Join Us! 20th Annual Scientific Assembly - Highlights

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Scientific Assembly Highlights
Michael L. Epter, DO FAAEM
Chair, Education Committee

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Scientific Assembly 2014 is almost here! This premier educational event will take in the Big Apple at the New York Hilton Midtown, February 11-15th, 2014. As we draw nearer, it’s never too early to start getting excited about Scientific Assembly — so let’s do it! The highlights presented below culminate the work of a simply outstanding educational team and committee work. Here’s a sneak peak at what promises to be fantastic event that has come to define our organization.

Preconference offerings on February 11th and 12th include:

• Resuscitation for Emergency Physicians 
• Health Care Reform: Is Your ED Prepared? The Operations Management Perspective — presented by the Operations Management Committee 
• Introductory Ultrasound 
• Advanced Ultrasound 
• High Risk Electrocardiography 
• Living the Tactical Life: Lessons and Skills from Tactical Military Medicine — jointly sponsored by USAAEM 
• Pediatric Emergency Department Simulation: Critical Skills from Delivery to Stepping on the School Bus! 

Given the successes of the format of the 2013 Scientific Assembly and to further increase the opportunities for networking, the 2014 program will incorporate an additional half day and will begin on February 12th at 1pm....
The conference will have 11 robust plenary sessions with a mixture of clinical updates as well as critically important topics about the changing landscape of health care and the impact of these changes on our practice. Topics include:

• “Lessons Learned from Unforeseen Tragedies” 
• “What Would Osler Think? How Social Media Will Change Your Practice of Emergency Medicine” 

Clinical plenary sessions with preeminent speakers include:

• Best of the Best in Cardiology 
• Best of the Best in Pediatrics 
• Best of the Best in Resuscitation 
• Best of the Best in Infectious Disease 
• Best of the Best in Neurology 
• Best of the Best in Trauma 
• Updates in Toxicology — Cases from the Frontlines of New York Poison Control Center 

In keeping with the spirit of providing attendees a cutting edge conference, with up to date, results oriented and clinically relevant didactic sessions, the following new tracks have been added for 2014:

• In a New York Minute — Critical Care in Your ED 
• You Want Me To Do What? Consultant Requests — Dogma or Substance? 
• Novel Approaches to Vulnerable Patient Populations 
• Advances in Ultrasound — Hype or Help? 
• Cases from the Courts: Hits & Near Misses — We Report, You Decide 
• Provider Beware! Simple Complaints that Can Take a Turn for the Worse 
• We Should Do ______ More Often: New Standards or Wild West Emergency Medicine? 

These new tracks complement the timeless attendee favorites:

• Hot Button Topics — Point-Counterpoint Debates 
• Pediatric Emergencies — Not Just Younger Adults 
• Nuts & Bolts of Emergency Medicine Practice 
• Emergency Imaging 

Specialty Tracks for 2014 include:

• Getting Techy With It! Information Technology for the Emergency Physician 
• 2nd Annual International Emergency Medicine Education Track 
• Pre-Hospital Care 

If you think it couldn’t get any better than all of the content listed above, IT CAN! On the afternoon of February 13th, we will pilot a track wherein speakers will be given a topic and have six minutes and 40 seconds (20 slides with 20 seconds per slide) to present “just the facts.” This high yield format has gained widespread acceptance in the Pan-Pacific and internationally and promises to be a hit at Scientific Assembly.

We are proud to offer the first “Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant Fellowship Challenge Bowl” and to bring back after a successful inaugural year the “Diagnostic Case Competition” — additional information and solicitation of cases will be posted on the website as well as sent out by email.

Other annual favorites to round out the program:

• Open Mic — to encourage AAEM members the opportunity to expound on a cutting edge topic of their own by presenting a 25 minute lecture on a topic of their choosing. The top speaker(s) will be invited to give a formal presentation at the 2015 Scientific Assembly in Austin, TX. 
• Emergency Medicine Photo Contest 
• AAEM/JEM Resident and Student Research Competition 
• RSA/YPS Track — including the Resident In-Training Exam Review 
• Student Track — February 12th, 2014 
• 2013 LLSA Review 

As customary for the conference, there is no registration fee for AAEM members (deposit is refundable).  

For more information, visit www.aaem.org/education/scientific-assembly and don’t forget to register for the preconference courses for discounted attendance.

Expect nothing less from your professional organization — the best emergency medicine CME at no charge in a prime location presented by top clinician educators in emergency medicine. AAEM Scientific Assembly — perpetually advancing emergency medicine for the clinician, proudly a premier educational conference.

As always, contact me anytime (mepter@medicine.nevada.edu) with your comments/suggestions as to how the committee, Scientific Assembly, and the organization itself can be at the forefront in EM education by offering you content and resources that you rely on to treat the people that matter most — our patients.

“Come on, come to … New York, New York, New York.”