2021 SAEMF/NIDA Mentor-Facilitated Training Award - $12,000
"Project BEEP”
Despite national efforts to increase buprenorphine treatment, providers report lack of education and unease with prescribing as barriers to obtaining an X-waiver or initiating buprenorphine in eligible patients. The poison center is an around-the-clock resource for healthcare providers who are seeking medical guidance on the treatment of xenobiotic exposures. Given its continuous, real-time medical consultation service, the poison center may serve as a valuable resource to guide physicians in buprenorphine initiation and handoffs. Project BEEP (Buprenorphine Enrollment and Education using the Poison center) will aim to increase dissemination of NIDA best practices for the initiation of buprenorphine treatment for OUD patients using national poison center call centers and toxicology specialists.
Recipient
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Jennifer Love, MD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
I am a research fellow in the department of emergency medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. I completed an emergency medicine residency at the University of Pennsylvania and medical toxicology fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University.
Over the last two years, I have chaired the AWAEM didactics committee. As didactics chair, I organized and lead efforts to support AWAEM didactic submissions for SAEM's annual meeting. For SAEM 2021, AWAEM had a record number of member didactic submissions (20+) and acceptances (16), all helping to promote and further AWAEM's mission. In my role as didactics committee chair, I have worked closely with the executive committee and received direct mentorship from the current VP of Education, Dr. Kat Ogle.
I am running for the position of VP of Education to continue working on AWAEM's educational initiatives that promote and sponsor women in emergency medicine. Over the last two years, I have been fortunate to review the brilliant educational didactics conceptualized and executed by our members for a variety of emergency medicine audiences at SAEM ASM. As VP of Education, I hope to build a structured curriculum for academic departments to be incorporated into the AWAEM Toolkit. This curriculum would broaden the reach of our AWAEM member experts beyond the annual meeting, and provide additional speaking opportunities for AWAEM members. Additionally, as VP of Education, I hope to work closely with our social media team to be able to promote AWAEM-related educational information and highlights continuously throughout the year. Finally, as VP of Education, I will work closely with the executive committee to develop and support new educational ideas that synergize with AWAEM's other missions including research, membership, and development.