Objectives:

• Discuss best practices in applying for and securing away rotations
• Discuss how to succeed on away rotations. What makes students stand out (for reasons both good and bad)?
• Discuss best practices in the residency application process including ERAS preparation/submission, etc.

Moderator:
Bo Burns, DO - EM Chair University of Oklahoma
Panelists:
Arlene Chung, MD, MACM, FACEP - Maimonides Medical Center
John Casey, DO, MA, FACEP - OhioHealth Doctors Hospital
Steven Nazario, MD - AdventHealth
Geoff Comp, DO - Maricopa
Al’ai Alvarez, MD, FACEP, FAAEM - Stanford Emergency Medicine

Objectives:

• Detail the advantages, disadvantages, expectations, and career opportunities available within emergency medicine (EM).
• Provide advice about how to prioritize/balance academics, research, extracurricular activities, and other commitments during the first two years of medical school.
• Discuss the importance of mentorship and advising the EM-bound medical student.

Presenters:
Gayle Galleta, MD, FACEP - University of Massachusetts
Jamie Shandro, MD, MPH - University of Washington

Objectives:

• Detail the advantages, disadvantages, expectations, and career opportunities available within emergency medicine (EM).
• Provide advice about how to excel in clinical rotations, how to relate these to work in the ED.
• Go over general expectations of applying to/matching in EM - i.e. aways, SLOEs, step 1 and 2
• Give a timeframe of when students should start looking at and applying to aways as well as what might help them secure a position at an away.
• Address ACGME merger, applying to traditionally DO programs, and/or DO-friendly programs

Presenters:
Alexis Pelletier-Bui, MD - Cooper University Hospital/Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Jeanette Kurbedin, DO - Maimonides Medical Center

Objectives:

• Detail the advantages, disadvantages, expectations, and career opportunities available within emergency medicine (EM).
• Go over general expectations of applying to/matching in EM - i.e. aways, SLOEs, step 1 and 2
• Give a timeframe of when students should start looking at and applying to aways as well as what might help them secure a position at an away.
• Discuss these topics in particular reference to DO students**
• Address ACGME merger, applying to traditionally DO programs, and/or DO-friendly programs

Presenters:
Chadd Kraus, DO - Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Kristyn Smith, DO - Einstein Medical Center

Objectives:

• Discuss best practices for international applicants seeking to apply for U.S.-based EM away rotations and residency programs

Presenters:
Christopher Sampson, MD - University of Missouri-Columbia
Kathleen Cowling, DO, MS, MBA - Central Michigan University

Objectives:

• Discussion differences between the application process this past year due to COVID and what applicants might expect for the upcoming cycle.

Presenters:
Air Force
Roderick W. Fontenette, MD - DGMC/UC Davis Integrated Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Whitney Briggs (Air Force-bound MSIV)
Army
Mark L. Riddle, DO, FAAEM - USU F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine, CRDAMC Health Care System Fort Hood, TX
Ryan Hodgeman (Army-bound MSIV)
Navy
William Goldenberg, MD, FACEP - Naval Medical Center / SUNY Downstate
Matt Christensen (Navy-bound MSIV)