The Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM), formed in 2008, is the first “Academy” within the membership of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM). CDEM is comprised of medical student educators who are committed to enhancing medical student education within our specialty. CDEM provides an opportunity for EM clerkship directors and medical student educators to join forces, collaborate, and become a unified voice at the national level.

The CDEM Mission

• To advance the education of medical students as it pertains to the specialty of emergency and acute care medicine.

• To serve as a unified voice for EM clerkship directors and medical student educators.

• To provide a forum for EM clerkship directors and medical student educators to communicate, share ideas, and generate solutions to common problems.

• To foster undergraduate medical education research.

• To foster the professional development and career satisfaction of EM clerkship directors and medical student educators.

• To foster relationships with other organizations to promote medical education.