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Become One
ATTENTION RESIDENTS: SAEM is looking for your involement
in the Become One Campaign too! It is individu-
2012 National Emergency Medicine
CPC Competition
als like you that can make a difference in the future of our
speciality. Just $10.00 could Call for help Judges in funding the next grant.
Even more importantly, Deadline: that December next grant 5, could 2011 be one you are
applying for. Take the steps to Become One and stand beside
some of The the Clinical world’s Pathological leaders in emergency Case (CPC) medicine Task Force who of have
already Become the Council One. of Emergency Medicine Residency
Directors (CORD) is charged with the organization
With your and donation, judging of you the will 2012 be entered National into Emergency a drawing for
a chance Medicine to win free CPC annual Competition meeting and registration, now soliciting accommodations,
letters and travel of interest to the from SAEM as Annual many as Meeting 30 individuals
Chicago,
May 2012. who will be appointed to the CPC Task Force to
serve during the entire one-year competition cycle.
Get your friends and colleagues involved and challenge other
residency If you programs. or a member The of winner your faculty will be would recognized like to and
receive a
serve
plaque
as a
during
CPC Task
the
Force
Foundation
Member
Awareness
and judge
Cocktail
the
2012 Competition, please complete the Judge’s
Hour at the Annual Meeting in Chicago as well as bragging
Interest Form at the CORD website,
rights for the next year!
www.cordem.org by 5:00 pm EST Monday,
December 5, 2011.
All donations can be made online at www.saem.org or by mail
to: Please contact the CORD office, cord@cordem.org
or the CPC Task SAEM Force Foundation Chair, Saadia Akhtar, MD,
2340 sakhtar@chpnet.org South River Rd., Suite with 200, any Des Plaines, questions IL 60018 or
concerns.
2012 National Emergency Medicine CPC Competition
2012 National Emergency Medicine CPC Competition
Call for Case Submissions
Call
–
for
Deadline:
Case Submissions
5:00 pm Eastern Time, January 16, 2012
The Clinical Pathologic Case (CPC) presentation
Deadline: 5:00
is a
pm
teaching
Eastern
tool
Time,
that
January
illustrates
16, 2012
the logical, measured consideration of
a differential diagnosis used to evaluate patients in the Emergency Department. Cases for presentation must be relevant to
The Clinical Pathologic Case (CPC) presentation is a teaching tool that illustrates the logical, measured consideration
emergency medicine practice, solvable and discussible. Given the variety of cases seen in a typical Emergency Department, the
of a differential diagnosis used to evaluate patients in the Emergency Department. Cases for presentation must be
spectrum of potential CPC cases is broad. Cases that are unusual presentations of common diagnoses or typical presentations
relevant to emergency medicine practice, solvable and discussible. Critical to this educational format’s success is an
of unusual diagnoses make the best cases for CPC. More information about the competition is available at the CORD website,
effective presentation by both the case presenter and the case discussant. Cases are discussed using logical
www.cordem.org.
consideration of their salient features and measured consideration of the suggested differential diagnosis. Given
the variety of cases seen in a typical Emergency Department, the spectrum of potential CPC cases is broad. Cases
that are unusual presentations of common diagnoses or typical presentations of unusual diagnoses make the best
Call for Judges – Deadline: 5:00 pm Eastern Time, December 5, 2012
cases for CPC. Cases should have several elements in common: "relevance", "solvability", and "discuss-ability".
The Clinical Pathological Case (CPC) Task Force of the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) is charged with
More information about the competition is available at the CORD website, www.cordem.org .
the organization and judging of the 2012 National Emergency Medicine CPC Competition and is now soliciting letters of interest
from as many as 30 individuals who will be appointed to the CPC Task Force to serve during the entire one-year competition
All EM residency programs are invited to submit a case. Each residency program may submit only one case.
cycle.
Categorical programs and combined programs are separate programs. Therefore, a case may be submitted by a
If you or combined a member EM/Peds of your or faculty EM/IM would program, like and to serve another as case a CPC may Task be Force submitted Member by the and categorical judge the program 2012 Competition, from the please
complete same the institution. Judge’s Interest However, Form two at the cases CORD from website, the same www.cordem.org program at the same by 5:00 institution pm EST may Monday, not be December submitted. 5, 2011.
The online submission form is currently open and is available at the CORD website, www.cordem.org.
The online submission form is currently open and is available at the CORD website, www.cordem.org.
Questions should Questions be directed should to be the directed CORD Office, to the cord@cordem.org CORD Office, cord@cordem.org 517-647-6400 or or 517-647-6400 the CPC Task or Force Chair,
Saadia Akhtar, MD at sakhtar@chpnet.org.
the CPC Task Force Chair, Saadia Akhtar, MD at sakhtar@chpnet.org.
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