Keme Carter, MD

I completed my undergraduate education at Vanderbilt University, obtained my medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine, and completed my residency training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Chicago. I have served as the Emergency Medicine Clerkship Director at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine since 2010. My scholarly work has focused on studying curricular innovations to improve patient-centered physician communication. Additionally, through my research, writing, public speaking engagements, and medical school admissions work, I continue to advocate for and work towards optimizing and ensuring an equitable pathway to medical school and residency for students of diverse backgrounds. As a medical educator with a focus on undergraduate medical education (UME), I have been involved with SAEM and CDEM over the last decade in various capacities. I have served on the Executive Committee for the last year, authored modules for CDEM educational content, and helped to lead the development of the 2016 iteration of the cdemcurricum.org website as a member of the Executive Editorial Board. If elected to serve as President of CDEM, I hope to continue to increase involvement and engagement of Clerkship Directors in CDEM. I would like to continue faculty development efforts and help to develop a robust platform for faculty to gain mentorship and find collaborators with the goal of supporting promotion, career satisfaction, and educational innovation. In a clinical learning environment that has changed significantly for many across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, I hope to ensure CDEM remains a central resource for the development and dissemination of educational resources and adaptations so that students, along the continuum of UME, continue to gain exposure to Emergency Medicine and benefit from the teaching, instruction, and support of EM faculty. Finally, in a rapidly changing residency application climate, I hope to foster CDEM’s collaboration with CORD in advocating for medical students’ interests. CDEM has been an integral part of my development as an educator and innovator. I hope to have the opportunity to serve as President of CDEM to help shape the Emergency Medicine educational landscape while providing value to this community of educators.