SAEM Reports

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Equity and Inclusion Committee

The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Equity and Inclusion Committee had a busy and successful first year addressing the objectives set forth by the SAEM Board of Directors. The committee addressed the objectives by splitting into five subcommittees: Data/ Metrics, Education, Needs Assessment, Implicit Bias, and Resources/Products. Highlights of thei accomplishments include: • Creating and finalizing the SAEM

Statement on Diversity and Inclusion (approved by the SAEM Board of

Directors in July 2020) • Finalizing the Strategic Inclusion &

Diversity Action Plan and presented it to the SAEM Board of Directors for approval • Creating and implrementing an equity and inclusion webinar series and launched the first session: Safe Space for Crucial Conversation: Art as a

Catalyst for Anti-Racism • Devising a governing framework for curating the Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Library, in conjunction with ADIEM • Identifying additional SAEM member data points and proposed recommendations to the SAEM Board of Directors • Increasing faculty data collection of SAEM members by 55%; e.g., nationality, ethnicity, and gender • Completing the SAEM Scorecard and presented findings to the SAEM Board of Directors • In conjunction with ADIEM, hosting the webinar series “How to Be a

Successful EM Applicant” aimed at EM bound applicants as well as providing resources and links for URiM students and applicants • In conjunction with AWAEM, hosting the webinar series “From Match to First

Promotion” to provide a supportive network and educational framework for women to be equipped with the skills to tackle unique and specific challenges they face from match to first promotion • Creating a leadership-specific educational program on implicit bias training and key concepts in diversity, equity, and inclusion for SAEM and

RAMS board members, academy executive committee members, and committee/interest group chairs and interest group leaders • Sponsoring two didactic presentations at SAEM21: o Bias in Medical Education, Friday,

May 14, from 10–10:50 a.m. CT o Key Concepts in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Primer for Leaders in Academic Emergency Medicine

Friday, May 14, 9–9:50 a.m. CT

Grants Committee

The SAEM Foundation provides grants to fund innovative emergency medicine research and education initiatives, and the SAEM Grants Committee recently released requests for applications for the 2021-22 application cycle. Open announcements for SAEM grants include 14 categories for applications.

This year, SAEM added the new Emerging Infectious Disease and Preparedness Grant to stimulate and support work in this area. The Grants Committee also revised the grant application process to require a onepage mentoring plan for mentored grants. In addition, the committee concluded a five-year Grants Impact Study which reports on the effectiveness of SAEM grant programs, providing data supportive of future funding. The Grants Committee will hold a didactic session on “Pearls and Pitfalls in SAEMF Grant Submissions” during SAEM21. Any inquiries about SAEMF grant programs should be directed to SAEM at foundation@saem.org.

ACADEMY REPORTS

Simulation Academy

The simulation community has been extremely active over the past few months: • Congratulations to the 2021 SAEMF/

Simulation Academy Novice Research

Grant recipient Dr. Julie Gesch for her work using in-situ simulation to improve stroke care. • In conjunction with the CORD

Simulation Community, the SAEM

Simulation academy is excited to offer a simulation consulting service to help troubleshoot simulation education and curricular challenges. To request a consult follow the link. • Emergency Medicine Resident

Simulation Curriculum for Pediatrics (EM ReSCu Peds), a FREE open-

access eBook containing sixteen cases to address critical pediatric topics for

EM residents through simulation has been published and is now available for download. • For more updates including upcoming events, follow our twitter account @SAEMSimAcademy

Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine

• Risa Moriarity, MD, was awarded a 2021 AWAEM Research Funding

Award for her proposal “Effects of Sponsorship, Mentorship, and

Networking on Career Outcomes for Men and Women in Academic

Emergency Medicine”. • Josie Acuna Schreiber, MD, was awarded a 2021 AWAEM Research

Funding Award for her proposal “The

Current Status of Gender Disparities in Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship

Programs: A Survey Study”. • Jennifer Tsai, MD, MEd, was awarded a 2021 AWAEM Research Funding

Award for her proposal “Gender and

Race Disparities in Chief Resident

Selection”. • Lauren Westafer, DO, MPH, MS, was awarded a 2021 AWAEM Research

Funding Award for her proposal

“Experience of Transgender Emergency

Physicians with Bias Based on

Perceived Gender”.

Recently Published

• Sharon Chekijian MD, MPH, “Healthcare in transition in the Republic of Armenia: the evolution of emergency medical systems and directions forward” • Rebecca Goett MD and Elizabeth Clayborne MD, MA, “Diversity pipelines: The rationale to recruit and support minority physicians”

Promotions

Several AWAEM members were recently promoted in their positions. Please Academic Announcements on page 74 of this issue of SAEM Pulse for details.

In other news…

Simiao Li-Sauerwine, MD MSCR, created a successful Women in EM longitudinal curriculum and mentorship program at the Ohio State University.