About

Allison Beaulieu, MD, MAEd, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Utah. She is board certified in emergency medicine and practices at the University of Utah Hospital, where she specializes in the treatment of emergent conditions. She is a member of the teaching faculty and is actively involved in educating fellows, resident physicians, and medical students. Dr. Beaulieu serves as the Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director and Director of GME Educational Development, with interests that include medical education, curriculum development, professional development, and mentorship. Her academic background includes a B.S. in Biological Chemistry from Bates College, an M.D. from New York Medical College, and a Master of Arts in Medical Education from Ohio State University College of Medicine. She has completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and a fellowship in Medical Education at Ohio State University College of Medicine.

Research topics

• Sociology
• Medical education
• Political Science
• Family medicine
• Medicine
• Public administration
• Pedagogy
• Law
• Public relations
• Statistics
• Economic growth
• Management
• Economics

Selected publications

• A descriptive analysis of emergency medicine residency scholarly tracks faculty workforce

  AEM Education and Training · 2025-02-01

  articleOpen access

  Background: Scholarly tracks typically consist of longitudinal subspecialty-specific curricula and mentorship for residents. Roughly one in five emergency medicine (EM) residency programs offer scholarly tracks, allowing residents to explore a niche and develop skills to prepare them for their future careers. There is limited information on the faculty workforce that leads scholarly tracks. Our objective was to understand the workforce characteristics of EM track leaders, specifically their effort and compensation. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional survey study of EM scholarly track leaders who were identified by reviewing program websites and directly contacting program coordinators. Participants completed an electronic survey consisting of multiple-choice and completion items. We calculated descriptive statistics. Results: There were 112 of 276 (40%) track leaders who completed the survey, including 63 (57.3%) males and 47 (42.7%) females. The mean (±SD) age was 42.6 (±7.5) years. A majority (62.5%) had completed fellowship. Participants supervise a mean of 2.6 residents per year and spend a median (range) of 7.6 (4-10.7) hours per month on track activities. A total of 57.1% of participants received no compensation for their role. Nonmonetary benefits included career satisfaction (87.6%), intellectual stimulation (76.4%), departmental recognition (41.6%), and increased scholarly productivity (33.7%). Overall, 71.7% of faculty track leaders would recommend the role to a colleague. Conclusions: This study characterizes the current EM scholarly track leader workforce in terms of demographics, activities, time and effort, and compensation. It sheds light on this key educational role and on the opportunity to provide better support to faculty track leaders. These results may inform decision making of current and would-be scholarly track leaders as well as institutional leadership.

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Analysis of Gender, Effort, and Compensation in Emergency Medicine Residency Scholarly Tracks Faculty Workforce

  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine · 2024

  1st authorCorresponding
  • Medicine
  • Medical education
  • Family medicine
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Spinal Arachnoid Web

  Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine · 2024-06-03

  articleOpen accessSenior author

  Case Presentation: We describe a case of a 57-year-old male with multiple medical comorbidities who presented to the emergency department with a two-week history of upper back pain with associated numbness. Physical exam demonstrated sensory loss in a bilateral third and fourth thoracic dermatome distribution. The diagnosis of spinal arachnoid web was made based on neurological exam and imaging findings. Discussion: Spinal arachnoid web is a rare diagnosis, but consideration is important, as early recognition and surgical intervention can resolve symptoms and prevent worsening neurological sequelae.

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Learner-Driven Evaluations and Outcomes During Fourth Year Emergency Medicine Sub-Internship

  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine · 2024-03-24

  articleOpen access1st authorCorresponding
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• A Descriptive Analysis of Emergency Medicine Residency Scholarly Tracks Faculty Workforce

  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine · 2024

  • Sociology
  • Medicine
  • Medical education
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Does Gamification Improve Medical Knowledge of 4th-Year Medical Students as Measured by the EM NBME?

  Western Journal of Emergency Medicine · 2023-05-16

  articleOpen access1st authorCorresponding
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Transnational Progressive Vision of Educating Children Through Art:

  Intellect Books · 2022-07-29

  book-chapter
  PublisherDOI

• Improving Robeson County Public School Curriculum to Create Educational and Health Equity Among Lumbee Tribe: A Pilot Program to Reform Policy

  2020

  • Political Science
  • Sociology
  • Political Science

  Discrimination is a social determinant of health and can occur across systems, including educational systems, resulting in disparities in success and wellbeing. Robeson County, North Carolina is home to the Lumbee Tribe who experience worse educational outcomes (end-of-year grades, secondary attainment, etc.) and health outcomes (substance use, uninsurance, etc.), despite their cultural and social cohesion. Discrimination in Robeson County high schools will be addressed by an Accountable Care Community (ACC) comprised of stakeholders in public health, education, policy, and the Lumbee community. ACC members will work together to propose a countywide policy requiring American Indian history and culture be taught in schools. The aim of this policy is to increase the proportion of adolescents who consider their schoolwork to be meaningful and important, a measure of decreased discrimination in schools. Impacts of the policy include improved evidence for statewide policy and decreased health disparities among Lumbee members in Robeson County.

  PublisherOA PDF

• Does Visual Instruction Improve Emergency Medicine Residents’ Competency in Performing Cricothyrotomy Over Written Instruction?

  eScholarship (California Digital Library) · 2020-01-01

  articleOpen access1st authorCorresponding
  Publisher

Frequent coauthors

• Ângela Regina

  2 shared

• Rowan Kelner

  2 shared

• Arlene Chung

  Maimonides Medical Center

  2 shared

• Seth Lotterman

  2 shared

• Amy Mariorenzi

  Brown University

  2 shared

• Christine Raps

  2 shared

• Emad Awad

  University of Utah

  2 shared

• Jaime Jordan

  University of California, Los Angeles

  2 shared

Labs

• Allison Beaulieu LabPI