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Implementing EM LEADS (Emergency Medicine Leadership, Education, and Developing Scholars): a Longitudinal Certificate Program for Medical Students Focused on Cultivating Skills in Leadership, Education, and Scholarship

by Isabel Shimanski ↓; Taryn Hunt-Smith ↓; Russ Johnson ↓; Megan Fix, MD ↓ & Allison Beaulieu, MD, MAEd ↓

Abstract

Objective: EM LEADS prepares medical students to succeed during their EM clerkship, sub-internship, residency, and beyond. It serves as a platform to develop leadership skills, connect with faculty, engage in research, and mentor peers.

Background: The School of Medicine has a required EM clerkship but limited early opportunities for building EM skills1, inspiring the creation of EM LEADS. Graduates of a similar 1-year program reported feeling well-equipped to start residency and stated that additional EM training benefited their careers1. Further, more hours spent practicing EM-specific skills is shown to improve performance in residency3.

Design: EM LEADS has activities tailored to each participating class year. The certificate has four categories: Dedication to EM, Leadership, Education, and Scholarship. Students will present their research at an annual EM Research Symposium and will be honored upon completion of the program. The certificate can be a prominent experience on the ERAS application.

Results: EM LEADS received support from the Department of Emergency Medicine, and students participating in the program have expressed appreciation to have a dedicated program to nurture their passion for EM.

Conclusions: EM LEADS enables early exposure to EM, focused training, and mentorship. It can be a template for medical schools to integrate specialty training into undergraduate medical education and students can highlight the program in one experience on ERAS.

References

  1. https://medicine.utah.edu/programs/md/curriculum
  2. Kman NE, Bernard AW, Martin DR, Bahner D, Gorgas D, Nagel R, Khandelwal S. Advanced topics in emergency medicine: curriculum development and initial evaluation. West J Emerg Med. 2011 Nov;12(4):543-50. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2011.2.2095. PMID: 22224157; PMCID: PMC3236174.
  3. Costantino TG, Satz WA, Stahmer SA, Dean AJ. Predictors of success in emergency medicine ultrasound education. Acad Emerg Med. 2003 Feb;10(2):180-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2003.tb00038. PMID: 12574018.


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Implementing EM LEADS (Emergency Medicine Leadership, Education, and Developing Scholars): a Longitudinal Certificate Program for Medical Students Focused on Cultivating Skills in Leadership, Education, and Scholarship by Isabel Shimanski, Taryn Hunt-Smith, Russ Johnson, Megan Fix, MD & Allison Beaulieu, MD, MAEd