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Research Mentorship Program

The JCEMS Research Mentorship Program aims to facilitate productive, scholarly relationships between collegiate EMS providers and established investigators, clinicians, and scholars. Students who participate in the program will develop competency in conducting research, setting the stage for their continued development as research leaders in EMS and other fields. Projects fostered by the program will result in scholarly publications and presentations that impact clinical, operational, and administrative developments within the collegiate EMS community. For additional details on the Research Mentorship Program, please read our editorial below.

Objectives & Opportunities

The JCEMS Research Mentorship Program

Editorials Nicholas M.G. Friedman, BA, EMT; Brittany J. Dingler, BA, PA-S -
JCEMS developed a Research Mentorship Program to build research capacity in the collegiate EMS community.

Collegiate EMS Providers

Applications to be a JCEMS Research Scholar open each year at NCEMSF Conference and close the last Friday of March. Applicants can expect scholarship determinations by the last Friday of April. All collegiate EMS providers may apply.

JCEMS Research Mentorship Program Application

Residents/Medical Students/Graduate Students

Junior Research Mentors are tactical enablers of meaningful research, often with recent and relevant experience to our Research Scholars while developing the pedigree and experience of our Senior Research Mentors. Junior Research Mentors can expect to learn as they teach, and to build their CV with co-author credit for published work. They are expected to have strong preparation in research and teaching or mentorship in order to mentor Research Scholars under the guidance of Senior Research Mentors. To express interest in serving as a Junior Research Mentor, please submit a brief letter of intent and CV to JCEMS@CollegeEMS.com.

Faculty/Clinicians

Senior Research Mentors are the strategic leaders of research mentorship teams, helping to scope the research, remove barriers to advancing the work, and conduct initial reviews of drafted papers. They are expected to have demonstrated expertise in relevant fields of research, such as EMS, public health, data science, or others, and to have extensive experience in teaching or mentorship. Senior Research Mentors can expect co-author credit for published work. To express interest in serving as a Senior Research Mentor, please submit a brief letter of intent and CV to JCEMS@CollegeEMS.com.

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2024 Conference Academic Poster Session Posters

Abstracts - JCEMS & NCEMSF Academic Poster Session JCEMS -
Posters from the Academic Poster Session at the 2024 Annual National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation Conference

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Opioid and Alcohol Co-Ingestion

Reviews Laurel E. Wong, BS; Kari L. Brown, MS; Andrew N. Farkas, MD -
Although college campuses have historically been regarded as a protective influence against the development of substance use disorders, substance use and misuse have risen to become one of the most widespread public health concerns facing U.S. college campuses in the past decade. This article discusses pertinent pharmacology, clinical presentations, and treatment guidelines for co-ingestion of alcohol and opioids.

Improvements in the Self-Efficacy of CPR Performance Following a Brief Hands-only Training Program for...

Original Research Junwon Kim, EMT-B; Max Yang, EMT-B; Akinkunmi Adio, EMT-B; Victor Tsao, EMT-B; Aarthi Kaviyarasu, BS; Benjamin S. Abella, MD, MPhil; Joshua E. Glick, MD -
Bystander CPR has been shown to significantly improve survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), yet rates of bystander CPR remain low across the United States. This paper outlines a brief HOCPR training that was successfully implemented by a collegiate-based EMS agency.
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