Rate My Professor Aimee Martin

Aimee Martin, MD, is Associate Professor of Medical Education in Emergency Medicine and Campus Director of Simulation at the University of Georgia School of Medicine's Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership. She earned a BS in Animal Physiology and Neuroscience from the University of California, San Diego in 1994 and an MD from Tulane University School of Medicine in 2000. Martin completed her emergency medicine residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2003 and is board-certified in emergency medicine since 2004 with recertification in 2014. She is certified in medical acupuncture from the Helms Institute at UCLA in 2008 and holds CHSE certification. A retired Major in the United States Army Medical Corps, she was an Army HPSP Scholarship recipient in 1998 and received the Army Commendation Medal in 2005.

Martin's career encompasses two years of active duty as a Captain at General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital, staff emergency department physician positions at Athens Regional Medical Center and Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, and service at the University of Georgia University Health Center from 2008 to 2019. She joined the AU/UGA Medical Partnership in 2015, advancing to Campus Director of Simulation in 2017, where she developed and implemented a simulation and ultrasound curriculum integrated throughout the four-year undergraduate medical program. She teaches simulation, small group learning, clinical skills, ultrasound and procedural skills, interprofessional education sessions, ethics discussions, and resiliency and professional identity formation groups; advises third- and fourth-year students and those interested in emergency medicine; and serves as faculty advisor for the Emergency Medicine Interest Group. Her academic interests include simulation in medical education, ultrasound, and nutrition particularly in type 1 diabetes. She has received the MCG Exemplary Teaching Award in 2017 and 2018 and the University System of Georgia Chancellor’s Customer Service Award in 2012. A notable publication is “An Escape Room to Orient Preclinical Medical Students to the Simulated Medical Environment” (MedEdPORTAL, 2022). Her innovative use of advanced manikins and realistic scenarios has profoundly influenced medical student preparation for clinical practice and residency.