RAMS

Get Involved

Serve as a leader in academic emergency medicine by joining an SAEM academy or interest group, signing up for a RAMS Committee or networking with other RAMS members in the SAEM community and on Twitter. Leadership opportunities are also available on our RAMS Board. Elections for leadership positions are held each year in February.  

Career Development

SAEM offers a wide range of resources to support every stage of an academic emergency medicine (EM) career. Our roadmaps, toolkits, and guides are a great way to start exploring all of the benefits SAEM offers.

Resident Career Roadmap - Provides EM residents with a comprehensive guide to SAEM leadership opportunities, educational resources, networking opportunities, and more.   

Medical Student Career Roadmap - Provides medical students with a comprehensive guide to SAEM leadership opportunities, educational resources, networking opportunities, and more.

RAMS Roadmaps - Offers step-by-step guides on how to succeed in training for a wide range of interest areas, such as critical care, emergency medical services, ultrasound, simulation, and so many more. 

Toolkits and Guidebooks - Offers comprehensive overviews of essential topics in emergency medicine and career development, such as academic promotion, research, and securing fellowships. 

Residency and Fellowship Fair - Offered in-person at the SAEM annual meeting, as well as virtually each summer, this event provides opportunities to meet with representatives from dozens of coveted residency and fellowship programs from across the country.

Medical Student Ambassadors Program - Each year, medical students work directly with SAEM leadership to assist in the execution of our annual meeting. Registration fees are waived for our medical student volunteers. Applications open each year in November.

Directories - Interactive map with location and contact information for EM clerkships, residencies, and fellowships.

EM Job Link - Connects SAEM members to current job opportunities.

Educational Resources and Curriculum

SAEM provides many educational opportunities for residents and medical students, across a wide range of topic areas. Our career roadmaps provide a deeper dive into our educational offerings. The resources listed here are just a sampling of how SAEM can support your learning in emergency medicine.

Educational Offerings Guide - Provides an at-a-glance overview of all the educational courses and content for every stage of an academic EM career. 

CDEM Curriculum for Medical Students - Designed to help medical students rotating through emergency medicine understand the basic core content that is pertinent to EM. 

Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) Guide: Curriculum and Handbook - This detailed toolkit offers a curriculum designed to complement the preclinical M2 schedule, incorporating EM topics relevant to their current studies.

SAEM Online Academic Resources (SOAR) - Provides access to SAEM Annual Meeting presentations, health equity library, and other FOAMed educational content.

SAEM Annual Meeting - Residents and medical students experience tailored learning activities developed exclusively for them each year at our annual meeting.

• Chief Resident Forum - This forum gathers residents from around the nation to discuss effective leadership and strategies to help their residencies thrive.
• Medical Student Symposium - This day-long session covers the process of applying to EM residency programs, as well as clerkships, away rotations, personal statements, the match process, and more.

SAEM Regional Meetings - Provide opportunities for young investigators to present their original research and participate in sessions designed to teach them essential research skills.

Podcasts - SAEM offers a wide range of podcasts that feature interviews with leaders in emergency medicine, including department chairs, researchers and authors, and medical educators.

Webinars - SAEM offers free webinars on a wide range of topics, many specifically for residents and medical students, and developed by RAMS members. Each webinar is recorded and available after the event.

Grants, Awards, and Scholarships

SAEM Foundation Grants - SAEM and SAEMF provide grants to help fund innovative research and education initiatives. Many of these grants are for residents and medical students. The application cycle for most SAEMF grants opens May 1 and closes August 1.

Academy Awards and Scholarships - SAEM academies offer several scholarships and awards to residents and medical students.

SAEM Awards - SAEM presents several awards to RAMS members each year in recognition of excellence in emergency medicine, for contributions to improving the health of society, and for academic achievements. Award nominations open each year on October 1.

Advancing the Future of Academic EM

The core purpose of RAMS is to advance the future of emergency medicine through the development of resident and medical students into academic leaders. View the RAMS Strategic Plan to learn more about the vision of RAMS in academic emergency medicine.

Contact RAMS

For all RAMS related questions, please reach out to RAMSPresident@saem.org or RAMS@saem.org.  

Request RAMS Assistance

Please fill out this request form if your academy, committee, or interest Group would like to request RAMS assistance with any of your upcoming Pulse articles, webinars, or other projects. Once completed, please email to RAMSPresident@saem.org.