Optional Professional Enrichment

Women's Mentorship Group: organized by women faculty. Quarterly gatherings of the women faculty and residents with the purpose of providing a forum for discussion of challenges and issues facing women in the workplace and the balance of work and personal life.

Literature in Medicine: organized by a Emergency Medicine faculty member. Bi-monthly gatherings of interested residents and faculty to discuss non-scientific literature which relates to a medicine topic or to the practice of medicine.

Attendance at regional and national meetings: each resident is given the opportunity to attend the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) national conference once during their residency. It is preferred that this occur during the EM2 year, however in the event that an individual is unable to attend during the EM2 year arrangements will be made for their EM3/4 year.

The UMHS/SJMH Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA) representative will be permitted to attend one conference per academic year where EMRA is conducting a meeting which requires the representative's attendance.

Additional funds are provided to support resident research projects and presentation of original research at conferences and seminars.

Making our voices heard at ACEP in Washington in 2005

Medical Education Scholars Program: participation by an EM4 resident through a competitive application process. The Medical Education Scholars Program (MESP) is offered by the University of Michigan Department of Medical Education and is designed to prepare members for leadership roles in medical education. The program goals are accomplished through a formal curriculum in educational theory, application , and research; individualized guidance and mentoring from a faculty member with expertise and training in medical education; and collaboration with scholarly experts and peers on specific education issues and problems.