The Florida College of Emergency Physicians Medical Student Council (FCEP MSC), like the rest of the world, is still getting used to operating during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we are excited to talk about what we have accomplished in the past few months and our plans for the future!

We were happy to have a great turnout of medical students intently listening to and posing excellent questions to current residents of Florida EM programs at the Residency Panel during Virtual Symposium by the Sea back in August. With the entire traditional interview process changing drastically due to COVID-19, medical students have been eager to gain as much up-to-date information as possible regarding residency applications, interviews and lifestyle.

The MSC is currently preparing for EM Days during the next legislative session. We are also excited for ACEP 2020 and its EMRA events that will be especially useful for all of the 4th-year medical students in Florida. Lastly, we are always pondering new events and ideas to help medical students on their path to emergency medicine during this tumultuous time.

The Emergency Medicine Interest Groups (EMIGs) at medical schools across the state have risen above all challenges presented by the pandemic and have been actively engaging their students in emergency medicine education and activities. Some notable examples are NOVA’s pediatric emergency medicine case presentations, FIU’s EM basics on topics such as ECGs, IV fluids and FAST scans, FSU’s aerospace medicine and gun violence lectures, and LECOM’s COVID in the Emergency Department talks.

As always, if you are interested in more information on what FCEP MSC is up to, please check us out on Facebook at “FCEP Medical Student Group.” ■