Mid-Career Educator Award

*New Award

The Mid-Career Educator Award honors an SAEM member in the mid-stage of their academic career who has made outstanding contributions to emergency medicine through the teaching of others and the improvement of pedagogy. This award recognizes educators beyond their early-career years who have built a sustained body of educational work with regional or national impact. SAEM will recognize up to three (3) recipients.

The Awards Committee is committed to an inclusive process of granting awards, reflecting the full spectrum of diversity of our membership. We encourage you to nominate a diverse pool of candidates for all SAEM awards.

The nomination period for 2027 SAEM Awards is October 12 to December 4, 2026.

Eligibility

The specific criteria for the award include:

• Training and certification in emergency medicine or an ABEM subspecialty
• Candidates must have completed initial residency training between June 30, 2009 and June 30, 2017.
• SAEM considers requests for extension of the training period requirement for various reasons, including medical concerns, disability, and active duty military service. Each of these requests is reviewed on a case by case basis, and must be made prior to the nomination deadline. SAEM will approve an automatic extension of one year for childbirth within the training period. Nominees must provide the child's date of birth in the justification field on the SAEM Nomination Form. Contact awards@saem.org to request an extension.
• Fellowship training does not affect the requirement for defining a mid-career educator

Previous recipients of the award are ineligible for further nomination for this award. Candidates may be nominated by any SAEM member and are evaluated by the Awards Committee on their accomplishments in the education of emergency physicians and others, including:

• Didactic/bedside (with impact assessments)
• Courses – development, advancement (with impact assessments)
• Development of new techniques of instruction or instructional material
• Scholarly works (research on education, text chapter and textbooks, reviews, and other science behind teaching)
• Presentations at regional, national, and international meetings
• Recognition or awards by students, residents, peers, or organizations
• Grants supporting education or education research

Guidelines

The nomination must include:

• A current CV of the candidate
• A brief (1 – 2 paragraph) biographical summary
• A cover letter by the nominator addressing the above areas and the impact on emergency medicine and physicians

*Note: While not mandatory, a maximum of 2 additional support letters may be submitted.