8:00am – 5:00pm

This course is an introduction to the principles and practice of ED management. You will take a deep dive into revenue cycles, change management, organizational psychology, and much more! Taught by leaders in ED operations management, you will put principles into practice through live workshops, including real life case studies, panel discussions, and patient satisfaction scenarios.

This course is a prerequisite to the AAEM Emergency Department Operations Certificate Course (EDOCC).

8:00am – 5:00pm

Resuscitation for Emergency Physicians (REP) is the first integrated resuscitation course developed by an emergency medicine professional society that is tailored to the needs of emergency physicians (EPs). REP encompasses a broad spectrum of topics and provides you with the knowledge and skill sets to expertly resuscitate conditions such as cardiac arrest, shock, respiratory failure, and life-threatening critical care disorders.

EPs who want to take a single resuscitation course taught at an advanced level (rather than taking ACLS, PALS, and ATLS) will find REP to be an outstanding experience. Quite simply, this course will help you save lives!

9:00am – 3:00pm

Emergency physicians are ready – for anything, any time, and any place. The Uniformed Services Chapter Division is proud to present Are You Ready? Emergency Medicine Without the ER.

Military physicians plan and prepare for disasters in austere environments. We care for patients on the land, sea, and sky, managing patients for prolonged periods of time and with not-your-typical ER complaints. Guided by military doctrine, experience, and evidence-based guidelines, our faculty will help you be ready to apply your emergency medicine skills for whatever challenge you may face.

1:00pm – 5:00pm

This course delves into the fundamentals of critical care to prepare medical students and interns for the rigors of the specialty as it pertains to emergency medicine. Subjects covered will include arterial blood gas/CBC/BMP interpretation, oxygen therapy and mechanical ventilation, drug therapy (pertaining to analgesics, sedatives, and paralytics), intra-aortic balloon pump therapy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, pediatric and neonatal critical care, hemodynamic and intracranial pressure monitoring, cardiac pacing and implantable cardiac devices, fluid therapy and massive transfusion, and lastly, POCUS in EM.

This course begins with an online component, with bi-monthly zoom sessions (one hour in duration each) and quizzes (two bi-monthly) from February 1 – April 7. The course is in-person at Scientific Assembly.

Registration for the AAEM/RSA Introduction to Critical Care in Emergency Medicine is conducted separately from the AAEM Scientific Assembly registration portal. More information coming soon.

8:00am – 12:00pm

The ability to interpret the electrocardiogram (ECG) is a life-saving skill, but ECG training in most specialties only teaches the basics. Through a series of mini-lectures and multiple case-presentations, the speakers will teach the audience an assortment of ECG pearls that will elevate their ability to interpret ECGs to a significantly higher level. Half of the session will be devoted to findings of cardiac ischemia, and half of the presentation will be focused on dysrhythmias. Speakers will also discuss many of the common pitfalls that can lead to disastrous outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify subtle, commonly overlooked ECG findings that predict acute cardiac ischemia.
2. Distinguish between the various types of AV block and tachydysrhythmias.
3. Identify common pitfalls that occur in routine ECG interpretation.
4. Identify subtle, commonly overlooked ECG findings that predict acute cardiac ischemia.

8:00am – 12:00pm

The Emergency Department Operations Certificate Course (EDOCC) is a hybrid course with online and in-person modules that teach you the fundamentals of ED Operations and boost ED management expertise. The course will cover topics in areas of:

• Understanding and improving ED overcrowding, boarding, throughput, and patient flow.
• Developing and implementing time sensitive clinical care delivery systems, managing physicians, PA’s, and NP’s with respect to professional behavior.
• Driving and improving patient satisfaction.
• Maintaining one’s clinical skills and staying abreast of emerging technology, pharmacology, and medical diagnosis and treatment.

The course will kick off with a half-day session at AAEM24 in Austin, TX and wrap up with a half-day session at AAEM25 in Miami, FL, with eight virtual sessions in between. After the participant completes program requirements, they will receive a certificate of completion.

