Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health

CORD Abstracts 2026

Increased Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence-Associated Language in Emergency Medicine Residency Personal Statements

Analysis of the eSLOE Score in ResidencyCAS: Comparing Apples to Oranges

Understanding the Decline in Emergency Medicine Qualifying Examination Pass Rates

Signals of Inclusion: Prevalence and Patterns of DEI Statements on EM Residency Websites

Do Year-To-Year Changes in In-Service Training Exam Performance Predict First-Attempt Success on Written Board Certification?

Realistic Dual-Setting Mass Casualty Incident Simulation to Enhance Triage and Definitive Care Skills

Provider Directed Automated Clinical Case Review for Enhanced Medical Education in the Emergency Department

The Ramer - A Formal Resident as a Teacher Rotation as an Introduction to Medical Education

Ethics in Action: Linking Dialogue, Reflection, and Experiences

A Simulation-Based Curriculum to Prepare Emergency Medicine Residents for the New ABEM Certifying Examination

Physical Activity, Compassion Satisfaction, and Burnout Across Varying Practice Lengths

Exploring Factors that Lead to Disproportionate Rates of Medical Student Attrition: A Qualitative Study

Impact of Practice Environment on Emergency Medicine Clerkship Education

Resident Perceptions of APP Impact on Emergency Medicine Training: Findings from the 2025 Post-ITE Survey

Prompts to Praise: Exploring Artificial Intelligence Use in Residency Recruitment and Faculty Letter Writing

Emergency Department Management of Acute Penetrating Injuries Caused by Writing Utensils

Threading the Needle: Competing Spectra of Burnout Susceptibility and Resilience in Emergency Medicine Residents

Assessing Knowledge and Preparedness of LGBTQ Healthcare Needs Among Future Physicians

USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge as a Predictor of Emergency Medicine In-Training Examination Performance: A Single-Institution, Ten-Year Retrospective Cohort Study

Trends in Fellowship Training and Secondary Board Certification Among U.S. Emergency Medicine Residency Leaders

Impact of Educational Intervention on Question Bank Utilization and Emergency Medicine Residency In-Training Exam Scores

Improving Resident Chart Completion Rates Through Transparent Performance Feedback

Clinical Assessment of Medical Students’ Abilities Identifying and Mitigating Social Determinants of Health

Feedback on Feedback: Targeted Faculty Interventions Improve Narrative Feedback in Resident Assessments

Evaluating a Tofu-Based Training Model for Fascia Iliaca Block Competency and Skill Retention

A Virtual Reality Approach to Standardizing Mass-Casualty Training across Residency Programs

A Comparison of Two Prediction Models for the American Board of Emergency Medicine Qualifying Exam

The Resident Effect: Evaluation Inflation for Lower-Performing Students in EM

Implementing a Structured Feedback Model to Enhance Medical Student Development during the EM Clerkship

Breathing Life into Critical Decisions: A Case-Based Approach to Ventilator Education for Emergency Medicine Residents

Results of a National Program Director Survey: The Current State of Rotations and Experiences

Affordability of Childbearing During Emergency Medicine Residency: A Cost-Of-Living Analysis

Analysis of Emergency Medicine Residents Accepted Through the SOAP Who Required Remediation During Residency

Equipping Medical Students to Actively Receive Feedback: A Pre-Internship Workshop to Enhance Feedback Literacy

Can Simulation Based Microaggressions Training Provide an Equitable Learning Experience for All Residents?

Reproducible Mock Certifying Exam Sessions: Improving Emergency Medicine Residents’ Confidence and Readiness for Boards

 The Certifying Exam Is Coming - Are We Ready? A Faculty Communications Needs Assessment

Trends in Rank Order Preferences of Emergency Medicine Residency Applicants by Applicant Type, 2020 - 2025

Developing a Peer Support Training Curriculum for Senior Emergency Medicine Residents: Insights from a Qualitative Analysis

Resident-Led Coaching For Emergency Medicine-Bound Medical Students: A Multi-Site Prospective Study

Simulation-Based Training Enhances Resident Response to an Impaired Colleague

Distribution of Emergency Medicine Standardized Letters of Evaluation in 2025

Beyond the ABCs: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Advanced Resuscitation Curriculum for PGY-2 Emergency Medicine Residents

Do More Qbank Questions Earn You a Higher ITE Score?

Let’s Chat about Large Language Models for Faculty Feedback: A Multi-Institution Feasibility Pilot

“We’re Not ready”: Student-Driven Insights into EM Preparedness and Bootcamp Impact

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Innovate Scenario Development for the ABEM Certifying Exam

Resident Supervision of APPs in Emergency Medicine: A National Survey of Educational Practices

Evaluation of a Soft-Embalmed Cadaveric Model as an Education Innovation to Enhance Emergency Medicine Resident Competency in Distal Radius Fracture Reduction

Training the EM Educator: A National Assessment of Medical Education Fellowship Curricula and Outcomes

Stepwise Predictors: Linking Pre-Residency Step 2 CK Scores to EM In-Training Exam Performance

Cost-Of-Living Adjustments and Emergency Medicine Resident Salaries: A National Analysis of PGY-1 Stipends from 2021–2025

Mapping the MedED Landscape: How Emergency Medicine Residency Programs Structure Scholarly Tracks

Building Future Educators in Emergency Medicine: A Study of Medical Education Scholarly Track Curriculum

Evaluating Operational Impacts of On-Shift Morning Report in the Emergency Department

Does Chief Residency Impair In-Service Training Exam Performance or Reduce First-Attempt Board Pass Rates?

