Sign up for an Open Mic Session

[CAL/AAEM News Service]

Sign up for an Open Mic Session

 

Source: The American
 Academy of Emergency
Medicine (http://www.aaem.org)

Date: January 6, 2009

 

 

AAEM will again feature the Open Mic Sessions, which is a
unique opportunity for attendees who have always wanted to speak at a national
meeting.

 

Tuesday, March 3, 2009, will feature an "open
microphone" session in a 40-50 seat room at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown
Hotel. From 7:30am to 6:15pm (with a break for the annual business meeting and
lunch from 12:00pm to 2:30pm), assembly attendees will have an opportunity to
present a 25-minute lecture on any topic of their choosing.

 

The slots on the hour will be filled in advance by email. The
slots on the half-hour will be filled on a "first-come, first-served"
basis by signing up onsite. Consequently, sixteen "new voices" can be
heard and evaluated by education committee members and conference attendees.. The
best speakers will be invited to give a formal presentation at the 2010
Scientific Assembly in Las Vegas,
 NV.

 

Speakers can choose any topic they would like. If they wish
to distribute handouts, they can do so on their own.  An LCD projector and screen will be available,
so a presenter can give a computer-based presentation. Evaluation forms will be
on hand for anyone who wishes to comment on what they've seen and heard.

 

This is not an educational track. There will be no quality
control, no assigned topics, no pre-screening. There will be no CME for these
sessions, and the speakers certainly shouldn't use this on their CVs as "invited
guest lecturer."

 

Timing will be VERY strict. 
Four slots will be specifically reserved for emergency medicine
residents - two scheduled in advance and two scheduled onsite.  The other twelve slots are open for medical
professionals who have been looking for a means to break into the speaking
circuit.

 

To sign up for an Open Mic time, please contact Kate
Filipiak at kfilipiak at aaem.org or 800-884-2236.

 

American
 Academy of Emergency
Medicine

555 E. Wells
  Street

Suite
 1100

Milwaukee,
 WI 53202-3823

800-884-2236

Fax: 414-276-3349

Website: www.aaem.org



Abid Mogannam &
Brian Potts MD, MBA
Managing Editors, CAL/AAEM News Service
University of California, Irvine

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