King, KevinSchool of Medicine |
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Since completing my residency in emergency medicine, I have been fortunate enough to hold a variety of positions, in the U.S. Army, community medical practice and at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. These experiences have allowed me to develop a broad base of interest and expertise which permit me to bring multiple skills to my work. Currently, I am the director for medical student education for our department and am deeply involved in implementing novel and innovative ways to teach and assess medical student clinical skills. It is my goal to help the Department of Emergency Medicine to become one of the premiere academic Departments in the country and UTHSCSA become a model for innovative clinical teaching. |
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| 7/2013 - Present | Assistant Professor/Clinical | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Emergency Medicine, San Antonio, TX |
| 9/2010 - Present | Staff Emergency Physician | University Hospital, San Antonio, TX |
| Year | Degree | Discipline | Institution |
| 2004 | Residency | Residency | The University of Florida at Shands, Jacksonville Jacksonville , FL |
| 1999 | Internship | Transitional Internship | William Beaumont Army Medical Center El Paso , TX |
| 1998 | MD | Medicine | Uniformed Services University Bethesda , MA |
| 1994 | BA | Biology | The University of Texas at Austin Austin , TX |
Career advising for medical students- I have developed a local reputation for advising students on how to enter emergency medicine. I have attended two national meetings on this topic and am a member of a national Task Force tasked with developing recommendations on how to best counsel medical students who wish to enter emergency medicine. I co-chaired a committee charged with developing advising products not only for students, but also for residency directors. |
Cognition of Clinical Decision Making- I am developing an expertise in cognition of clinical decision making. Currently I teach both medical students and faculty on this topic and have provided lectures regionally and nationally. I am developing research in this area, specifically examining methods to enhance student learning of cognitive skills in decision making. |
Emergency Department Operations- I have developed an expertise, through my studies and five years` experience as a medical director in two emergency departments, in the operations, management, flow and economics of emergency departments. I have successfully led or participated in multiple performance improvement projects resulting in significant, measurable improvements in the improvement of patient care. |
Military Medicine- Upon graduation from the Uniformed Services University, I spent eight years on active duty. I deployed twice to the Middle East, once to Kuwait and once to Baghdad in combat operations. I was responsible for the healthcare delivery to over 3500 combat troops. My focus areas included care under fire, battlefield evacuation, medical logistics and patient data tracking. |
| Date | Description | Institution | # Students |
| 7/2014 - Present | EMED 3005 Emergency Medicine Core Clerkship | 225 students | |
| Course Director - I conceived, developed and deployed the curriculum for the first-ever core clerkship in emergency medicine at UTHSCSA. Total enrollment is 220 students per year. As the vast majority of medical schools with mandatory emergency medicine clerkships nation-wide are taught in the fourth year, no established framework exists for a third-year clerkship. I developed a novel curriculum focusing on clinical decision making. This instruction was designed to help third year medical students to take advantage of the high volume of undifferentiated patients to hone their clinical decision making skills while delving into emergency medicine topics. Integrated concepts of decision making, multidisciplinary team work, and EMS systems. The course has been very well received and garnishes a 90%+ student satisfaction rate. | |||
| 7/2014 - Present | EMED 4002: Topics in Emergency Medicine | 5 students | |
| Course Director - This course is a longitudinal elective that clinical students may enroll in. They seek a faculty mentor (either on their own or through me) and develop a project. Projects have ranged from research projects, course development and community service projects. Students submit a project proposal with measurable objectives, via their mentor, to me. I review the project to ensure it meets course criteria. Upon completion, the student must submit the completed objectives to receive credit. Furthermore, I serve as a mentor to at least one student per year. | |||
| 7/2014 - Present | EMED 4005 -- Emergency Medicine Outpatient Selective | 50 students | |
| Course Director - This course is an outpatient selective / sub-internship for senior clinical medical students. Total enrollment is approximately 50 students per year, with a significant number of students visiting from other institutions. I coordinate the enrollment and curriculum of the students; ensure proper clinical teaching by faculty and the collection of student evaluations. ? Conceived and wrote an all-new student handbook. ? Ensured scheduling of fourth year students integrated into both resident and third-year scheduling avoiding over saturation of clinical teams with learners. ? Reviewed over 150 non-UTHSCSA student applications. These students were interested in rotating at our institution in order to prepare for residency applications. ? Coordinated the enrollment of over 20 visiting students in a four month period, including writing letters of recommendation and reporting grades to their home institutions. ? Conceived and implemented a novel approach to course registration. Demand for this course during periods 1-5 is very high, so to ensure the maximum number of students can enroll, our department conducts a pre-enrollment and assigns students to particular periods. Students are highly satisfied with this process as they can plan their "away" rotations at other institutions in advance of UTHSCSA registration. | |||
| 9/2013 - Present | Individual Instruction | The University of Texas Health Science Center, Department of Emergency Medicine | |
| 9/2010 - Present | Rotation Student Supervision | UTHSCSA | |
| 9/2010 - Present | Individual Instruction | University Hospital | |
| 9/2010 - Present | Individual Instruction | The University of Texas Health Science Center, Department of Emergency Medicine | |
Abstract |
| King KM. The Use of "Synthesis Shifts" to Teach Medical Decision Making to Third-Year Medical Students; 2016 May. (Academic Emergency Medicine; vol. 23, no. S1). |
Editorial |
| King KM, Adams BD. ACP Journal Club. In septic shock, early goal-directed or standard protocol-based therapy did not reduce mortality Ann Intern Med 2014 Jun;160(12):9-9. |
Other |
| Lin M, Rezaie S, Rogers R, Sanderson W, Carroll, S, King KM, Bollinger B. "Backstories" EM Stud Podcast -- CDEM Curriculum (cdemcurriculum.com) 2016 Sep;. |
| King KM, Kass D. "Away Rotations" EM Stud Podcast -- CDEMCurriculum.org 2016 Jun;. |
| King KM. The Pros and Cons of an EM Career EM Stud Podcast -- CDEM Curriculum 2016 Mar;. |
Review Article |
| Caraballo, H., King, K.,. Emergency Department Management of Mosquito -Borne Illness: Malaria, Dengue, and West Nile Virus Emergency Medicine Practice 2014 May;16(5):1-23. |