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Announcing an Exciting New Digital Experience From SAEM!
We have a shiny new website for you to explore and enjoy. Introducing the refreshed and redesigned SAEM.ORG! Crafted to reflect a more accessible format with expanded search capabilities, our new site offers streamlined menu options, simpler navigation, and easy, direct access to the information you need. Start exploring now!
SAEM21
Claim CME Through July 31 for Sessions You Attended at SAEM21
July 31 is the last day to claim CME credit for all live education sessions you attended during the SAEM21 Virtual Meeting. Log in to your Juno account at https://saem.junolive.co/live. Go to the “Claim CME” tab at the top and follow the instructions. View sessions you missed and earn additional credit (260+ credits in all!) by viewing presentations “On Demand” through October 31, 2021.
Congratulations to SAEM’s 2021 Award Winners
Meet our 2021 SAEM Award Winners! SAEM awards are given each year in recognition of exceptional contributions to emergency medicine and patient care through leadership, research, education, and compassion. Congratulations to all of our 2021 award recipients.
SAEM22 Submission Deadlines
• Advanced EM Workshops:
Aug 2–Sep 15, 2021 • Didactics:
Aug 16–Oct 1, 2021 • Call for Keynotes:
Sep 7–Nov 1, 2021
• Abstracts:
Nov 1, 2020–Jan 4, 2022
• Innovations/IGNITE!:
Nov 1, 2021–Jan 11, 2022 Save the Date for SAEM22!
Save the date for next year’s SAEM Annual Meeting in New Orleans. We’ll be back in person and presenting the latest research and educational topics in academic emergency medicine. It’s going to be a great reunion and we hope to see everyone there.
SAEM NEWS & INFORMATION
Residents and Program Directors: Register for the Upcoming Residency & Fellowship Fair
Residents: Sign up for the Virtual Residency & Fellowship Fair and meet online with representatives from coveted residency and fellowship programs at NO COST to you! Program Directors: The RFF is your opportunity to showcase your residency and fellowship programs to medical students and emergency medicine residents looking to find their perfect residency or fellowship. Register now!
Let SAEM’s Expert Consultants Help You With Teaching, Research, and Other EM Practice Issues
SAEM committee and academy members possess expertise in teaching, research and other aspects of academic emergency medicine (EM) practice. Through SAEM Consultation Services, these experts, in consultation with Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM), are available to assist individuals, departments, and institutions with developing, evaluating, and/or improving various services; developing departmental status for EM divisions; subspecialty expertise (research, ultrasound, etc.); and billing, patient safety, etc.
Accepting Proposals for 2023 Consensus Conference
Proposals are now being accepted for the 2023 SAEM Consensus Conference, May 16, 2023, in Austin, TX. For more than 20 years, the SAEM Consensus Conference has gathered junior and senior researchers, thought leaders, and other stakeholders in emergency medicine to generate research agendas for the important, unanswered questions facing emergency care, leading to high-quality, funded research projects of varying scopes from a variety of funding sources. Proposals must be submitted by 5 p.m. CT, September 2, 2021 to consensus@ saem.org. For details, guidelines, and a list of previous topics, visit the webpage.
SAEM FOUNDATION
Together We Can Do More!
Show your support of research in emergency medicine and help your academy, committee, and/or interest group receive special recognition as a leader in giving by participating in the SAEM Foundation (SAEMF) Academy, Committee, and Interest Group Challenge. Just make a charitable gift before August 31, 2021. For every $1 donated during the Challenge, SAEM will donate $1 to the SAEMF (up to $10,000 on gifts/pledges committed between May 1 and August 31). If you’ve already donated in 2021, we’re counting that toward the academies, committees, and interest groups to which you belong. Your gift will help to fund more and larger grants. Donate today!
To view a full list of grant offerings through the SAEMF, including the new Emerging Infectious Disease and Preparedness Grant, visit What We Fund. All applications are due by 5 p.m. CT on August 1, 2021. Take a look at our Grant Writing Resources before you apply. View the Grant Submission Tutorial to learn how to submit your proposal. Check out our 2021 Grantees and their work.
SAEM JOURNALS
Call for Papers: AEM E&T 2021 Virtual Meeting Proceedings Issue!
AEM Education and Training (AEM E&T) invites submissions from SAEM academies, committees, and interest groups for a special issue of the journal that will publish in early 2022 and highlight the proceedings from the SAEM21 Virtual Meeting relevant to education and training. Details and submission instructions can be found online. Deadline is October 15, 2021.
AEM E&T Names 2021-2022 Fellow Editor in Training
Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training (AEM E&T) is pleased to announce that Carolyn Commissaris, MD, a medical education
Carolyn Commissaris fellow at University of Michigan Department of Emergency Medicine has been selected as the 20212022 AEM E&T Fellow Editor-in-Training. The fellow appointment to the editorial board of AEM E&T is intended to mentor a medical education fellow in the process of peer review, editing, and publishing of education research manuscripts.
URiM Medical Education Award Recipients
SAEM Residents and Medical Students (RAMS) is committed to promoting the next generation of diverse emergency physicians. With the rising costs of medical education, the purpose of the URiM Medical Education Award is to provide financial assistance, in the form of $500, to underrepresented medical students who demonstrate a strong commitment to and leadership skills in emergency medicine. Specifically, the scholarship aims to alleviate the financial strains associated with national licensing exams (often not included in tuition costs). Here are the recipients of the most recent URiM Medical Education Awards:
