Executive Summary of the SAEM 2022 Consensus Conference to Address Racism in Emergency Medicine Clinical Research, Training, and Leadership.

Racism has not only contributed to disparities in healthcare outcomes, but has also negatively impacted the recruitment, retention, and promotion of historically excluded groups in academic medicine. The 2022 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) consensus conference, "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Developing a Research Agenda for Addressing Racism in Emergency Medicine," convened a diverse group of researchers, healthcare providers , educators, administrative leaders, and healthcare providers to help address the impact of racism in three domains in academic emergency medicine: clinical research, education and training, and academic leadership. The main goals of the consensus process were to identify current knowledge gaps and create a research agenda within each domain using an iterative consensus-building methodology. 90 SAEM members representing faculty and trainees participated in breakout groups in each domain to generate consensus recommendations for priority research. For clinical research, 3 research gaps with 6 questions (N) were identified: remedies for bias and systematic racism (3), biases and heuristics in clinical care (2), and racism in study design (1). For education and training, 3 research gaps with 7 questions were identified: curriculum and assessment (2), recruitment (1), and learning environment (4). For academic leadership, 3 research gaps with 5 questions were identified: understanding the current DEI landscape and culture (1), analyzing programs that improve DEI and identifying factors that lead to improved diversity (3), and quantifying the value of professional stewardship activities (1). This article reports the results of the consensus conference with the goal of influencing emergency care research, education, and policy, and facilitating collaborations, grant funding, and publications in these domains.