WHO ARE WE?
The “Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine” (CDEM), formed in 2008, is the first “Academy” within the membership of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM). CDEM is comprised of medical student educators who are committed to enhancing medical student education within our specialty. CDEM will provide an opportunity for EM clerkship directors and medical student educators to join forces, collaborate, and become a unified voice at the national level. 

UPCOMING MEETINGS

CDEM Meeting
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Scientific Assembly
Mon, October 27, 2008 @ 1-4 pm
Lake Michigan Room in Hilton Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Open to the ACEP public

Agenda:
1-2 pm        An update of the current state and future plans of CDEM projects
                    - Medical Student Curriculum Project
                    - Virtual Advisor
                    - Research in Education
                    - Listserv and CDEM Forums
                    - Membership and Directories
                    - CDEM Products

2-2:45 pm    Group break-out discussion on the Standardized Medical Student Curriculum

2:45-3:15 pm  Group break-out discussion on the Virtual Advisors Program 

3:15-4 pm    Group break-out discussion on Research Projects

CDEM Educational Track
CORD 2009 Annual Academic Assembly
March 5th - 7th, 2009
The Westin Casuarina
Las Vegas Hotel, Casino & Spa



WHAT IS OUR MISSION?

1.  To advance the education of medical students in the specialty of EM and Acute Care Medicine.

2.  To serve as a unified voice for EM Clerkship Directors and all Medical Student Educators.

3.  To provide a forum for EM Clerkship Directors and Medical Student Educators to communicate,
     share ideas, and generate solutions to common problems.

4.  To foster undergraduate medical education research.

5.  To foster the professional development and career satisfaction of EM Clerkship Directors and
     Medical Student Educators.

6.  To foster relationships with other organizations that promote medical education.

CDEM LISTSERVE AND FORUMS:
CDEM has its own listserv that automatically enrolls all CDEM members.  The email to post questions and comments to the group is:  CDEM@lists.saem.org.  For discussions that you'd like to continue and keep on record for future references and for uploading of important documents, the members-only CDEM Forums continues to be available by clicking on the link in the upper right of this screen.

If you are going to have your email inbox send out automated "I'm on vacation" replies, please let SAEM know so that the entier listserve doesn't it.  Email them your vacation dates at:  techsupport@saem.org



HOW DO I JOIN?
We have 150 members and growing!  See the Membership Directory.  To join, select the button on the upper left of this screen which says "Join CDEM".  For additional information, please contact any of the following members:
    Dr. David Manthey, chair (dmanthey@wfubmc.edu)
    Dr. David Wald, vice-chair and chair-elect (david.wald@tuhs.temple.edu)
    Dr. Michelle Lin, vice-chair (michelle.lin@emergency.ucsf.edu)

 

IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITIES
There are already many ongoing and upcoming projects that need your enthusiasm, wisdom, experience, and leadership.  These projects will build upon our first soon-to-be completed publication, The Emergency Medicine Clerkship Primer: A Manual for Medical Students.

*  EM clerkship online textbook
*  Leadership position on various committees (link to Committees to view list)
*  SAEM Question Bank
*  Virtual Advisor program
*  Building a repository of EM clerkship Powerpoint lectures, mirroring the standardized curriculum
*  Planning for the upcoming 2009 CORD Academic Assembly

 

August 25, 2008:
CDEM members now have access to a growing repository of peer-reviwed Powerpoint lectures on standardized medical student curriculum topics.  This tremendous effort, led by Dr. Dave Wald, features the following topics thus far:

1.  Neurologic Emergencies - Senecal (author), Barringer (reviewer)
2.  Pulmonary Emergencies - Gordon (author), Yeh (reviewer)
3.  Toxicologic Emergencies - Levine and Farrell (authors), Beeson (reviewer)
4.  Diagnostic Tests in the ED - Beeson (author), Mayer (reviewer)
5.  Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat Emergencies - Mayer (author), Beeson (reviewer)
6.  Emergencies in Pregnancy - Wald and Fiorito (author), Manthey (reviewer)
7.  Airway Emergencies - Druelinger (author), Wald (reviewer)
8.  Abdominal Emergencies - Sarko (author), Wald (reviewer)

These lectures are housed in the "Databank of Educational Resources" section of the CDEM Forums (Download Instruction Manual on joining CDEM Forums - must be a CDEM member).

August 24, 2008:
The inaugural CDEM Newsletter by Dr. Jonathan Fisher is available for download by clicking image below.

July 30, 2008:
A CDEM listserve is now available for members to post questions and discuss relevant issues and problems.  Likely, you are not alone in your efforts as an educator.  The listserve address is CDEM@lists.saem.org.

 

July 8, 2008:
AAMC publishes strict limits on industry funding in medical education.  A copy of the task force recommendations can be found at:  www.aamc.org/industryfunding

In summary, the recommendations are:
1.  Establish and implement policies that prohibit the acceptance of any gifts from industry by physicians, faculty, students and residents on- or off-site.
2.  Eliminate the receipt of drug samples or manage their distribution via a centralized process that ensures timely patient access throughout the health care system
3.  Restrict access by pharmaceutical representatives to individual physicians by confining visits to nonpatient areas and holding them by appointment only
4.  Set up a central continuing medical education (CME) office to receive and coordinate the distribution of industry support for CME activities
5.  Strongly discourage participation by faculty in industry-sponsored speakers' bureaus
6.  Prohibit physicians, residents, and students from allowing presentations of any kind to be ghostwritten by industry representatives.


June 1, 2008:
HOT OFF THE PRESS!  Dr. David Wald et al has finished the 24-chapter EM Clerkship Primer manual for medical students.  There are 21 authors who contributed to the Primer.  It is a free pdf for the public in the section Resources for Medical Students, and a professionally bound version will be available for purchase at a nominal price from amazon.com. 

May 31, 2008:
We just had an amazing 70+ member turnout for CDEM's first meeting at SAEM.  Guest speakers included Dr. Kate Heilpern, SAEM President, Dr. Lou Pangaro, President of the Alliance for Clinical Education, and Dr. Esther Choo, Oregon Health Science University (speaking on Feedback).  See the Meetings section for more photos.  Also, visit the members-only CDEM Forum for copies of handouts and reading about ongoing discussion about the future of CDEM.

May 30, 2008:
CDEM uploads an Instruction Manual on how to access and post on the new online CDEM Forums (see link on upper right of screen).  The CDEM listserv will be purely used for administrative purposes.  Download Instruction Manual

May 19, 2008:
SAEM and the SAEM Bylaws Committee officially approves the formation of an Academy, and CDEM is the inaugural flagship academy!  We have over 100 members and counting.  Keep up the great work, everyone!

March 2008:
The inaugural CDEM education meeting at CORD's Academic Assembly in New Orleans was a huge success.  Speakers for the Medical Student Educators track included Drs. Douglas Ander, Peter DeBlieux, Glenn Hamilton, Sorabh Khandelwal, Michelle Lin, David Manthey, Tom Morrissey, Rob Rogers, and David Wald. See Meetings section for photos. 

February 4, 2008: 
1.  SAEM officially sends out requests for CDEM membership to the 100+ medical student educators who expressed initial interest in CDEM.

2.  SAEM's Constitution and Bylaws Committee sends out an official ballot to SAEM members to vote on the creation of Academies.  The first Academy will be CDEM.

December 2007:  The SAEM Board of Directors approved Dr. Joshua Wallenstein (Emory) to represent CDEM on the SAEM Program Committee.

October 2007: The SAEM Board of Directors approved the formation of the Academy of CDEM, pending amendments within the Constitution and Bylaws.