2014

SAEM Consensus Conference: Gender-Specific Emergency Medicine How YOU can get INVOLVED?
Are you a medical student, resident or new SAEM memberinterested in learning how gender affectsthe patients you see in the Emergency Department? Are you planning on attending the SAEM Annual Meeting 2014 in Dallas, Texas? The 2014 SAEM Consensus Conference is a great opportunity to get involved! Prior to SAEM, national leaders in Gender Emergency Medicine will be convening at the annual SAEM conference to review the current literature in Gender-Specific Emergency Care in order to address and answer important research questions and to establish the fields future research priorities. The main subgroups at this conference include: 1. Cardiovascular /Resuscitation 2. Cerebrovascular 3. Trauma/Injury/Sports 4. Substance abuse 5. Trauma 6. Mental Health 7. Diagnostic Imaging How you can get involved? 1) Attend (and bring your colleagues)! Mark your calendars for May 14, 2014, and spread the word to your colleagues. Just by attending, youll participate in the consensus-building process and have a critical role in the first Gender-Specific Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference. 2) Get Involved! There will be multiple roles for medical students, residents and junior faculty in the running of both the overall consensus conference and the breakout sessions. Some examples include being a scribe for the consensus process, organizing the tele- conferences for the team leaders, doing extensive literature search on the assigned topic etc. The experience will allow you to participate in the conference, work closely with some of the leading experts in our field and help build your CV. Volunteers will have a formal role on the conference planning committee and receive a certificate of appreciation from Academic Emergency Medicine. For those who will participate more actively in manuscript preparation, there may be an opportunity for authorship.

SO.what are you waiting for? Choose one of the subgroups and Join in TODAY. The first networking session, subgroups will meet at SAEM on May 16th, 2013 at 9am (Tower Room 1205; 12th floor). See you in Atlanta! For further information, contact Tracy Madsen at WHEC@lifespan.org or visit our website.

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2340 S. River Road, Suite 208, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018 Ph: 847 813-9823 x. 203 Fax to 847-813-5450. Visit us at Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GenderEM) or Follow us at Twitter #GenderEM http://www.saem.org/meetings/future-dates/2014