Banner - University Medical Center Tucson
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson (BUMCT) is a primary provider of indigent care through the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, a regional Level One trauma center, and a tertiary care referral hospital that creates an extremely interesting milieu of patient pathology. The BUMCT Emergency Department is our primary teaching setting in which more than 80,000 patients of a diverse socioeconomic mix are cared for annually. The acuity is high and the turnover rapid. Approximately 70 percent of a resident's ED time will be at BUMCT in a longitudinal fashion.
Banner - University Medical Center South
Banner - University Medical Center South (BUMCS) has become an important contributor to our teaching program. Our integrated faculty supervise our residents in this unique community setting that serves about 45,000 patients annually. Approximately 30 percent of a resident's ED time will be at BUMCS ED in a longitudinal fashion.
Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System
The Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System (SAVAHCS) in Tucson has an outstanding national reputation for both research and clinical practice. This sprawling Spanish Colonial complex serves as the site for our PGY I medical intensive care rotation and an additional emergency medicine rotation experience. A superb combination of teaching excellence and patient care responsibility is afforded to the resident at SAVAHCS.
Tucson Medical Center
The Tucson Medical Center (TMC) Emergency Department is privately staffed with an outstanding group of board-certified emergency physicians, many of who are our own alumni. TMC ED is very busy, seeing in excess of 85,000 patients per year. Residents work one on one under the direct supervision of attending staff during their senior year.