EMRA Hangouts: A Novel Emergency Medicine Advising Platform

EMRA Hangouts: A Novel Emergency Medicine Advising PlatformR O SS CHR IST E NSEN, MS4, DAVID CA R L E , MS3 , Z ACH J A R O U, M.D.R ACHEL FIEMAN M.D., R ACHAEL FR EEZ E -RAMSEY M.D.,NICK G OVE R NATOR I M.D., A DA M K E L LO GG M.D.

Des Moines University, ETSU Quillen College of Medicine, Denver Health Medical CenterLehigh Valley Health Network, University of ArkansasThomas Jefferson University, University of Massachusetts/Baystate

QUESTIONS? @MedicCarle @zachjarou @emresidents

Each year thousands of medical students apply to match into emergency medicine (EM) residency training

programs. For students unable to attend regional or national conferences or those without EM residency programs at their home institutions, obtaining high

quality advising information can be difficult.


EMRA Hangouts were designed to bridge this gap


Curricular Design

• Participants pre-register for Hangout sessions each month

• Multiple avenues of advertisement used (Website, Email, Social Media)

• Sessions composed of formal presentation by speakers followed by moderated question and answer sessions.

• Hangout sessions have an average run time of one hour

• Individual and multi-person panel formatted sessions have successfully been performed

• EMRA worked closely with CORD’s Student Advising Task Force

• Presenter Recruitment


Curricular Design

• Sessions hosted via Zoom.us software platform, an online video conferencing service

• Capable of hosting 100 participants at a time

• Scalable, affordable, user friendly, free to participants & presenters

• Sessions recorded and hosted on EMRA website for students unable to attend live

• www.emra.org/students/EMRA-Hangouts/


Hangout Sessions & PresentersBrian Levine, MD J. Scott Wieters, MD Christopher I. Doty, MD

Elise O. Lovell, MD Cedric Lefebvre, MD Lucienne Lufty-Clayton, MD

How to Enhance Your EM Application

The Secrets to EM Clerkship Nirvana

How to Ace Your Audition Rotation

Logistics of the Interview Trail

Interview Day Success Interview Day Success

Hangout Sessions & PresentersMark Riddle, DO Dylan Arnold, MD Grigory Charney, MD

Jason Wagner, MD Christopher Sampson, MD

The Military Match and EM Bound HPSP Students

Emergency Medicine - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Emily A. Hillman, MD

ERAS & Applying

Hangouts Sessions & Presenters

The VSAS Process and Away Rotations

How To Make Your Rank List

Travis Eastin, MD

Michael L. Epter, DO

EM Pearls and Pitfalls

Sudave Mendiratta, MD Michael Takacs, MD

The VSAS Process and Away Rotations

Deborah Pierce, DO

How To Make Your Rank List

Impact & Effectiveness

• EMRA Hangouts: Launched May 2016

• 12 Hangout sessions hosted to date

• Participant registration : 1524

• Participant attendance: 909

• 60% attendance with average of 75 students in attendance per session


Registrant Demographics

Allopathic Students 67 %

Osteopathic Students 33%

First Year Students 10 %

Second Year Students 18 %

Third Year Students 30 %

Fourth Year Students 42 %

EMRA Member 82 %

Non-Member 18%


Impact and Effectiveness

Post session surveys show majority (≈ 90%) of respondents found the sessions very helpful to their progression as students

Sample Responses:

• “This was a fantastic session, it was great to hear from a PD about what he's looking for and what really matters.”

• “Informative, great insight and perspective.”

• “It was so personal. All three doctors directly answered my question.”

• “ The video chat made the event seem so casual, that I felt like if I meet anyone from the session I wouldn't hesitate to feel comfortable introducing myself.”


Impact & Effectiveness

65% of asked respondents reported they would change their plans based on information received from the respective EMRA Hangout

Sample Responses:

• “This will help me to have more effective discussions with my advisors in the future.”

• “Prioritizing doing away rotations at institutions where I would like to match.”

• “I will look to add additional experiences to help build my resume and research residencies based on how they will fit all aspects of my life.”


The Future of EMRA Hangouts• Resident Focused Sessions – Premiered 2/2/2017

• Rebecca Parker, MD, FACEP • Alicia Kurtz, MD“Leadership and Women in Medicine”

• MS1 & 2 Focused Sessions• Different Presentation Formations• Non-Advising Focused Sessions (FOAMed, Advocacy, etc.)• Continue commitment to ensure a diversity of viewpoints in a geographically

equitable manner.

Watch For Upcoming Sessions: https://www.emra.org/students/EMRA-Hangouts/


Questions?

David Carle

EMRA-MSC Student Advising Coordinator

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Twitter: @MedicCarle @zachjarou @emresidents

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EMRA Hangouts: A Novel Emergency Medicine Advising Platform