SAUCM™ Timeline

SAUCM™ officially established with initial leadership team and strategic planning committee formed. Mission, vision, and founding governance framework adopted.

Began recruiting founding member institutions with outreach to leading academic medical centers and urgent care networks across the United States.

Annals of Urgent Care Medicine™ editorial board assembled with leading experts in urgent care, emergency medicine, and medical education. Editorial guidelines for inaugural issue finalized.

Official SAUCM™ website launched with member portal, fellowship application system, and resource library. Fellowship (CUCP) program cohort enrollment open.

Final deadline for institutions to secure founding member status. Only 15 of 30 positions remain. After this date, founding membership closes permanently.

First call for research proposals with initial funding of $500,000 available across investigator-initiated, QI, and early-career award categories.

Monthly member webinar series begins covering best practices, research methodologies, and clinical updates. CME credits available for all member sessions.

Annals of Urgent Care Medicine™ begins accepting manuscript submissions — original research, review articles, clinical practice papers, case reports, and research letters.

First issue of the official SAUCM™ journal published with peer-reviewed research articles. Open access model. ISSN assignment and indexing applications submitted.

Multi-day workshop for institutions interested in establishing SAUCM-affiliated urgent care fellowship programs. CUCP preceptor training and assessment infrastructure deployment.

First SAUCM™ Annual Scientific Meeting with research presentations, workshops, and networking for urgent care medicine professionals and researchers.

Continued expansion of SAUCM's academic footprint, research output, and member community toward the full academic infrastructure urgent care medicine deserves.