Annual Meeting Opportunities for Residents & Medical Students

RAMS Tips for SAEM24

Not sure how you can make the most of your SAEM24 experience? Check out this helpful video from RAMS Board Member-at-Large Zoë Fisher for some insider tips and events you won't want to miss!

At SAEM Annual Meeting you can engage with expert faculty, experience excellence in innovation and research, and participate in tailored learning activities developed exclusively for emergency medicine residents and medical students.

Education

Educational opportunities feature cutting edge research and expert content from world-class faculty.

Chief Resident Forum

This forum gathers chief residents from around the nation to discuss traits of effective leaders, network with peers, and get a crash course on keeping their residencies thriving.

Medical Student Symposium

In this day-long session, emergency medicine leaders discuss the process of applying for an EM residency position, as well as clerkships, away rotations, personal statements, the match process, and more.

Advanced EM Workshops

There are more than a dozen half- and full-day workshops that focus on techniques, skills, and practical aspects of emergency medicine in specific topic areas, including:

• Breaking Bias: Cultivating Inclusive Learning Environments in MedEd
• Figuring Out the Fiberscope: A Practical Training Session for Emergency Physicians
• From ChatGPT to the ED: Leveraging the Potential of Large Language Models in EM
• Grant Writing Workshop
• Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Networking Best Practices That Empower Women in Academic EM
• Bringing the Outside In: Integrating Wilderness and Resource-Limited Medicine into Your Practice and Curriculum
• Present Like a Pro: Crafting Compelling and Captivating Talks
• Stepping Up Your Procedure Game: Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks and Arthrocentesis
• Wellness Tools That Drive Change and Promote a Healthier Work Environment

Didactics

SAEM24 offers more than 150 didactic sessions on wide-ranging topics, including:

• Socks for Cold Feet: Insights From Emergency Medicine-Bound Medical Students Who Ultimately Chose Another Path
• The Future of the EM Workforce
• Controversies in Academic Emergency Medicine: For-Profit Associated Residency Programs
• Thinking About a Fellowship? What Residents Need to Know: Fellowship Roundtable Discussion
• Breaking Down Walls: How to Prepare for the Feedback Conversation
• The Wellbeing Debrief: A High Impact Moment for You and Your Trainees
• Work SMARTer, Not Harder: Utilizing the SMART Framework to Establish On-Shift Goals
• Graphic Medicine: Drawing Connections Between Comics, Storytelling, and Medicine
• The EM Match: How We Got Here and Where We Go Next
• A System for Taking Your Systematic Review From Pencil to Publication

Check out our helpful Program Planner for a full list of the wide range of education being offered at SAEM24, and be sure to read the March/April issue of SAEM Pulse for a deep dive on all SAEM24 activities for residents and medical students.

Networking Opportunities

Connect with peers, leaders, and others who can help take your career to the next level.

Kickoff Party

Meet some of SAEM's newest exhibitors and reconnect with longtime trusted partners.

AWAEM & ADIEM Luncheon

Network with old friends and new, explore common interests and issues, and learn about the hottest topics in emergency departments. This event sells out quickly every year, so sign up early!

Opening Reception

This is the perfect opportunity to reconnect with colleagues, as well as meet new people and broaden your academic emergency medicine network.

SAEM Residency & Fellowship Fair

Meet with representatives from dozens of coveted residency and fellowship programs from across the nation, get advice on the application process, and connect with current residents and fellows to help you navigate the next steps of your career.

Speed Mentoring

Resident and medical student mentees will be matched into small groups for quick-fire, 10-minute mentoring sessions designed to help participants start new mentoring relationships and socialize with fellow residents and medical students.

Cocktails with Chairs

Hear from leading chairs in a casual Q&A session as they discuss their roles and the paths they've taken to reach their positions.

RAMS Party

Nobody throws a party like SAEM's residents and medical students! Join SAEM24 attendees at our popular annual event that features dancing, a live DJ, an open bar, and no cover charge.

Team Activities

Join in on some "friendly" competitions with your peers!

Dodgeball

Emergency medicine residency teams from all over the country compete in an epic battle for the right to call themselves dodgeball champs. Limited spots are available, so pull your team together quickly and sign up to dodge, duck, dip, dive, and...dodge to victory!

SonoGames®

Teams of EM residents dress up in crazy costumes to battle it out in our national ultrasound competition to demonstrate their skills and knowledge of point-of-care ultrasound.

Simulation Academy SimWars

This simulation-based competition between teams of clinical providers is the premier national simulation competition for emergency medicine residents.

SAEM RAMS Phoenix Hunt

This is a great way to get the layout of Phoenix while competing against other residency programs in an engaging quest-like adventure.