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: Thursday 10 September, 18:00-19:30 CEST
Virtual session 2: Thursday 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)!
The course has been accredited by EACCME® and has been awarded a total of 7 CME credits.
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.
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 |