The Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) was well-represented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM
) Annual Meeting, held in Phoenix, Arizona, from May 14-17. Members of our department gave 16 presentations across the conference’s four days of programming on a range of topics in academic emergency medicine (full list below).
In addition to a robust speaking presence, our department was honored to receive the 2024 Outstanding Department Award for Excellence and Innovation in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. This award honors an emergency medicine department that has shown significant support for DEI through organizational initiatives that address the recruitment, development, and advancement of its physicians, and promoting equity, diversity, opportunity, and inclusion.
At UCSF, this includes programs like our Summer Emergency Medicine Fellowship for Underrepresented Minorities in Medicine, which provides mentorship and research training in emergency medicine for Latino and Black medical students.
“We also continue to reach out to medical associations that cater to students and medical professionals from excluded backgrounds,” says Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Dr. Starr Knight. “In [2021 and 2022], at least 60 percent of residents have been from marginalized groups [groups known to be historically excluded from medicine, including racial, ethnic and gender minorities] and 30 percent have been first-generation college students.”
For the 2022-2023 resident class, the percentage of residents from applicants historically under-represented in medicine was nearly 52 percent, inclusive of Vietnamese and LGBTQIA+ residents.
Dr. Starr Knight, who is also the department's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion professor accepted the award at "SAEM24" alongside Department Chair and Emergency Medicine Endowed Professor, Dr. Peter Sokolove; Vice Chair for Clinical Research and Professor of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Robert Rodriguez; and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Evelyn Porter (pictured from left to right).
DEM Presentations at SAEM24
Tuesday, May 14
Figuring Out the Fiberscope: A Practical Training Session for Emergency Physicians (Procedure Workshop sponsored by the Airway Interest Group)
Presenter: Guy Shochat, Kayla Enriquez
World Health Organization Basic Emergency Care (BEC) Training of the Trainers Course (Sponsored by GEMA)
Presenter: Sally Graglia
Wednesday, May 15
Disparities in Intra-Arrest Emergency Medical Services Transport by Neighborhood Socioeconomic Vulnerability
DEM authors: Meghan Hewlett, James Ford, Mary Mercer, Renee Hsia
Emergency Department Surveillance: A Novel Method of Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Underserved Populations
DEM authors: Karen Reyes, Robert Rodriguez, Brian Chinnok, Melanie Molina
Association Between N95 Extended Use, Reuse and Filtration Efficiency Session: Health Policy and Health Services Research 1
DEM authors: Nida Degesys Ralph C. Wang, Maria Raven, Jahan Fahimi, Efrat Rosenthal, Anna Rebecca Harris
Thursday, May 16
Demystifying Hispanic vs Latino/Latina vs Latinx: Which Do Emergency Department Patients Prefer?
DEM Authors: Melanie Molina, Karen Reyes; Tiffany Chen; Mireya Arreguin; Brian Chinnock, Jannet Castaneda-Sanchez; Robert Rodriguez
Building Empathy Through Virtual Reality
DEM authors: Steven Polevoi, Richard Ngo
SAEM 2024 Chief Resident Forum (Panel discussion)
DEM author: Chris Fee
Don't Say DEI: Using an Ethics Perspective to Understand and Respond to State Anti-DEI Laws
DEM author: Dina Wallin
Improving Care for Children Experiencing Mental and Behavioral Health Boarding in Emergency Departments (Didactic sponsored by Pediatric EM Interest Group)
DEM author: Ashley Foster
Friday, May 17
Innovating Behavioral Health in the ED - How to fix long waits and boarding of patients with behavioral health complaints
DEM authors: Nicholas Stark
Emergency Department Surveillance of COVID-19: Year 1 versus Year 3 Trends in Underserved Populations
DEM authors: Karen Reyes, Robert Rodriguez, Brian Chinnok
High Prevalence and Impact of Long COVID in Emergency Department Populations: Another Safety Net Role. Session: Infectious Diseases 1
DEM authors: Robert Rodriguez, Melanie Molina, Karen Reyes
Top Medical Education Articles
DEM author: Esther Chen
Practice Changing Research in Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Synopses of the Best New Papers in 2023-2024
DEM author: Margaret Lin-Martore
Abdomen-Pelvic Computed Tomography: Derivation of a Decision Instrument for Selective Computed Tomography in Adult Blunt Trauma
DEM author: Robert Rodriguez
Discharge Outcomes and Length of Stay after Emergency Department Discharge to Substance Use Shelter
DEM authors: Haruna Aridomi, Maria Raven