During my rotation at Block Island Medical Center, I cared for island residents and off-season visitors with a variety of medical and traumatic complaints, performed minor surgical procedures uncommon in my everyday practice, and conducted annual health maintenance and wellness visits. Though I enjoyed managing patients who sought acute care at the medical center, I found the primary care component of my rotation to be the most valuable. As an emergency medicine resident in New York City, I rarely have the opportunity to perform comprehensive physical exams or spend time counseling my patients on their chronic health concerns but working with patients everyday in this capacity helped remind me why I chose to practice medicine in the first place. I could not have envisioned a more ideal setting to revitalize my spirit for delivering compassionate, patient-centered care and for that, I am incredibly grateful to have rotated at Block Island Medical Center.
–Quinn Leslie, MD – R-3 Emergency Medicine Resident, Mt. Sinai St. Luke’s Roosevelt, NYC

Rotating at Block Island Medical Center was an incredible opportunity to further enhance my residency training. It provides the chance to practice multiple aspect of patient care – emergency, urgency and primary care medicine.  Further, it gives the opportunity to practice the triage system first hand as one decides to keep and care for the patient, have the patient take the ferry, private plan, or helicopter to the mainland for definitive care. Additionally, it offers a top notch clinical experience including laceration repair, IV placement and phlebotomy, shooting radiographs, basics of billing, and pharmacy. I would recommend the rotation to family medicine and emergency medicine residents hoping to obtain a comprehensive (and fun!) clinical experience.
–Adam Janicki, MD – R-4 Emergency Medicine Resident, Brown University