madigan's military residents.
Both civilian and military residents receive training in the same rotations
and spend approximately 60% of their rotations at the Madigan Army Medical
Center and most of the
remaining portion at University of Washington affiliated hospitals such as
Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center and Children's
Hospital and Regional Medical Center..
Through its affiliation with Madigan, the program gains access to the excellent
training opportunities afforded by Madigan's large patient population, access
to additional Federal Research Resources, as well as a well-rounded set of
clinical rotations for residents and students. These resources, together
with the resources (high acuity and specialized training) available at the
UWMC and affiliated hospitals, assure a quality and comprehensive program.
In August of 2005 the Department of the Army ended the
practice of accepting civilian residents into the program. The program
continues to train military residents.
