Genevieve Pentecost, MD
Member-at-Large Washington University in St. Louis/Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Biography
My name is Genevieve Pentecost, I am a PGY-3 at Washington University in St. Louis and attended the University of Missouri-Columbia for my undergraduate and medical school education. For 3 years, I have serviced as a resident representative among several local institutional committee programs that advocate for the resident voice in assuring a safe and fair learning environment, residency recruitment and retention, and prioritizing resident and fellow wellness. For my final year in residency, I am turning my focus to broader issues facing trainees on the national scale.
As a RAMS Board Member-At-Large, I hope to advocate for a robust body of educational resources for resident members. I hope to create sustainable creation of RAMS-authored educational content, with a focus on widespread dissemination via social media, the SAEM/RAMS website, podcasting, and other FOAMed avenues. I will work to reinforce this educational content at the SAEM annual meeting, promoting high-quality didactic opportunities. Members should also have available professional development resources tailored to their unique stage in education and training. Most importantly, I believe SAEM/RAMS should prioritize a sustainable pipeline of diverse future emergency physicians when discussing research, advocacy, education, and policy objectives.
Although residents have unique educational and professional needs, we are not immune to the obstacles facing our specialty in emergency departments across the nation. The time is now to advocate for our interests in confronting these pivotal challenges. We must directly address the consequences of policy and lawmaking on patient outcomes, a national shortage of outpatient resources and resultant burdens imposed on the emergency department, an environment of boarding and overcrowding that threatens patient safety, continued job market variability and uncertainty, and the detrimental effects of the corporatization of emergency medicine on residency education and patient-centered care.
Protecting the education and training of the future leaders of emergency medicine is paramount to solving these issues. My goal is to foster pathways for trainees to thrive despite the specialty’s challenges, while moving the needle toward positive change. I am running for RAMS Board Member-At-Large to be a strong voice for emergency medicine residents—a voice that approaches tough conversations with an open mind, maintains a goal-direct approach to policy, and provides tangible outcomes in line with SAEM/RAMS values.
As a RAMS Board Member-At-Large, I hope to advocate for a robust body of educational resources for resident members. I hope to create sustainable creation of RAMS-authored educational content, with a focus on widespread dissemination via social media, the SAEM/RAMS website, podcasting, and other FOAMed avenues. I will work to reinforce this educational content at the SAEM annual meeting, promoting high-quality didactic opportunities. Members should also have available professional development resources tailored to their unique stage in education and training. Most importantly, I believe SAEM/RAMS should prioritize a sustainable pipeline of diverse future emergency physicians when discussing research, advocacy, education, and policy objectives.
Although residents have unique educational and professional needs, we are not immune to the obstacles facing our specialty in emergency departments across the nation. The time is now to advocate for our interests in confronting these pivotal challenges. We must directly address the consequences of policy and lawmaking on patient outcomes, a national shortage of outpatient resources and resultant burdens imposed on the emergency department, an environment of boarding and overcrowding that threatens patient safety, continued job market variability and uncertainty, and the detrimental effects of the corporatization of emergency medicine on residency education and patient-centered care.
Protecting the education and training of the future leaders of emergency medicine is paramount to solving these issues. My goal is to foster pathways for trainees to thrive despite the specialty’s challenges, while moving the needle toward positive change. I am running for RAMS Board Member-At-Large to be a strong voice for emergency medicine residents—a voice that approaches tough conversations with an open mind, maintains a goal-direct approach to policy, and provides tangible outcomes in line with SAEM/RAMS values.
