Consultation Services

Members of SAEM possess expertise in teaching, research and other aspects of academic emergency medicine practice. SAEM Consultation Services provides emergency medicine (EM) departments and institutions the opportunity to improve their practices by leveraging the expertise of accomplished SAEM committee and academy members. 

For more information about SAEM Consultation Services contact ConsultationServices@saem.org.

Consultations

SAEM consultations are aimed at developing, evaluating, or improving various services, which SAEM does through its committees and academies, or in consultation with the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM).

New! Wellbeing Consultations

Wellness is vital for medical leadership, impacting patient care, clinician health, and trainee education. Fulfilled clinicians are more motivated, compassionate, and committed, boosting team performance. From a business perspective, addressing wellness reduces costly turnover and enhances productivity. A wellness-oriented culture leads to lower attrition, higher clinical and academic productivity, and overall institutional efficiency. Investing in wellbeing ensures a stable, efficient, and innovative healthcare organization, promoting long-term sustainability and success.

The SAEM Wellbeing Consultation Program aims to enhance the wellbeing of emergency medicine professionals and their departments through tailored support and practical solutions based on proven wellbeing frameworks.

Focus areas include, but are not limited to:

• Incorporation of national wellbeing frameworks
• Workload management
• Workplace environment
• Engagement incentivization
• Leadership collaboration
• Mentorship and advising
• Departmental policies and practices

Research Consultations

We are now offering two research consultation services designed to provide guidance and expertise in building robust structures, refining processes, and implementing effective strategies to support scholarship and scholars within academic departments.

SAEM Research Consult Service - Federal Funding

SAEM's Research Consult Service - Federal Funding is designed to assist academic departments of Emergency Medicine looking to create or expand sustainable federally-funded research programs. Guided by leaders from the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM), this service is committed to assisting academic departments at various stages of development, including those that once had federally funded programs but are currently without such funding. In addition, this service aligns closely with the ambitious 2030 goals of increasing the number of emergency departments with federally funded research programs.

Focus areas include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting NIH-funded Principal Investigators (PIs) and projects
• Identifying opportunities for federal funding sources, including NIH, AHRQ, CDC, PCORI, ARPA-H, SAMSA, HRSA, DOD, and more

SAEM Research Consultation Service - General

The SAEM Consultation Services Research Consultation Subcommittee will provide support to academic departments seeking assistance with non-federal funding sources, such as industry and foundation-sponsored programs.

Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to:

• Establishing foundation or industry-sponsored research programs
• Designing research-oriented fellowship or post-doctoral programs
• Creating scholarship programs that meet the needs of resident learners and align with ACGME requirements
• Developing infrastructure and processes to seamlessly integrate scholarship within faculty development

Operations Consultations

One of our newest services offers recommendations for day-to-day operations that can enhance your department's capability to provide high-quality educational and research programs. 

We will tailor the consultation based on your department's needs and can focus on a range of areas, including:

• Data use/analysis
• Matching capacity and demand – volume, acuity, and complexity
• Physician retention
  • Schedule optimization
  • Incentive plans, reimbursement, and workload analysis in academic centers
• Throughput/patient flow optimization
• Change management
• Alignment with groups outside of the ED
• Learner integration strategies
• Clinical research integration strategies
• Managing patient experience in an academic setting
• Meeting publicly reported quality metric goals
• Workforce optimization
• Physician/nursing alignment and integration

Residency Consultations (Two-day Consult)

Our residency consultation services may include:

• New residency/fellowship program or recertification
• Assist with and review Program Information Form (PIF)
• Written report will be provided following PIF review and mock site visit

Academic Department Consultations (Two-day Consult)

This consultation assists EM divisions or departments to develop:

• Department status 
• Improvement in ED throughout, billing, quality, patient safety, etc.
• Improvements in specific academic or clinical developments (research subspecialty development, etc.)

This consultation may include a site survey to assist the division regarding the potential/appropriate timetable for developing an academic department.  A written report is provided following consultation.

Faculty Development Consultations

SAEM supports the professional development of emergency medicine faculty and the efforts of department chairs and chiefs to establish successful faculty development programs at their home institutions. Toward that end, the Society offers to coordinate consultations in areas related to faculty development, provided by individuals with experience and expertise in those areas.

Examples of possible types of faculty development consultations include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Faculty Development Program Development for New Departments
• Faculty Development Program Assessment for Established Departments
• Focused Consultation in Specific Areas of Faculty Development
  • Academic Promotion in the Clinical Track
  • Academic Promotion in the Research Track
  • Minority Faculty Development
  • Faculty Development for Junior Faculty
  • Faculty Development for Senior Faculty
  • Organization, Prioritization, and Time Management
  • Bedside and Classroom Teaching Skills
  • Undertaking Administrative Responsibilities
• Individualized Consultations

For More Information

Other types of consultations are available and can be customized in partnership with your institution. Contact ConsultationServices@saem.org to make a request or for more information about any of the currently offered consultations.