Federal student loan management can be very complicated and choosing the correct repayment plan can save you stress and tens of thousands of dollars. Join RAMS and Ryan Pedigo, MD, MHPE, associate residency program director at Harbor-UCLA, on Thursday, August 25 at 6 p.m. CT, for the first in a series of financial literacy webinars. In this webinar, Dr. Pedigo will review the different federal student loan repayment options, public service loan forgiveness program, and common pitfalls in student loan management. During the registration process there is opportunity to submit questions to be addressed in the webinar. There will also be time for a Q&A at the end of the webinar. Register now.

The Great Plains Regional Meeting, to be held in-person September 7 and 8 at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI, offers a five-hour ultrasound training session, wilderness medicine competition, and tracks in research, education, clinical operations, social emergency medicine, and EMS. Check out the full agenda and register today!

We are grateful to the hundreds of donors who have supported this year’s Challenge and who are championing the effort to make more SAEMF grants possible. The finish line is close… and so is our $45,000 goal! With just two weeks to go, there’s still time to donate and help your group move up the Challenge leaderboards. Standings to date: ADIEM, the Research Committee, and the Vice Chairs Interest Group are winning for total raised; AGEM, Bylaws/Finance Committees, and Vice Chairs Interest Group for the highest percent of members donating. With just a few points between some groups, this year’s bragging rights are still up for grabs!

The SAEM Career Roadmap is a comprehensive guide for individuals at every level of their career in academic emergency medicine — chairs, faculty, administrators, fellows, residents, and medical students. It provides an overview of all the tools SAEM can provide, including leadership opportunities, courses, meetings, networking opportunities, grants, scholarships and awards, curricula, and more. Take charge of your career journey by exploring all that SAEM has to offer!

SAEM members who wish to explore a specific specialty area are encouraged to join one or more SAEM academies or interest groups. SAEM academies provide a forum for members to network, exchange information, collaborate on educational initiatives, develop policy, perform research, and provide faculty development pertaining to their area of special interest or expertise. SAEM interest groups provide a mechanism for members interested in a specific topic or specialty area to meet, share ideas and network in an unstructured and informal fashion. Membership in SAEM academies and interest groups is 100% free!

The SAEM Research Learning Series (RLS) provides educational resources for novice and mid-career researchers. Next up in the series: "Research Mentoring, Sponsorship, and Coaching," a webinar to be held September 7 at 1 p.m. CT. Join a panel of experts, all successful academic emergency physicians who have been very productive in research, as they discuss navigating these gray areas and cultivating the next generation of researchers through mentorship, sponsorship, and coaching.

Are you looking for that next job or thinking about expanding your professional network? Check out SAEM's EM Job Link — the niche job source for the academic emergency medicine community. There you will find tidbits related to guidance for every step of your career journey, featured jobs, and more!

The SAEM Foundation celebrates rising research star, Katie Lebold, MD, PhD, Stanford Emergency Medicine Residency Program, recipient of a $5,000, 2022 SAEMF/RAMS Resident Research Grant, for her study, “ED-Based Prognostication of ARDS Onset and Severity."

When you give to the SAEM Foundation, you make possible the work of researchers like Dr. Lebold.

The SAEM Foundation Legacy Society is a cohort of leaders who have invested in the future of emergency medicine by donating a portion of their estate to the SAEM Foundation. A legacy gift to the SAEMF is an opportunity to write a stirring epilogue to the story of your life. We'd like to thank all our SAEMF Legacy Society members for their generosity and good works.

The SAEM Annual Meeting is the largest and most notable gathering of its kind for the presentation of original, high-quality research and educational innovation in emergency care. Add these dates to your calendar and plan now to submit your work!

Advanced EM Workshops Now open!
Didactics Now open!
Abstracts Nov. 1, 2022 – Jan. 11, 2023
Innovations Nov. 1, 2022 – Jan. 11, 2023
IGNITE! Nov. 1, 2022 – Jan. 11, 2023