Prerequisite: Participants must have taken AAEM ED Management Solutions to take this course.

Course includes:

• Half-day EDOCC kick-off session at the AAEM24 Scientific Assembly
• Eight virtual sessions May 2024 – April 2025 (CME provided)
• Half-day EDOCC wrap-up session at the AAEM25 Scientific Assembly
• Peer learning community access

8:00am – 12:00pm

Medical students, join us to learn about emergency medicine and see if it’s the specialty for you! Pre-registration is required and open to medical students only. We hope to see you there!

Course Fees: FREE for all medical students

8:00am – 12:30pm

MyEMCert is here! This new ABEM assessment includes eight presentation-based modules grouped by content. The assessment is open book, but beware: Each module includes the Key Advances, which do not necessarily share the same topic as the module. To alleviate any anxiety about the new assessment, AAEM is pleased to offer this fully in-person, in-depth review of high-yield topics and pearls for the Neurology and Non-traumatic Musculoskeletal modules, as well as the Key Advances. World-class faculty will cover the content you can expect to see on the assessment and answer your questions. No fluff, anecdotes, or esoteric material—just the content you NEED to know!

The Neurology module and the Non-Traumatic Musculoskeletal modules may be taken separately or as a bundle. The Key Advances are included with both modules.

7:30am – 12:00pm

Resuscitation for Emergency Physicians (REP) is the first integrated resuscitation course developed by an emergency medicine professional society that is tailored to the needs of emergency physicians (EPs). REP encompasses a broad spectrum of topics and provides you with the knowledge and skill sets to expertly resuscitate conditions such as cardiac arrest, shock, respiratory failure, and life-threatening critical care disorders.

EPs who want to take a single resuscitation course taught at an advanced level (rather than taking ACLS, PALS, and ATLS) will find REP to be an outstanding experience. Quite simply, this course will help you save lives!

8:00am – 12:00pm

Are you looking for a course to refine your skills in emergency ultrasound, critical care ultrasound, or how to use ultrasound in austere environments? This beyond-the-basics ultrasound workshop provides a choose-your-own-adventure style course that is appropriate for beginners and advanced ultrasound users.

Choose four (4) hours of modules from the following:

• Austere Ultrasound Mini-course (2 hours)
  • Austere US Case-Based Instruction
  • Musculoskeletal
  • IV Access
  • Foreign Bodies
  • Intubation Confirmation
  • Intra-cranial Pressure Assessment (e.g., ONSD)
  • Pulmonary
• Critical Care Ultrasound Mini-Course (2 hours)
  • Critical Care case-based instruction
  • Shock Protocols/IVC
  • Advanced Echo
  • Central Vascular Access
• Advanced Echo – General (1 hour)
• Advanced Echo – Demystifying Diastology (1 hour)
• Airway and Breathing (1 hour)
• Aorta/IVC (1 hour)
• DVT/Ocular (1 hour)
• E-FAST (1 hour)
• Gallbladder (1 hour)
• Musculoskeletal (1 hour)
• Nerve blocks (1 hour)
• Patient Cases with Pathology (1 hour)
• Shock/Critical Care (1 hour)
• Procedures – Vascular Access, Lumbar Puncture, etc. (1 hour)
• Transthoracic Echo (1 hour)

Participants select four (4) hours of modules and have hands-on time at each station with expert faculty in small groups with a five-to-one ratio of student-to-faculty or less. Please note that the modules are subject to change, depending on registration and equipment availability.

12:30pm – 5:30pm

Are you new to advocacy efforts on the Hill? Want to get your feet wet, or refresh your knowledge about health policy and advocacy?

Join AAEM & AAEM/RSA in a day of learning about health policy and political advocacy at HPEM!

• Get an introduction to the advocacy process. No prior hill experience necessary — just knowledge of caring for patients and a passion for improving the health care system!
• Learn about the congressional process and what affects you as an emergency provider.
• Hear from exciting speakers who advocate for your rights on the Hill.
• Network and spend time with fellow AAEM and AAEM/RSA members throughout the day.