Rotation Information

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:30 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located at 100 State Street, Suite 320.
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit at this time.

2. Complete EpicCare computer training

• You will need to complete this training on your first day. It must be done on a UPMC computer. The student lounge is a possible location for this to be completed.
  This training must be completed before you are able to use Epic on your rotation.

3. Complete Cerner training modules:

• Module 1: Patient Lists
• Module 2: Patient Admission
• Module 3: Admission Documentation
• Module 4: Patient Management
• Module 5: Depart
• Supplemental Learning

4. Report for your rotation:

• Report to the UPMC Hamot Heart and Vascular Institute, 120 E. 2nd Street, Erie, PA, Phone: 814-877-9751.
  Tiffany Irwin will send directions for your first day.

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:30 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located at 100 State Street, Suite 320.
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit at this time.

2. Complete Cerner training modules:

• Module 1: Patient Lists
• Module 2: Patient Admission
• Module 3: Admission Documentation
• Module 4: Patient Management
• Module 5: Depart
• Supplemental Learning

3. Once these tasks are completed, report for your rotation

• To report for your first scheduled shift, use the main ED patient entrance on French Street. Wear your school ID badge and your Hamot access badge. Identify yourself as a medical student to the triage desk. Let them know you are beginning your first day on rotation and need to meet with the resident/attending you're working with that shift (whose name will be sent to you in advance.)

4. Expectations During Rotation

• You will be given a QR code that links to an evaluation on you in advance of your rotation. During:
  • Week 1 and 2: Ask at least 2-3 residents and 1-2 attendings to provide feedback using the QR code.
  • Week 2/3: Ask Dr. Erik Iszkula (iszkulaer@upmc.edu) to provide a brief mid-rotation check-in assessment to let you know how you’re doing and offer suggestions for improvement (if any).
  • Week 3 and 4: Request an additional 1-2 residents and 1 attending to complete the evaluation using the QR code.
• You are expected to present at resident lecture and take an end-of-rotation exam.
  • It is recommended that you put the QR code on your presentation and ask for feedback on that as well.
• Your student presentation, end-of-rotation exam score, and feedback factor into your summative evaluation and grade. Read more here (PDF).

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:30 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located at 100 State Street, Suite 320.
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit at this time.

2. Attend OR/scrub training

• You will need to schedule your OR scrub training for your first day of rotation. The scrub training is typically on Monday. It should be scheduled at 7:15 am in the Main OR at Hamot (not in the Women’s Hospital OR). The trainer’s name is Melinda Sandiff. Please reach out to her to schedule at sandiffm@upmc.edu or call 814-877-2121.

3. Complete EpicCare computer training

• You will need to complete this training on the first day of your rotation. It must be done on a UPMC computer. The student lounge is a possible location for this to be completed.
  This training must be completed before you are able to use Epic on your rotation.

4. Complete Cerner training modules:

• Module 1: Patient Lists
• Module 2: Patient Admission
• Module 3: Admission Documentation
• Module 4: Patient Management
• Module 5: Depart
• Supplemental Learning

5. Rotation Information

• The Office Manager or the OP Nurse Coordinator from Great Lakes Surgical Specialists will contact you with information about your rotation before you arrive.

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:30 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located at 100 State Street, Suite 320
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit at this time.

2. Complete Cerner training modules:

• Module 1: Patient Lists
• Module 2: Patient Admission
• Module 3: Admission Documentation
• Module 4: Patient Management
• Module 5: Depart
• Supplemental Learning

1. Third-year students will attend OR/scrub training

• Your OR scrub training will need to be scheduled for the first day of your rotation after you get your badge from the GME office, this is typically on Monday. It should be scheduled at 8:00 a.m. in the main OR at Hamot (not in the Women’s Hospital OR). The trainer’s name is Jessica Benson. Register for this class.

2.  Complete Cerner training modules:

• Module 1: Patient Lists
• Module 2: Patient Admission
• Module 3: Admission Documentation
• Module 4: Patient Management
• Module 5: Depart
• Supplemental Learning

3. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:30 a.m. to retrieve your badge, and parking permit. The GME office is located at 100 State Street, Suite 320.
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit at this time.

