Research Essentials in Emergency Medicine
Format
This pre-course is offered in a hybrid format with two virtual sessions and one live session before the congress.
Virtual session 1: Wednesday 10 September, 18:00-19:30 CEST
Virtual session 2: Wednesday 17 September, 18:00-19:30 CEST
Live session: Thursday 24 September , 08:00-17:30 CEST at room CORONIS+HELIOS, in Panacéa Conseil centre, 22 Rue Georges Picquart, 75017 Paris, Paris, France (please note it is different location than EUSEM Congress 2026!)
Overview
The course will be held in two online session each of about 4,5 hours prior and 10 hours in presence at the congress. The course will be submitted for CME accreditation by the EACCME®.
Objectives
- Identify and describe a research question
- Choose the appropriate study design
- Learn key statistic methods
- Practice statistical analysis using original study data
- Illustrate and interpret key results
- Write a scientific abstract
- Presentation of study results at the congress
For who
Fellows and residents in Emergency Medicine; PhD students
Faculty
Martin Möckel, DE (Course Director)
- Ari Palomäki, FI
- Mehmet Karamercan, TR
- Anna Slagman, DE
- Myrto Bolanaki, DE
- Defne Zerrin Dündar, TR
- Lisa Kurland, SE (TBC)
Registration
The price for this course is € 350 (including 10% VAT)
Please register through your MyEUSEM account by clicking on the EUSEM Congress registration button. From the Pre-courses tab you can select the pre-courses you would like to join.
| Time | Topic | Faculty |
| 18:00 – 18:10 | Introduction and how to read a paper? | MM |
| 18:10 – 18:25 | Introduction and Research question – Discussion of Introduction and Research Question in the Publication example | MK |
| 18:25 – 18:45 | Methods: Study Design and methods description – Discussion along example paper | AS |
| 18:45 – 19:00 | Ethics in emergency medicine (informed consent, recruitment, ethics application) | MM |
| 19:00 – 19:20 | Statistic and Results: How to interpret common statistics (table 1: descriptive statistics; regression analyses, other?) – Discussion | DD |
| 19:20 – 19:30 | Final questions, call for own projects, next session, closure | MM |
| Time | Topic | Faculty |
| 18:00-18:15 | Cohort studies | LK |
| 18:15-18:30 | Diagnostic evaluation studies | AP |
| 18.30-18:45 | Randomized controlled trials | AS |
| 18:45-19:00 | How to publish? | MM |
| 19:00-19:30 | Own projects presentation and discussion (participants, all);focus on different research questions and possible designs | All faculty |
| Time | Topic | Faculty |
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Opening remarks and Faculty members introduction | MM |
| 8:30 – 10:00 | Group work I: How to write a scientific abstract? | All faculty |
| 10.00 – 10.15 | Coffee break | |
| 10:15-12:30 | Group work II How to write a funding application? (2-pager, then proposal) | All faculty |
| 12:00-13:15 | Lunch | |
| 13.15-14.15 | Plenum Research ethics: Pitch MM, discussion Ethics committee: Informed consent, data safety, patient information GCP, Declaration of Helsinki Dual use Ethics in specific situations (AI, genetics, vulnerable groups) | All faculty |
| 14:15-15:15 | Group work III Own projects if available How to do a scientific presentation How to write a case report | All faculty |
| 15:15-15:30 | Coffee break | |
| 15:30-17:00 | Plenum: Presentations from group work III Own projects | |
| 17:00-17:30 | Summary and farewell, presentations at RC committee meeting | MM |