Resident Didactics & OLEMPICS Competition
Sunday, April 16th, 2023
Austin, TX

 

Please join us for the 4th EM RESIDENT OL”EM”PICS COMPETITION at TCEP CONNECT 2023 in Austin!

Resident teams from each EM training program in Texas will be competing for the GOLD! All residents must register online individually for the conference. Residents will be able to attend all of Day 1 of the conference – Sunday, April 16 – which includes multiple shorter high yield lectures pertinent to the practice of emergency medicine.

*Please note: for any residents who want to attend the Monday conference/ CME programming as well, and/or Legislative Day Capitol visits on Tuesday, a 3-day resident option is available.

The competition will be all day, Sunday, April 16 beginning at 7:00am, immediately followed by a member mixer at 4:00pm where the Gold, Silver and Bronze teams will be announced. 

The day starts with morning didactics, then lunch, then afternoon outdoor Ol-EM-pics competitions!
 

The Ol-EM-pics are an amazing opportunity for EM residents to team build, strengthen leadership skills, learn about the business of EM and most importantly network and have tons of FUN! The format will be several “competitions” ranging from scavenger hunts, to case-based simulation competitions as well as some physical team Building races and competitions. Each residency team can only have EIGHT residents at each individual competition (if more than eight residents attend they may all rotate into the competitions to help their residency compete).  

Teams that dress creatively will receive extra points! The competition will be all day, Sunday, April 16 beginning at 7:00am, immediately followed by a member mixer at 4:00pm where the Gold, Silver and Bronze teams will be announced. 

OL-EM-PICS RULES:
In an effort to maintain fairness for all the residents who are working hard, we would not want any team to have an advantage; therefore all participants competing in the Ol-EM-pics competitions can not have participated in Ol-EM-pics events in previous years. 

Teams that dress creatively will receive extra points! Costumes/group shirts encouraged! Points for most creative shirts/costumes, but must be able to run, crawl, carry heavy things, etc; wear something to do athletic events in. 
   * Need to wear running/athletic shoes.
   * Need to have baseline athletic abilities.
   * Bandanas provided (different color per team).
   * Minimum number of residents needed per team is 6, but 8 is preferred.
        * Teams will be split if too large, or can be filled in if too small.

Events will be held at the Texas Medical Association building, downtown Austin.