Ramping Up Resident Research: Strategies for Getting Your Residents Engaged in Research and Scholarship (Educational Research and Research Directors Interest Group Sponsored)

Dr. Joshua Davis is an emergency physician in Wichita, KS, who teaches as a Clinical Instructor at University of Kansas School of Medicine. He is Assistant Medical Director for Ultrasound and Research with Vituity in Wichita, Kansas. He completed his residency at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, completed medical school at Thomas Jefferson University, and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware. His research interests are broad and include emergency medicine clinical topics along with point of care ultrasonography and medical education. He has published over 50 peer reviewed articles, given multiple national presentations, and written several book chapters.

Alina Tsyrulnik, MD attended Barnard College majoring in biology and minoring in psychology, graduating Suma Cum Laude. Thereafter, she pursued a medical degree at New York University School of Medicine and completed her residency at Yale University School of Medicine. She served as Chief Resident 2011-2012. Upon the completion of her residency, Dr. Tsyrulnik accepted a faculty position in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Yale University School of medicine. In 2013 she became the Assistant Residency Director for the department, and in 2017 she became the Associate Residency Director. Dr. Tsyrulnik is primarily in charge of the Emergency Department’s PGY2 class, taking a central role in mentorship, remediation, and clinical as well as academic development of 19 residents per year. In 2022, Dr. Tsyrulnik became the MD Director for the Interprofessional Longitudinal Clinical Experience (ILCE) course for Yale School of Medicine. The course centers on developing clinical skills in an interprofessional setting of MD, PA, and MSN students. Her academic interests are in resident education and assessment.

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. I graduated residency training at the University of Cincinnati in 2012 and thereafter completed a 2 year Masters of Medical Education through the University of Cincinnati. I have been involved in residency leadership since the completion of my fellowship training with a particular focus on residency didactics, teaching residents to be teachers, and asynchronous/technology facilitated educational interventions. My scholarly work is focused in these content areas as well with original publications on the development and validation of a lecture assessment tool and using Slack to facilitate virtual small group discussions. In our Deparment I also serve as the chair of our Education Leadership Academy, the goal of which is to teach residents the management principles and skills necessary to be leaders in Emergency Medicine education.

Dr. Paxton is an Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Research for Detroit Receiving Hospital / Wayne State University Department of Emergency Medicine, and currently serves as Chairman of the SAEM Research Committee (2021-2024). He received both his MD and MBA degrees from the University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH), and completed EM residency training at Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit, MI). Dr. Paxton has served as core academic faculty for the EM residencies at both Sinai-Grace Hospital and Detroit Receiving Hospital since 2011, and has mentored hundreds of medical students and residents at Wayne State University during that time. He is an active clinical researcher and has served as PI for numerous industry- and publicly-funded trials. He is the editor of several books on emergency medicine topics, and is a recognized expert and invited speaker for many regional, national and international lectures on emergent vascular access, cardiac arrest, and emergent resuscitation, and is a past Chair of the WSU institutional review board.

Dr Moss completed her medical school at Stony Brook University SOM. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at the Zucker NSLIJ Emergency Medicine Residency, and stayed on to complete her fellowship in Health Professions Education and Simulation. She currently works at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY where she serves as an Assistant Director of Simulation Education and served as the Director of PA/NP Education. She is starting a new role at Einstein College of Medicine as the Director of the Transition to Clerkship Course and Theme Leader for Procedural Skills and Physical Examination for all medical students. She is heavily involved in residency simulation, residency education, and resident research and her current work is on expanding the teaching of palliative care to EM Residents.

Dr. Davenport is an emergency medicine and sports medicine trained physician. She is actively involved in resident education and serves as the associate residency director and medical education fellowship director. Dr. Davenport is a clinical professor of emergency medicine at Drexel University. Dr. Davenport has extensive experience caring for all levels of athletes, from elementary school children to Olympic and professional athletes.

Michael Gottlieb, MD is the Vice Chair of Research and Director of the Emergency Ultrasound Division at Rush University Medical Center. He is Past-Chair of the ACEP Ultrasound Section and Past-Chair of the AAEM Ultrasound Section. He has authored over 500 peer-reviewed publications and is an Editor for Academic Medicine, The Annals of Emergency Medicine, The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, and Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training, as well as the Social Media Editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. He is Past-Chair of the CORD Academy for Scholarship, Past-Chair of the SAEM Education Summit, Past-Chair of the CORD Education Committee, Past-Chair of the CORD Best Practices Subcommittee, and a nationally-recognized speaker and educator. His academic interests include medical education, ultrasound, infectious diseases, heart failure, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Sherri Rudinsky is a board certified Emergency Medicine physician with subspecialty training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She completed residency at the Naval Medical Center San Diego and fellowship at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, California. She is the former program director for the Naval Medical Center San Diego Emergency Medicine Residency and is currently an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine at Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland. She has held various academic and operational assignments as an active duty Emergency Medicine physician.

Dr. Michael DeFilippo is a Chief Resident in emergency medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia & Cornell and incoming EMS fellow to the University of New Mexico. His interests include EMS, ultrasound, simulation, resuscitation, and research. Within the context of research, he is interested in resident engagement in research and recruitment of emergency medicine researchers. Dr. DeFilippo additionally serves on the SAEM Board of Directors and serves on committees focusing on research and engagement of emergency medicine residents.