Sarah Rose Rabinowitz, MD

Hello, I’m Sarah Rabinowitz, and I would love to serve you as fellow for the Simulation Academy executive committee. One of my passions in life is education. Prior to medical school, I have held multiple leadership positions in pursuit of this passion; I have worked as a private tutor, college teaching assistant, substitute teacher, volunteer in art therapy, and held leadership positions in student organizations. In medical school at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, I continued my involvement in education by becoming a student leader in the clinical ultrasound course, multiple student interest groups, and served as a mentor for junior medical students and pre-medical students. I joined SAEM as a medical student when I chose to pursue a career in emergency medicine. During residency at the Zucker Northwell Health, I have continued to serve as an educator, mentor and promoted recruitment to our program. I decided to pursue a fellowship in Simulation because of my passion for being an educator and belief that experiential learning provides the highest quality education with the added benefit of being highly enjoyable and promoting teamwork and collaboration.

I am running for the fellow position on the executive committee because I want to strengthen the academic simulation community and grow in my leadership within the simulation profession. I hope to improve mentorship, networking opportunities between alumni and current residents/fellows, and involvement in the academy. I want to promote more learning opportunities and distribution of educational content. I feel that the executive committee and academy can better serve its members in promoting simulation programs across the country, marketing learning opportunities including Terrific Tuesday meetings and improving overall outreach and engagement. We have a lot of great resources and content on the SAEM Simulation Academy website and promoting access to these resources can increase involvement among members. I propose that one way we can do this is through advancing our utilization of social media and our professional network. I want to continue to arrange professional development events and webinars and host networking events during conferences and over Zoom. Overall, if elected, I aim to use my position to strengthen the simulation community and encourage growth for the academy and its members.