Emergency Department Medication Cost Changes After Implementing a Residency Program

Building Tomorrow’s Educators: How Resident-As-Teacher Day Shapes Teaching Confidence and Career Choices

Selling Wellness: A National Review of Wellness Content on EM Residency Websites

Bridging the Practical Teaching Gap: A Needs-Based Faculty Development Curriculum in Emergency Medicine

Food for Thought: A Recipe for Cooking up Useful Faculty Feedback

Advancing Health Equity Through Hybrid Emergency Medicine Education in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Optimizing EM Residency Application Reviews a Comparative Study: Faculty versus AI

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Create Custom Summaries of Emergency Medicine Residency Application Files

Content Validity Index (CVI) as a Tool for Instrument Development: A Methodological Case Study in Neonatal Lumbar Puncture and Umbilical Vein Catheterization for Emergency Medicine Simulation

Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout, and Secondary Traumatic Stress Across Career Stages in Emergency Medicine Physicians

Spin to Learn: A Gamified, Competency-Based Teaching Wheel for ED Bedside Education

Embedded Palliative Care in the Emergency Department Enhances Resident Confidence and Competency

Training Gaps in Emergency Medicine Procedural Complication Management

A Simulation-Based Curriculum for Junior Residents on Intrahospital Transport of Critically Ill Patients

Effect of Standardized Faculty Feedback System on Emergency Medicine Residents’ Perceptions of Real-Time Performance Evaluation

Higher Cumulative Scores from Medical Student End-Of-Shift Evaluations Are Associated with Standardized Letter of Evaluation Rankings

Impact of Early Exposure on Interest in Emergency Medicine Among Underrepresented Undergraduate Students

Framing Failure: Thematic Analysis of Applicant-Cited Reasons for Exam Failure in EM Residency Applications

Prevalence of Mentorship Among Pre-medical & Medical Students: A Comparison Across Genders

Look, I Finished My PEM Sticker Chart!

The Pyloric Learning on Repeat Ultrasound Simulator (PyLORUS)

Simulation-Enhanced Remediation: A Competency-Guided Framework for Targeted Learner Development

Night of Reflection: A Creative Model for Psychological Safety and Social Connection in EM

A Novel Curriculum for Integrating Emergency Medicine Certifying Exam Skills into a Simulation Setting

Artificial Intelligence as a Co-Pilot to Streamline Weekly Residency Conference Communications

Adapting to Change: Developing a High- Fidelity Mock ABEM Certifying Exam for Residency Training

Development and National Validation of an Original Assistant/Associate Program Director Perceptions and Satisfaction Scale

Senior Resident Transition to Attending Curriculum: A Local Needs Assessment

Climate-Informed Medicine: A Three-Phase Model for Integrating Climate and Health into Undergraduate Medical Education

Bridging Training to Practice: How Simulation Shapes Procedural Confidence in EM Graduates

Rotation Rigor and Resident Readiness: The Effect of Rotation Difficulty on EM In-Training Exam Performance

MatchMakerMD: A Novel Mentorship Pairing Software to Boost Scholarship

Point of Care Ultrasound Improves Time to Confirmation in Central Line Placement

Low-Cost, Reusable, Three-Dimensional-Printed Phantoms for Resident Training in Ultrasound-Guided IV Access

Empowering Residents: A Learner-Driven Workshop to Enhance Feedback Engagement in Emergency Medicine

Anticipating Change: Local Attitudes Towards a New Community Emergency Medicine Residency Program

Backup Policies and Practices in Emergency Medicine Residencies: A National Study

Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice Improves Time to Critical Actions in Trauma

The Effect of Blinding Faculty Reviewers on Increasing Diversity in Residency Recruitment

Resident Teaching Confidence: Insights from a Foundations of Emergency Medicine Survey

 High-Fidelity Cadaveric Simulation Model for Lateral Canthotomy and Cantholysis

Individualized Learning Plans for Senior Medical Students Pursuing Emergency Medicine Residency

Heartworks to Improve Medical School Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Education

Emergency Medicine Resident Perceptions of Their Own Throughput Metrics

Redefining the Academic–Community Divide: Faculty Hiring Trends from a Survey of Academic Emergency Medicine Chairs

A Stakeholder-Driven Intervention to Combat Gender-Based Discrimination in the Emergency Department

A Free Smartphone Application Teaches the Motor Skills of the Head Impulse Test

Reimagining Resident Research: A Qualitative Study of Residents who Struggled to Complete Their Scholarly Project

Artificial Intelligence May Benefit Experienced Users More than Novices in Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Acquisition

Measuring Our Worth: Results from the Emergency Medicine Coordinator Salary Survey

Resident Productivity as a Predictor of Attending Physician Performance in Emergency Medicine

Innovating Emergency Medicine Simulation Training through Generative AI: A Pilot in Resident Education

Residency Training for Language-Concordant Care: How Effectively Can a Bilingual Emergency Medicine Residency Improve Outcomes for Patients and Hospitals?

