Training Sites

IU Health Bloomington Hospital is a community hospital and a regional hub for 11 surrounding counties. It is a Level III Trauma Center with 364 staffed beds. The emergency department consists of 61 rooms and sees approximately 53,000 patients per year with a 16.5% admission rate. The Bloomington Hospital is part of the state-of-the-art Regional Academic Health Center (RAHC) and moved to its new location in December 2021 allowing you to care for patients in state-of-the-art facilities. Multiple specialists for the region are based out of Bloomington including a new pediatric hospitalist team, interventional radiology with the ability to complete thrombectomies for pulmonary embolus patients and interventional cardiology with a dedicated cath lab. Dedicated intensivists and hospitalists are available for admissions. The RAHC also features the IU School of Medicine Health Science Building and contains a 12,000 square foot cutting-edge simulation center. Medical students will rotate alongside you in the emergency department, providing opportunities for you to hone your skills as an educator in your third year. As an emergency medicine resident, you will complete much of your emergency department and off-service rotations at this hospital.

The IU Health Bedford emergency department is Indiana's busiest critical access emergency department serving more than 22,000 patients. Equipped with full lab and imaging capabilities, Bloomington Hospital serves as a receiving facility for patients requiring specialty services. The hospital provides comprehensive emergency care to its community and is the only hospital in Lawrence County. Members of this community are greatly appreciative to be able to receive care near their home, and often do not seek health care frequently leading to increased acuity when they choose to. As a resident, you will hone your skills managing the undifferentiated and critically ill patient here, without the additional resources you have at a larger emergency department.

Paoli Hospital is a 23-bed critical access hospital serving Orange County and the surrounding area of southern Indiana. The emergency department provides high quality emergency care to just over 10,000 patients per year without many of the resources found at larger facilities. The local population includes many farmers, trade workers and Amish communities, creating a distinct and appreciative community atmosphere. You will develop a strong rapport with your nursing colleagues who are members of the community and partner closely with you to provide care to the sickest of patients in this small town.

Riley Children’s Health at IU Health North Hospital is on the north side of Indianapolis, and residents will rotate on a four-week pediatric critical care experience during the PGY-2 year. The Pediatric ICU at Riley North is staffed by expertly trained pediatric intensivists who care for the sickest children throughout Indiana. The patient mix in the PICU at Riley North includes sick children with a variety of severe respiratory and metabolic conditions that reflect what the typical emergency physician will see in the community. Residents working in the North Hospital PICU will be paired one to one with pediatric intensivists allowing for unopposed educational opportunities.

Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital in the heart of Indianapolis is where you will rotate on a four-week pediatric emergency department rotation as a PGY-1 and a PGY-3. The emergency department is staffed 24/7 by physicians with specialized training in pediatrics and emergency medicine who have years of experience working with different levels of learners. You will interact with pediatrics residents and form networks that will benefit you in your future practices. The department is a Level 1 pediatric trauma center providing residents the opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary team to provide trauma care to injured children and refine your resuscitative skills of infants, children and adolescents.

The Health Sciences Simulation Center in Bloomington, Indiana is a 12,000 square foot facility dedicated to providing cutting-edge simulation-based education. The center includes six patient exam rooms, seven patient simulation rooms and seven debriefing rooms.

At the heart of the center's capabilities are its high-technology mannequins that range from infants to adults, task trainers as well as pregnancy models which will enable you to practice a wide array of medical procedures and scenarios. Reflecting real patient care practices, the simulation center is equipped with clinical equipment and spaces that simulate authentic health care settings. 

The simulation center is led by David Rodgers, EdD, EMT-P, NRP, FAHA, who has extensive experience in EMS services, simulation center operations and educational program development.