Committees and Task Forces

Committee and Task Force Guidelines
EMRA committees exist to increase resident involvement in EMRA's decision-making process and to help the board accomplish the work of the Association. In addition, committees serve as sounding boards and sifters of opinion, functions vital to the Board's ability to make important decisions. These guidelines will help committees accomplish their objectives. They allow the chair flexibility in planning the work of the committee while providing a system for tracking progress on each objective and keeping the board informed.
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EMRA Representatives to ACEP Committees
Through cooperation with ACEP, opportunities are available for EMRA members interested in serving on select ACEP committees. Committee interest forms for ACEP committees are made available in April each year on the ACEP website and are due to ACEP by mid-May. For a list of all ACEP committees, click here.
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Appointed Positions
The Representative Council maintains its own committees to perform various functions of the Representative Council. The Board of Directors also maintains several committees and task forces. Any EMRA member may apply for appointment to a committee. However, only program representatives may serve on the two Representative Council standing committees.
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Medical Student Committees
The Medical Student Governing Council and Medical Student Council are committees designed to assist and serve EMRA medical student members. Read More>>

Standing Committees

Critical Care Committee
Objectives:

Author an article for EM Resident that discusses the current resources available for residents pertaining to Critical Care patient management and options for a career in Critical Care.
Create a Critical Care information card, similar to the recently produced EMRA Airway card, which provides simple, easily accessed Critical Care formulas, protocols and information.
Complete EMRA EM-CCM website content, and database of Fellowships actively soliciting EM trained residents for fellowship opportunities.
Present results of EMRA EM-CCM committee survey of resident opinions of EM-CCM opportunities at an international Emergency Medicine meeting.
Publish results of EMRA EM-CCM committee survey of resident opinions of EM-CCM opportunities in peer-reviewed Emergency Medicine and Critical Care literature.
Assist the EMRA Board as directed with the development of relationships with the critical care medicine community.

International Emergency Medicine Committee
Objectives:

Improve membership awareness of and access to international emergency practice opportunities.
Assist and support international emergency residents in attaining optimal education and training.
Develop and assist with international membership recruitment efforts.

Research Committee
Objectives:

Develop a comprehensive information resource for students and resident interested or currently involved in emergency medicine research.
Act as EMRA's internal organizational research resource for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting membership data.

Technology Committee
Objectives:

To develop the EMRA website
To select appropriate resources and links for addition to the EMRA website
To develop a searchable elective and fellowship database for the use of EMRA members

Health Policy Committee
Objectives:

Improve member awareness of health policy advocacy concerns
Organize Advocacy Events for 2008
Promote resident outreach to engage in the public healthcare advocacy debate
Organization of Health Policy Committee

Committee and Task Force Guidelines

These guidelines will help committees accomplish their objectives. They allow the chair flexibility in planning the work of the committee while providing a system for tracking progress on each objective and keeping the board informed.

Credentials and Tellers Committee

Tellers Committee serves to assist the Speaker in ensuring accurate credentialing of and voting by program representatives.

Critical Care Committee

Objectives:

Author an article for EM Resident that discusses the current resources available for residents pertaining to Critical Care patient management and options for a career in Critical Care.
Create a Critical Care information card, similar to the recently produced EMRA Airway card, which provides simple, easily accessed Critical Care formulas, protocols and information.
Complete EMRA EM-CCM website content, and database of Fellowships actively soliciting EM trained residents for fellowship opportunities.
Present results of EMRA EM-CCM committee survey of resident opinions of EM-CCM opportunities at an international Emergency Medicine meeting.
Publish results of EMRA EM-CCM committee survey of resident opinions of EM-CCM opportunities in peer-reviewed Emergency Medicine and Critical Care literature.
Assist the EMRA Board as directed with the development of relationships with the critical care medicine community.

EMRA Representatives to ACEP Committees

2006-2007 Committee Members EMRA members interested in serving on an ACEP committee or task force are asked to complete a committee interest form. The deadline is June 1 each year. A list of committees may be found on the ACEP web site. Academic Affairs CommitteeView Reports Adam C. Ouimet, MD (NM) (EMRA) Gillian S

Health Policy Committee

Objectives:

Improve member awareness of health policy advocacy concerns
Organize Advocacy Events for 2008
Promote resident outreach to engage in the public healthcare advocacy debate
Organization of Health Policy Committee

How to Apply for an EMRA Committee

Now's your time to volunteer with EMRA! Join an EMRA Committee! Applications due April 15!

IEM Fellowships

IEM Fellowship Programs Contact ListView detailed contact information for all the IEM fellowship programs in the United States, including fellowship director names, phone numbers, and e mail addresses, as well as links to each of the programs' websites.Frequently Asked QuestionsFind

International Emergency Medicine Committee

Objectives:

Improve membership awareness of and access to international emergency practice opportunities.
Assist and support international emergency residents in attaining optimal education and training.
Develop and assist with international membership recruitment efforts.

Medical Student Committees

The Medical Student Governing Council and Medical Student Council are committees designed to assist and serve EMRA medical student members. Please visit the links below for detailed job descriptions and directions on how to apply.

Medical Student Council (MSC)

Positions appointed include Regional Representatives (4 East Regional Positions and 4 West Regional Positions), Osteopathic Representative, International Representative, and Mentorship Coordinator. Click here for more information about the MSC and how to apply.

Medical Student Governing Council (MSGC)

Positions for appointment include Chair, Vice-Chair, Editor,Technology Coordinator, East Regional Coordinator, and West Regional Representative. Click here for more information about the MSGC and how to apply.

Parliamentarian

Description:

The parliamentarian is a member skilled in parliamentary procedure.
He or she serves to advise the Speaker when requested, but has no authority to make rulings on Council matters.
The parliamentarian will use Sturgis Rules of Parliamentary Procedure and the EMRA bylaws as reference.

Policy Review Committee

The EMRA Representative Council and the Board of Directors adopts many policies on diverse issues in our usual course of business. Over time, the policy compendium grows in size and complexity, often containing outdated, unfulfilled, or internally inconsistent policies. Therefore, we have adopted a sunset mechanism to periodically review the policy compendium and suggest revisions.

Reference Committee

Duties
The committee will hold a hearing prior to the Council session. Having heard discussion on the subject before it, the committee draws up a report with recommendations to the Council for disposition of its items of business.

Rep Council Conference Committee Description

We are now recruiting for our Scientific Assembly Representative Council Conference Committees. These committees are a great way to get involved, to see how EMRA operates and to network. If interested, please contact us at vicespeaker@emra.org or submit this form online by September 11, 2009.

Research Committee

Objectives:

Develop a comprehensive information resource for students and resident interested or currently involved in emergency medicine research.
Act as EMRA's internal organizational research resource for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting membership data.

Sergeant-at-Arms

The sergeant-at-arms, under the direction of the Speaker, helps to maintain order and decorum at meetings of the Council. The sergeant-at-arms acts as a doorkeeper and is responsible for the comfort and convenience of the Council.

Technology Committee

Objectives:

To develop the EMRA website
To select appropriate resources and links for addition to the EMRA website
To develop a searchable elective and fellowship database for the use of EMRA members