Development of a Prehospital and Austere Medicine Elective

Creation and Evaluation of a Departmental Junior Faculty Development Program

Ultrasound Bootcamp Gamification

Developing a Mock Certifying Exam for Graduating Residents

Code Names: Aortic Assassin Edition — Gamification to Enhance Cardiovascular Emergency Education

Hands-On Learning: Transforming Resident Education in Hand and Wrist Fracture Management

RECAP: Revamping of Clinical Assessment Practices

Tummy Time: Gamified Educational Session for Abdominal Ultrasounds

Structured Competency-Based Curriculum for Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Placement

A Novel Experiential Learning Curriculum for Rural Emergency Medicine Training

The Benefits of Simwars in Second Year Medical Education

Bedside Banter: A Serious Game for Practicing High-Stakes Communication in the Emergency Department

“Actually, I’m Trans”: A Skills-Based Curriculum to Improve Emergency Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients

Old Dog, New Tricks: Implementing Regional Anesthesia in the Emergency Department

Turning the Audience into the Action: A Novel Large-Group Simulation Approach for Conference-Based Resident Education

Empathy in Emergency Medicine Training: A Novel Experiential Curriculum Focused on Caring for Patients Experiencing Homelessness

All In: A Casino-Themed Emergency Medicine Conference Day

A Novel Murder Mystery Game to Teach Toxidromes and Toxic Alcohol Management to EM Residents

The Role of Housing Stipends on Acting Intern Recruitment: A One-Year Comparison Study

A Structured Multimodal Documentation Curriculum to Address Gaps in Emergency Medicine Resident Training

Re-Engineering the CCC Meeting, Promoting a More Efficient and Evidence-Based Approach to Semi-Annual Resident Assessment

Creating Individualized Learning Plans with Large Language Models for Emergency Medicine Residency In-Service Training Exam

Sports Medicine Training in Airway & Trauma (STAT) Curriculum for Sideline Event Providers

Emergency Medicine Smackdown! A Novel Debate Session in Residency Didactics Using Artificial Intelligence

Eye on the Prize: Simulating Corneal Foreign Body Removal Training for Emergency Medicine Residents Using Hard-Boiled Eggs

Social Determinants of Health Workshop: Utilizing Simulation and Gamification to Increase Social Determinants of Health Education

Rural Emergency Department Simulation: Resource Limited, Multipart Case Well Received by Residents

A Novel Medical Student-Intern Mentorship Program in an Emergency Medicine Sub-Internship

Step by Step: A Novel Approach to Central Venous Catheter Training Utilizing Microskills Stations

Surprise Mass Casualty Incident Simulation

A Longitudinal ABEM Certifying Exam Curriculum for Senior Residents

Implementation of an Ultrasound Scavenger Hunt Increases both Point-Of- Care Ultrasound Use and Identification of Emergent Pathology

Phased Separation of Emotions and Practice in Simulation to Improve Resident Training in Resuscitative Hysterotomy

Podcasts Are an Effective Tool for Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine to Emergency Medicine Residents

Improving Emergency Medicine Resident Competency in Social Determinants of Health Through a Structured Instructional Training Framework: A Pre–Post Study

Paper-To-Picture – “Science You Can See” Redefining How to Stay up to Date with Current Medical Literature

A SLOE Shift: A Resident-Led Rethink of Faculty Evaluation

Developing Resident Educators: A Cross- Specialty Graduate Medical Education Workshop Initiative

Lyrics and Leads: Remixing EKG Education Through Music

Transforming Resident Efficiency Feedback: A Framework for Meaningful Productivity Metrics

ABEM CE Prep: A Novel Approach to Prepare Residents for the ABEM Certifying Examination

A Humanities-Based Innovation: Narrative Medicine for Trauma-Informed Learning in the Emergency Medicine Clerkship

Enhancing Pediatric Emergency Medicine Training through EPA-Based Simulation: A Dual Benefit for Medical Students and Emergency Medicine Trainees

Simulated ED Tracker Board Sign-Out: Enhancing Resident Confidence and Patient Safety

Difficult Conversations Made Teachable: Building Resident Confidence in Delivering Bad News

Enhancing Empathy for Non-English- Speaking Patients: A Novel Simulation for Emergency Medicine Residents

Innovating Morbidity and Mortality Conference: “Capturing the Chaos” Through Simulation

Soundcheck: A Resident-Led Podcast Model for Peer Learning and Competency Development in Emergency Ultrasound

Derm Guess Who? A Dermatology Guessing Game for Emergency Medicine Education

Implementation of a Novel Interfacility Transfer Curriculum

Code Camp: Training Confident Resuscitationists through Small-Group Simulations Using Iterative Learning

Dispo Dash—A Novel Game for Optimizing Triage and Disposition Skills