4. Once these tasks are completed, report for your rotation

• At 10:00 a.m., report to the Radiology front desk at UPMC Hamot by walking through the main lobby and following the signs for Radiology.  (The Security/Information desk in the main lobby can point you towards this department.) When you arrive in Radiology, check in at the front desk, identify yourself as a medical student there to begin rotation with Dr. Yost.

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:30 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located at 100 State Street, Suite 320.
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit at this time.

2. Complete Cerner training modules:

• Module 1: Patient Lists
• Module 2: Patient Admission
• Module 3: Admission Documentation
• Module 4: Patient Management
• Module 5: Depart
• Supplemental Learning

4. Once these tasks are completed, report for your rotation

• Report to the Magee-Women's, UPMC Hamot hospital. Present yourself as a medical student beginning rotation in the NICU to the Security Desk

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit 

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:30 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located at 100 State Street, Suite 320.
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit at this time.

2. Complete Cerner training modules:

• Module 1: Patient Lists
• Module 2: Patient Admission
• Module 3: Admission Documentation
• Module 4: Patient Management
• Module 5: Depart
• Supplemental Learning

3. Once these tasks are completed, report for your rotation by following the instructions in the welcome email

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:30 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located at 100 State Street, Suite 320.
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit at this time.

2. Attend OR/scrub training

• You will need to schedule your OR scrub training for your first day of rotation. The scrub training is typically on Monday. It should be scheduled at 7:15 am in the Main OR at Hamot (not in the Women’s Hospital OR). The trainer’s name is Melinda Sandiff. Please reach out to her to schedule at sandiffm@upmc.edu or call 814-877-2121.

3. Complete Cerner training modules:

• Module 1: Patient Lists
• Module 2: Patient Admission
• Module 3: Admission Documentation
• Module 4: Patient Management
• Module 5: Depart
• Supplemental Learning

4. Once these tasks are completed, report for your rotation: 

• You will receive a resident's contact information by email prior to your rotation start date. Once all of your administrative tasks are completed, you may contact the resident and inquire where you should meet them.

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:30 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located at 100 State Street, Suite 320.
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit at this time.

2. Attend OR/scrub training

• You will need to schedule your OR scrub training for your first day of rotation. The scrub training is typically on Monday. It should be scheduled at 7:15 am in the Main OR at Hamot (not in the Women’s Hospital OR). The trainer’s name is Melinda Sandiff. Please reach out to her to schedule at sandiffm@upmc.edu or call 814-877-2121.

3. Attend St. Vincent Health Center orientation as scheduled

4. Once these tasks are completed, report for your rotation as directed in your welcome email

5. Complete EpicCare computer training

• You will need to complete this training on your first day. It must be done on a UPMC computer. The student lounge is a possible location for this to be completed.

6. Before your second day begins, complete Cerner training modules:

• Module 1: Patient Lists
• Module 2: Patient Admission
• Module 3: Admission Documentation
• Module 4: Patient Management
• Module 5: Depart
• Supplemental Learning

1. Acquire your UPMC Hamot badge and parking permit

• Report to UPMC Hamot Graduate Medical Education office at 7:30 a.m. to retrieve your badge and parking permit. The GME office is located at 100 State Street, Suite 320.
• If you are using UPMC Hamot student housing, you will submit the signed housing form and $10 deposit at this time.

2. Complete EpicCare computer training

• You will need to complete this training on the first day of your rotation. It must be done on a UPMC computer. The student lounge is a possible location for this to be completed.
  This training must be completed before you are able to use Epic on your rotation.

3. Complete Cerner training modules:

• Module 1: Patient Lists
• Module 2: Patient Admission
• Module 3: Admission Documentation
• Module 4: Patient Management
• Module 5: Depart
• Supplemental Learning

4. Report for your rotation

• Report to the Wound Center, 215 Holland St., Erie, PA.  Phone 814-877-3018.
  Arrive at the Wound Center at 12:15 pm on Monday morning. At the front desk, introduce yourself and explain you are a medical student there to begin a rotation.

Learn more about this rotation here (PDF)