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Committee Sign-Ups Are Now Open!
One of the most valuable benefits of membership in the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) is the opportunity to participate on one or more SAEM and RAMS committees. Serving on a committee furthers your professional development by providing leadership experience, expanding your professional network, and strengthening your ties within the specialty. What’s more, committee members are directly involved in identifying new opportunities, guiding projects, and offering their expertise...so you will have a direct hand in helping us achieve the Society’s goals. Review the committee descriptions and sign up for those that best match your interests and expertise.
Register for the 2020 SAEM Consensus Conference — Telehealth and Emergency Medicine: A Consensus Conference to Map the Intersection of Emergency Medicine and Telehealth, to be held virtually on September 22 and 24, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. CT. The conference is designed to stimulate emergency medicine (EM) researchers and educators to recognize, investigate, and translate the impact of telehealth on the field of emergency medicine for the purpose of designing a research agenda. The conference will be led by nationally recognized presenters and keynote speakers.
SAEM and ADIEM Launch Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Library
SAEM and the Academy for Diversity & Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM) are proud to bring you the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Library. This online resource is a tool for emergency physicians to learn more about achieving health equity and eliminating health disparities. The DEI Library is organized by media type and categorized in seven subject areas.
We’ve Elevated SOAR to Even Greater Heights!
After months in the making, SAEM and the SAEM Virtual Presence Committee are excited to unveil the newest version of SOAR: SAEM Online Academic Resources. SOAR now features three years of annual meeting content (including new content from the SAEM20 Virtual Annual Meeting!) and more accessibility than ever before. Plus, an enhanced, easy-to-navigate layout allows you to view online education resources by topic or view videos from the SAEM YouTube Channel for additional features that let you easily sort, save, and share your favorite content!
A Webinar Series From ADIEM: “How to Be a Successful EM Applicant”
The new, eight-session series from SAEM’s Academy for Diversity & Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM), takes participants through the steps of and offers helpful advice on How to Be a Successful EM Applicant. Follow the links below or visit the series webpage to register and for the most up-to-date information.
Now on video!
• Fundamentals of the EM Application
Process • Making Your ERAS Program List
Coming soon!
• How to Ace Your EM Rotation
Sept. 9, 7–8 p.m. CT • Special Considerations
Sept. 14, 6–7 p.m. CT • Clinical Scenarios
Sept. 21, 6–7:30 p.m. CT • The Interview
Sept. 30, 7–8:30 p.m. CT • Evaluating Which Program is Right for You
Oct. 13, 7–8 p.m. CT • Mentorship and Person Advocacy
Oct. 15, 6–7 p.m. CT
Midwest Regional Meeting to Be Held Virtually, Sept. 23
Register for the Midwest Regional Meeting, “Emergency Medicine Inspires Innovation” to be held virtually from Cleveland, Ohio on September 23, 2020. For registration link, agenda, and a roster of speakers, visit the event webpage.
Dr. Maureen Canellas is a Fellowship Approval Committee “Success Story”
Maureen (Mo) Canellas, MD is next up in a series of fellowship Success Stories sponsored by SAEM’s Fellowship Approval Committee. Maureen (Mo) Canellas If you’re interested in becoming an administration fellow, check out the advice from Dr. Canellas, an administration fellow at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, who shares insights and advice from her own experience, including the most careerenhancing thing she gained.
SAEM Signs Joint Statement in Support of the Mental Health of EM Physicians
A joint statement signed by SAEM, academic and psychiatry experts, and other emergency medicine and medical organizations, outlines steps to support the mental health of emergency physicians and other health professionals currently risking their lives to treat patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Optimal physical and mental health of physicians and other medical clinicians is conducive to the optimal health and safety of patients,” the joint statement reads. The statement asserts that credentialing entities should refrain
both from discouraging physicians from seeking professional help and from dissuading physicians from joining peer support groups and that there should be no reprisals for a physician who engages in such therapeutic endeavors. Read the full statement.
CDEM M4 Curriculum Site Has Been Updated!
The Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM) M4 curriculum site has updated versions for all 50 M4 chapters. In addition, all of the online chapters (including the M3 curriculum and pediatric EM curriculum) have a new, reader-friendly format that allows for easy viewing on mobile devices. The original CDEM curriculum was crafted with an audience for M4 students. It was meant to capture the most common conditions a fourth-year student would encounter while rotating in the emergency department.
SAEM Consultation Services Can Help With Teaching, Research, and Other EM Practice Issues
SAEM members possess expertise in teaching, research and other aspects of academic emergency medicine (EM) practice. Through SAEM Consultation Services, these experts from SAEM committees and academies, 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, including new residency and fellowship programs; developing departmental status for EM divisions; subspecialty expertise (research, ultrasound, etc.); and billing, patient safety, etc. For more information, visit the SAEM Consultation Services webpage.
Hosted by the SAEM Industry Advisory Council in collaboration with SAEM RAMS, “Fast 15” is designed to give you critical content in 15 minutes flat. In the first installment, Fast-15 on Finances in the Era of COVID-19: Critical Content in 15 Minutes Flat!, leading financial entrepreneurs in the medical community provide their expertise for navigating finances in the era of COVID-19.
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.
Mark Your Calendars!
Sep 15 Advanced EM Workshop submissions Close Sep 28 Nominations Open Oct 1 Oct 5 Didactic submissions close Committee sign up closes
Nov 1 Abstracts submissions open
Nov 1
Innovations/IGNITE! submissions open Nov 16 Nominations close
SAEM FOUNDATION
Research Learning Series Offers Valuable, Online Research Content!
SAEM’s Research Learning Series (RLS) features valuable education on popular emergency medicine research topics delivered by experts in the field of emergency research. Sign up for the these high-yield, interactive educational events for free, or view previous podcasts and lectures, housed online at the RLS webpage.
Join EM Influencers in Donating to the SAEMF!
Some of emergency medicine’s greatest influencers give to the SAEM Foundation… Learn why they give and how you can join them in supporting promising emergency medicine academicians.
SAEM JOURNALS
Call for Papers: AEM Special Issue on Scientific Inquiry Into the Inequities of Emergency Care
To address a pervasive and wide knowledge gap about the science of inequities in emergency care, Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) will publish a special issue in the fall of 2021. A primary focus of this issue will be on the impact of race and ethnicity inequity, with a preference toward original-based research that addresses patient-centered topics as well as inequities that affect clinicians of color in their professional roles. Priority will be given to papers with intervention-based, original data. All papers will undergo peer review. For details follow the link.
Listen to the Latest Podcasts from SAEM Journals!
Each issue, Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) journal and AEM Education and Training (AEM E&T) journal releases podcasts highlighting papers selected by their respective editors-in-chief as especially significant and relevant. Journal podcasts are also available on iTunes. The latest podcasts, from the July and August issues of AEM and AEM E&T are below: • Dr. Christopher Carpenter discusses
Diagnosing COVID-19 in the Emergency
Department • Dr. Frank Peacock discusses High
Sensitivity Troponin I Testing • Dr. Mark Ebell discusses Accuracy of
Signs and Symptoms for Diagnosis of
CAP • Dr. Elizabeth Schoenfeld discusses
Shared Decision Making
• Dr. Sarah Greenberger discusses
Impact of Changes to the ACGME
Common Program Requirements • Dr. Michael Gottlieb discusses tips on
Rethinking Residency Conferences in the Era of COVID-19
Check Out AEM, AEM E&T Online COVID-19 Collections
To facilitate the rapid dissemination of COVID-19 findings, Academic Emergency Medicine and AEM Education and Training have made the latest COVID-19 research available in online collections of accepted, citable articles. These collections are being updated constantly, so be sure to check frequently for the latest COVID-19 research from SAEM journals: AEM Online COVID-19 Collection AEM E&T Online COVID-19 Collection
The Latest AEM EIC Pick of the Month Commentaries...
