Academic Life in Emergency Medicine

About Academic Life in Emergency Medicine

Educational podcasts about academics, life, and clinical emergency medicine

Publisher

Academic Life in Emergency Medicine

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Sept 2018

Latest episode

14 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 109 episodes have a transcript.

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   14 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   EM Match Advice 51: 2026 EM Match by the Numbers

   The Emergency Medicine (EM) Match process continues to evolve, with the specialty experiencing significant shifts in recent years. In this 51st installment of the EM Match Advice podcast series, Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Stanford EM PD) hosts the annual program director reflection on the Match with Dr. Abra Fant (Northwestern EM PD), who returns for her sixth consecutive year to share insights on the NRMP Match trends and data. Podcast sound engineer: Dr. Kaitlin Bowers https://www.aliem.com/em-match-advice-51-em-match-by-numbers/

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   27 Jan 2026

   EM Match Advice 50: Making Your Rank List | Program Directors Share Their Best Advice

   With interview season complete, it's time to make your rank list. Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (Stanford) welcomes New York program directors Dr. Elaine Rabin (Mount Sinai Hospital, Elmhurst Program) and Dr. Miriam Kulkarni (St. John's Riverside Hospital) to share what factors should drive your decisions, common pitfalls to avoid, and practical steps you can take right now. Plus: do letters of intent actually matter? The answer might surprise you. Sound engineer: Dr. Kaitlin Bowers (Campbell University)

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   13 Oct 2025

   EM Match Advice 49: 5 Keys to Crush Your EM Residency Interview

   Stanford EM Program Director Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak breaks down the five keys to interview success, from strategic planning to post-interview reflection. Learn how to prioritize programs, avoid over-committing, and show up ready to impress on interview day. https://www.ALiEM.com/em-match-advice-49-5-keys-to-crush-em-residency-interview/ Sound engineer: Dr. Kaitlin Bowers

Inside a recent episode

EM Match Advice 51: 2026 EM Match by the Numbers

Published 14 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Yeah. And along with those 11 new programs, as one might expect, a pretty big number in the number of positions that were available. So last year, only 42 new positions available from the year before, but we jumped up to 130 position additional this year. So up to almost 3,200 EM spots available in the match to go along with those 11 new programs. Now, we start to then move into the next columns, which is let's look at our applicant numbers. So this year, when we look at the number of MD and DO senior applicants, which mean students that are about to graduate from medical school in 2026, this lies in contrast to people that have already graduated, either taking a gap year of some kind or a research year, or maybe they're in another program and now applying into EM. […]

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6,208,603

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.2 / 5

50 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

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64

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

50

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