We offer a range of innovative educational opportunities and cutting-edge research initiatives to advance the field of emergency medicine.

The UC Davis Department of Emergency Medicine is proud to offer a number of outstanding educational programs covering the full spectrum of basic to advanced emergency medicine concepts and skills. We offer unique, high-quality experiences and training for undergraduate students, medical students, emergency medicine residents, emergency medicine specialty fellows, advanced emergency medicine research trainees, and practicing emergency physicians. Program faculty are chosen for their content expertise and outstanding teaching abilities.
The UC Davis Emergency Medicine residency training program is an allopathic, 3-year, university-based program whose vision is to educate emergency physicians who will provide compassionate, state-of-the-art emergency care, and advance the field of emergency medicine in their careers as clinicians, educators, and researchers.
The UC Davis Emergency Medicine Fellowship program offers diverse subspecialty training at its Sacramento Level I Trauma Center, covering areas from EMS and Toxicology to Health Policy and Ultrasound. These fellowships develop future leaders by combining high-acuity clinical practice with research and opportunities for advanced degrees, such as an M.P.H., leveraging its proximity to the state capital.
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Elevate your medical training at UC Davis with high-impact emergency medicine electives that bridge the gap between classroom theory and elite clinical practice. Starting as early as your first year, you’ll work side-by-side with expert faculty in one of the nation’s highest-acuity, most advanced emergency departments. This is a unique opportunity to gain essential, hands-on knowledge through personalized bedside teaching in a fast-paced, premier academic environment.
Stay at the forefront of emergency medicine with UC Davis’s premier Continuing Medical Education (CME) programs. Designed for the modern practitioner, these courses deliver evidence-based updates on cutting-edge trials, new therapies, and evolving practice guidelines through high-impact conferences and hands-on workshops. Gain clinical mastery from national leaders in a dynamic learning environment dedicated to improving patient outcomes and professional excellence.
Bridge the gap between the classroom and the ER with the UC Davis Emergency Medicine Undergraduate Program. Home to the premier Emergency Medicine Research Associate Program (EMRAP), this experience offers students a front-row seat to clinical research in a high-acuity Level I Trauma Center. It’s an elite opportunity to gain hands-on medical exposure while working alongside world-class faculty in a fast-paced, technologically advanced environment.
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