For each issue of Academic Emergency Medicine journal, editor-in-chief Dr. Jeffrey Kline selects one paper as having particular importance to the experience of patients during times of emergency. He shares his thoughts and observations regarding these selected studies in a regular “EIC Pick of the Month” commentary. Dr. Kline’s July and August commentaries are below: • All The Crap We’ve Learned • Diabolical Despot Defies Diagnosis
July AEM E&T EIC Pick: Front Line Perspectives on COVID-19
AEM Education and Training (AEM E&T) Interim Editor-in-Chief Wendy Coates, MD, selected a series of articles written in the first weeks of the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. as her July issue “picks.” Introduced by an editorial, The 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic: Front Line Perspectives Through Different Lenses, the “perspectives” series reveals the motivations, inner fears, and insights across the spectrum of academic emergency medicine physicians, Dr. Coats shares her thoughts and observations regarding the selection of these papers in a commentary, The 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic: Front Line Perspectives Through Different Lenses.
SAEM RAMS
A new podcast from RAMS, COVID-19: The Basics for Medical Students and New Interns, outlines basic, need-toknow information on COVID-19 for medical students and new interns. Topics include epidemiology of the disease, its varied clinical presentation, testing, and available treatments. Interviewed are Dr. Larrisa May, a professor of emergency medicine at University of CaliforniaDavis where she focuses on infectious disease and antibiotic stewardship, and Dr. Jennifer Stahl, an assistant professor of emergency medicine and critical care at East Carolina University who has treated COVID-19 patients in both the emergency department and in ICUs.
SAEM ANNUAL MEETING
Submission Platform for SAEM21 Didactics is Now Open
Didactic submissions are now being accepted for SAEM21. For submission guidelines, tips, best practices, and examples of previously accepted submissions visit the SAEM21 didactics webpage. Please note that the SAEM Program Committee is especially seeking proposals for didactic sessions in the areas of pediatric emergency medicine research, teaching, and practice. Submit now.
SAEM21 Advanced EM Workshop Day submissions now being accepted. Authors are invited to submit original emergency medicine research of novel or in-depth topics related to academic emergency medicine in the following categories: Clinical Innovations, Communication, Gender and Bias, Research, Teaching, and Other. See “How to Get Attendees to Flock to Your Workshop” for tips and guidelines on writing your workshop submission description. Submit now.
SAEM20 Clinical Image Series:
The SAEM Clinical Image Series is a collaborative series with ALiEM (Academic Life in Emergency Medicine) and features participants in the SAEM Annual Meeting Clinical Images Exhibit. Check out the images, read the case notes, and see if you can figure out the diagnosis before you reveal the answer. The first three clinical Images from the SAEM20 virtual meeting are posted below; all images will be highlighted throughout the coming year in SAEM Weekly at the ALiEM website. • The Cocaine Gut • Severe Cutaneous Lesions in an
Immunocompromised Host • Found Down with Altered Mental Status
Visit the SAEM20 Virtual ePoster Gallery!
As part of the effort to provide SAEM members with SAEM20 Virtual Meeting content, the presenting authors of accepted ePoster abstracts have uploaded their content, including recorded presentations of their case studies, for online viewing convenience. These digital posters are now available in the SAEM20 Virtual ePoster Gallery!
More Than 7,000 Register for SAEM/RAMS Virtual Residency & Fellowship Fair!
The SAEM/RAMS Residency & Fellowship Fair is an important event in the annual EM application cycle, giving institutions the opportunity to showcase their residency and fellowship programs to medical students and emergency medicine residents looking to find their perfect residency or fellowship. So when the in-person SAEM/RAMS Residency & Fellowship Fair was canceled this past May due to COVID-19, SAEM pivoted quickly to provide a free virtual event. Residents and medical students were able to register for as many sessions as their time allowed, and most took full advantage of the opportunity. Thanks to the convenient, virtual format many were able to fit several of the 50-minute sessions into their schedules throughout the July 27-30 event. Likewise, 104 institutions signed up for the event, with several registering for more than one slot. They used their allotted time in ways that best reflected their institutions and programs — from formal presentations and PowerPoints by program directors to informal video tours and Q & A time with the program’s residents. The response from the 6,000 + residents and medical students in attendance was overwhelmingly positive and grateful:
