Centered on the principle "The needs of the patient come first," the Emergency Medicine Residency in Rochester, Minnesota, provides the highest quality resident training experience through exposure to a diverse and clinically challenging patient population and academic opportunities, all in preparation for a versatile career in emergency medicine. Regardless of whether you pursue an academic, community, or rural setting in which to practice, you will have the skills required to make a positive impact and be successful. At Mayo Clinic, we're a family that works together as a team to support one another. The faculty members here are diverse, and the off-service rotations are unparalleled with world-renowned staff in departments such as cardiology, orthopedics, and neurology. Renowned scholars who have written text on advanced cardiovascular life support as well as advanced trauma life support reside here, too. Additionally, our patient population is extremely complex with a great variety of pathology. If you're interested in research, the opportunities are endless. You also have a vast amount of resources available to pursue your own individual interest in emergency medicine. Lastly — and this is probably one of the most important reasons to train here — you, the resident, play not only an integral role in designing the program, but also a crucial one.