The future of emergency medicine.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-2010
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The specialty of emergency medicine (EM) continues to experience a significant workforce shortage in the face of increasing demand for emergency care.
SUMMARY: In July 2009, representatives of the leading EM organizations met in Dallas for the Future of Emergency Medicine Summit. Attendees at the Future of Emergency Medicine Summit agreed on the following: 1) Emergency medical care is an essential community service that should be available to all; 2) An insufficient emergency physician workforce also represents a potential threat to patient safety; 3) Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education/American Osteopathic Association (AOA)-accredited EM residency training and American Board of Medical Specialties/AOA EM board certification is the recognized standard for physician providers currently entering a career in emergency care; 4) Physician supply shortages in all fields contribute to-and will continue to contribute to-a situation in which providers with other levels of training may be a necessary part of the workforce for the foreseeable future; 5) A maldistribution of EM residency-trained physicians persists, with few pursuing practice in small hospital or rural settings; 6) Assuring that the public receives high quality emergency care while continuing to produce highly skilled EM specialists through EM training programs is the challenge for EM's future; 7) It is important that all providers of emergency care receive continuing postgraduate education.
Volume
39
Issue
2
First Page
210
Last Page
215
ISSN
0736-4679
Published In/Presented At
Schneider, S. M., Gardner, A. F., Weiss, L. D., Wood, J. P., Ybarra, M., Beck, D. M., Stauffer, A. R., Wilkerson, D., Brabson, T., Jennings, A., Mitchell, M., McGrath, R. B., Christopher, T. A., King, B., Muelleman, R. L., Wagner, M. J., Char, D. M., McGee, D. L., Pilgrim, R. L., Moskovitz, J. B., … Jouriles, N. J. (2010). The future of emergency medicine. The Journal of emergency medicine, 39(2), 210–215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.06.001
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
20634023
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article