A Record 3,896 Attendees Convene in Austin, Texas for SAEM23

The 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting, May 16-19, in Austin, Texas, was one for the record books! A total of 3,896 attendees — the most for an SAEM annual meeting in the Society’s 34-year history — convened in Austin, Texas for four days of high-quality career development opportunities, cutting edge education, state of the art original research, and innovation in academic emergency medicine presented by some of the top names in the specialty.

Plenary Abstracts From the Brightest Minds in EM

Emergency medicine academicians in eight plenary abstract presentations explored a broad diversity of research relevant to the practice of emergency medicine during special plenary sessions following the keynote addresses. These eight abstracts were chosen by the Annual Meeting Program

Committee as the best from among more than 1,210 submissions.

Sign in with your user name and password at saem.org to view all 903 SAEM23 accepted abstracts in the SAEM23 Annual Meeting Abstract Supplement.

1. Erector Spinae Plane Block for Low Back Pain Reduces Pain and May Reduce Opioid Consumption

Andrew Wayment, Robert Steele, Jacob Avila, Ryan Itoh

2. Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act Citations for Failure to Accept Appropriate Transfer, 2011-2022

Jasmeen Randhawa, Genevieve Santillanes, Sameer Ahmed, Zachary Reichert, Katie Hawk, Sarah Axeen, Jesse Pines, Seth Seabury, Michael Menchine, Sophie Terp

3. Emergency Medicine Workforce Attrition Differences by Age and Gender

Cameron Gettel, D Mark Courtney, Pooja Agrawal, Tracy Madsen, Arjun Venkatesh

4. Derivation of a Clinical Decision Rule to Guide Neuroimaging in Older Adults Who Have Fallen

Kerstin de Wit, Mathew Mercuri, Natasha Clayton, Éric Mercier,

Judy Morris, Rebecca Jeanmonod, Debra Eagles, Catherine Varner, David Barbic, Ian Buchanan, Mariyam

Ali, Yoan Kagoma, Ashkan Shoamanesh, Paul Engels, Sunjay Sharma, Andrew Worster, Shelley McLeod, Marcel Émond, Ian Stiell, Alexandra Papaioannou, Sameer Parpia

5. Emergency Medicine Bound Fourth-Year Medical Student Performance on a Standardized Substance Use Disorder Patient Case

Tomohiro Ko, Amanda Esposito, Brennan Cook, Archana Pradhan

6. Facilitating Adaptive Expertise in Learning Computed Tomography: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Leonardo Aliaga, Rebecca Bavolek, Benjamin Cooper, Amy Mariorenzi, James Ahn, Aaron Kraut, David Duong, Michael Gisondi

7. Geographic Distribution of Emergency Residency Training in Medically Underserved Areas and Current Practice

Mary Haas, Laura Hopson, Caroline Kayko, John Burkhardt

8. Data-Driven Learning: Understanding How Medical Students

Utilize a Data Dashboard

Daniel Owens, David Scudder, Wendy Christensen, Rachael Tan, Tai Lockspeiser

LOOKING AHEAD Save the Date!

The SAEM Annual Meeting Program Committee, under the guidance of chair, Ryan Lafollete, MD, is already hard at work to make SAEM24 another stellar success. We look forward to seeing you in Phoenix, Arizona, May 14-17, 2024, at the Sheraton Grand Hotel.

SAEM24 Submission Deadlines

The SAEM Annual Meeting is the largest and most notable gathering of its kind for the presentation of original, high-quality research and educational innovation in emergency care. Add these submission dates to your calendar and plan now to submit your work when submissions open!

Advanced EM Workshops

Aug. 1 – Sept. 15, 2023

Didactics

Aug. 15 – Oct. 2, 2023

Keynotes

Sep. 7 – Nov. 1, 2023

Abstracts

Nov. 1, 2023 – Jan. 2, 2024

Innovations

Nov. 1, 2023 – Jan. 11, 2024

IGNITE!

Nov. 1, 2023 – Jan. 11, 2024

Clinical Images Exhibit

Nov. 1, 2023 – Jan. 11, 2024

Post-SAEM23 Need-to-Know

Claim CME By July 31!

Claim your SAEM23 CME in four easy steps:

1. Log into the SAEM Annual Meeting App or SAEM23 Program Planner using your SAEM username and password

2. Click “Claim CME”

Dr. Wendy Coates Installed as the Society’s 2023-2024 President

Wendy Coates, MD, was installed on May 17, at the SAEM23 opening ceremony, as SAEM’s 2023-2024 president. Dr. Coates is a professor of emergency medicine at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and senior faculty/education specialist at Harbor-UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Coates succeeds Angela Mills, MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, who became SAEM’s immediate past president. She will hold the president post for a one-year term.

Dr. Coates used her presidential address during the opening ceremony to emphasize SAEM's committement to diversity and discuss the many ways SAEM is striving to attain excellence across all areas of the Society’s mission.

A key component of Dr. Coates’ message focused on the importance of mentorship and the reminder that “nobody gets to where we are today alone.”

3. Complete CME Required Tasks

4. Print your completed CME certificate

Three Ways to Access SAEM23 Content

Miss out on the big event, but interested in what all the “buzz” was about? We have three ways you can access SAEM23 content you might have missed:

1. Starting in August, experience convenient online and mobile viewing of SAEM23 presentations anytime, anywhere on SOAR (SAEM Online Academic Resources).

2. Videos recorded from three full days of SAEM23 livestreaming are available for viewing on our SAEM YouTube channel.

3. Preconference and daily recap podcasts, presented by SAEM’s Virtual Presence Committee, provide key events and sessions.