SAEM REPORTS ACADEMY NEWS Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine The ARMED Course Sets You Up for the Future
Dr. Sarah Keene
Sarah Keene, MD, PhD, a Geriatric Emergency Medicine Fellow, Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, MI, was a participant in SAEM’s Advanced Research Methodology, Evaluation, and Design (ARMED) course this past academic year. She shares her experience below:
“The ARMED course is SAEM’s leading course on research methodology and grant writing. The ARMED course functionally has two components: 1) a series of lectures on research opportunities, methods, and grant writing best practices; and 2) three workshops on grant writing, with direct feedback on your grant. Lectures are spread throughout the year and are virtual. The workshops are before the ACEP annual conference, the SAEM annual conference, and an additional workshop in February, usually held in Chicago. “Didactics range in topic from the different components of a grant to various funding opportunities. The first workshop is an intensive overview of how funding research works in emergency medicine. The second two workshops focus on your specific aims page, as this is the make-or-break section of your grant. Specific aims pages are shared and edited in small groups. I found the workshops to be the greatest value of the ARMED course. The specific aims page I wrote for the course was the first specific aims page I had ever written by myself, and it showed! Writing a specific aims page is a skill that is separate from the skill required to write the rest of a grant (or a paper), as specific aims pages must be both comprehensive and extremely succinct. Achieving one takes practice, but achieving both at the same time requires effort, dedication, and a great deal of editing. While I wouldn’t say that my first draft was the worst specific aims page ever written, it certainly was not something that would have resulted in anyone giving me money. After spending multiple days (and multiple drafts) receiving edits from both peers and the experienced leaders of the course, my specific aims page has turned into something that can be the foundation of a grant – hopefully a successful one. “I hope to have an EM career that is productive both clinically and academically. Part of my academic success will be dependent on my ability to score funding and turn that funding into research that moves the specialty of geriatric emergency medicine forward. I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to learn from the many generous leaders of the course. Additionally, having completed the ARMED course allows you to apply for a specific ARMED SAEM grant, which is a nice bonus for early researchers!” Applications are now being accepted for the 2022-2023 Advanced Research Methodology Evaluation and Design (ARMED). Apply by July 31. Scholarships are available.
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Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine Announcing a New Mentorship Program for CDEM Members
The executive committee of SAEM’s Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM) academy is pleased to announce a new mentorship program run by the CDEM Career Development and Mentorship Committee. The mentorship program will aspire to develop and provide resources, mentoring, and activities that support emergency medicine educators to transition to multiple roles in undergraduate medical education. Any CDEM member in good standing may apply to be a mentee and any CDEM member in good standing with greater than three years in a leadership position as a medical student educator may serve as a mentor. To participate in this program either as a mentor or mentee, please complete the CDEM Mentorship Form. Once you sign up, the CDEM Career Development and Mentorship Committee will match you with a mentor or mentee based on your responses and provide you with resources to optimize the relationship. For more information, please contact Juana Vazquez.
Global Emergency Medicine Check Out the New Video from GEMA
In a new video from SAEM’s Global Emergency Medicine Academy hear about what decolonizing global health means to trainees from around the globe and how they envision the path forward. The video, “Decolonizing Global Health for The Next Generation- Perspectives of Trainees from Around the World” was produced by GEMA members Nikkole Turgeon, MD, Boston Medical Center, Oluwarotimi Vaughan-Ogunlusi, MB, BCh, BAO, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and Fahad Ali, MD, Brown University.
INTEREST GROUP UPDATES Informatics and Data Science The SAEM Informatics and Data Science Interest Group is excited to announce new leadership and this year’s agenda.
