Mark Olaf, DO

My goal in joining the Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM) executive committee is to serve the members of CDEM, the SAEM organization as a whole, and the specialty of emergency medicine as it relates to the education of medical students who will become the future of emergency medicine and all clinical medicine. Experience with CDEM has been focused on work within the curriculum committee, including a current project to modernize, renew, and revise the CDEM medical student clerkship curriculum. I have found the CDEM academy to be welcoming environment, and seek to welcome and include many others in the important work of the academy. Emergency medicine finds itself in a unique, challenging, and opportune time as our specialty faces a crossroads. My experiences in both the SAEM workforce committee as well as in the CDEM curriculum committee provide me with a unique perspective to help advance the education of our medical students and provide important contributions to our organization. My background as an educator and leader has prepared me to take this next important step.