Emergency Medicine Education Research & Stories
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Teaching LGBTQ+ Healthcare
Mike Gisondi, MD led the development of a course to train providers around the country in inclusive care for LGBTQ+ patients.
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Stanford EM Innovation Conference Explores the Future of Acute Care
At the November 2025 Stanford Emergency Medicine Innovation Conference, clinicians and innovators explored how emergency care is expanding beyond the emergency department—spanning pre-hospital care, telehealth, and the home.
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Growing Emergency Medicine in Rwanda
Joe Becker, MD, spearheads the development of a groundbreaking clerkship program in Rwanda for medical students, addressing the country’s evolving healthcare needs and fostering interest in emergency medicine careers.
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The Future of EM Training
A conversation with Mike Gisondi, MD, vice chair of education, and Sara Krzyzaniak, MD, associate vice chair and director of the emergency medicine residency program in the Stanford University Department of Emergency Medicine.
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Teaching Ultrasound in Lower-Resource Areas
Stanford’s Department of Emergency Medicine launched an ultrasound training program for emergency medicine residents at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali in Rwanda.
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Digital Solutions to Create Equity in Mentoring
Dr. Sally Mahmoud-Werthmann is addressing underrepresentation in emergency medicine by developing a virtual mentorship platform to connect mentees with mentors who share similar lived experiences.
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Understanding Competency-Based Training
Dr. Holly Caretta-Weyer and a national team are using a five-year, $1.25M AMA grant to build data-driven tools advancing competency-based education in emergency medicine.
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A Coaching Resource You Can Use
The Coaching Office: Advancing Coaching in Healthcare and Medical Education (COACHME) led by EMED physician Sarah Williams, MD, builds capacity across Stanford to deliver quality coaching in medical education and to advance the field of coaching in medical education.
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Exploring the Need for Inclusion and Parity in EM
Numbers tell a story and Christopher Bennett, MD is determined to share that story; in the past several years he and collaborators have published seven studies focused on parity and inclusion - or the lack thereof - in academic medicine and emergency medicine.
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Training Future Physicians on Health Equity and Social Justice
Italo Brown, MD is working to ensure health equity and social justice training is part of medical school curriculum.
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Training Health Care Providers Around the Globe
Matthew Strehlow, MD helped to develop a free, online, 15-module COVID-19 training now used by more than 120,000 learners in low- to middle-income countries.
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Transforming Training Using Precision Education
Stefanie Sebok-Syer, PhD of Stanford Department of Emergency Medicine is co-PI on a multi-million dollar award from Wellcome Leap Program – SAVE for the project: "Transforming Surgical Training Using Precision Education."…