Position Statements
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Joint Statement Against Criminalization of Medical Errors
Like all members of the medical community, we at the American College of Medical Toxicology, American Academy of Emergency Medicine, and American Academy of Clinical Toxicology were saddened to learn of the tragic death of a patient in Tennessee due to a medical error. A nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center mistakenly administered a drug […] -
AAEM and Take EM Back on the termination of Kristin Carmody, MD MHPE
Take Medicine Back and AAEM are aware that Kristin Carmody, M.D. has filed a complaint for wrongful termination by NYU. While the substance of the accusations will be determined via the legal process, we are deeply concerned that Dr. Carmody may not have been afforded due process in this matter. Due process for physicians is […] -
Joint Letter to US Department of Veterans Affairs Supremacy Project
Dear Secretary McDonough: The undersigned physician organizations have recently learned of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Supremacy Project. We are writing to express our serious concerns with the VA’s efforts to develop National Standards of Practice for physicians and other health professionals that supersede state scope of practice and licensure laws. In particular, we […] -
The EM Workforce
Our specialty has been working for decades to meet the growing emergency medicine needs of our country. The recent research is critical to identifying and understanding the challenges we face about the future workforce for both academic and community emergency physicians. Market consolidation, fragmentation and health care economics have shifted incentives across our industry. On […] -
Joint Statement on the EM Workforce
Our specialty has been working for decades to meet the growing emergency medicine needs of our country. Therecent research is critical to identifying and understanding the challenges we face about the future workforce for bothacademic and community emergency physicians. Market consolidation, fragmentation and health care economics have shifted incentives across our industry. On top ofthese […] -
Raising Emergency Medicine Residency Standards
Introduction AAEM has received much feedback from our members regarding concerns that the rapid proliferation in the number of emergency medicine resident positions, and increased utilization of non-physician practitioners at emergency department training sites has negatively impacted the quality of emergency medicine resident education. Position Statement AAEM suggests the ACGME Emergency Medicine Residency Review Committee […] -
AAEM Position Statement on the State of Emergency Medicine
The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) is gratified that the House of Emergency Medicine is discussing the workforce issue in our specialty. On Friday morning, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) hosted a virtual meeting, “EM Physician Workforce of the Future,” in which they presented the findings of a study commissioned by them and […] -
Joint Letter to the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs
Re: RIN 2900–AQ94—Authority of VA Professionals to Practice Health Care AAEM signed on to a joint statement via email to to the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs opposing the Interim Final Rule (IFR) NPPs are an integral part of physician-led health care teams. However, NPPs cannot substitute for physicians especially when it comes to […] -
Joint Letter to President-Elect Biden regarding FTC Action on Non-Compete Clauses
Dear President-elect Biden, Due to the fiscal and public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of workers remain unemployed and workers who have jobs face increasing precarity and coercive practices in the labor market. Employers’ use of non-compete clauses is an example of a coercive practice that threatens all workers. Non-competes require workers, […] -
AAEM Position Statement on the Term “Provider”
The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) recognizes and advocates for the patient’s right to know the credentials of all clinicians being trusted with his/her well-being. Studies repeatedly show that patients in the US healthcare system want to know these credentials and are confused when credentials are not clearly presented.1 More importantly, AAEM believes that […]
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Articles
- The Emergency Medicine Workforce: Shortage Resolving, Future Surplus Expected – Journal of Emergency Medicine April 2020
- Why Did AAEM Take a Stand Against APP Independent Practice? – EM News April 2019
Emergency Medicine Workforce Committee
Letter from the Chairs
The APP Task Force has been working on issues that surround emergency medicine and affect emergency physicians. This task force produced the updated AAEM position statement on Advanced Practice Providers and published two related articles; one in Common Sense and one in EMNews.
The Workforce Task Force produced the AAEM position statement on Emergency Medicine Workforce after researching the continued growth of EM residency programs over the last decade in addition to APP programs. Dr. Reiter’s original 2016 article on the data on physician workforce and the EM workforce, including the impact of physician extenders and scribes on the practice of EM has been updated and submitted for publication.
We recognize that these issues are very pivotal to emergency medicine and will be a part of our landscape for the unforeseen future, thus deserving of our attention at the committee level. We will continue the important work started by the respective task forces and anticipate that their synergy as a committee will be very productive.
Read MoreNPP or the EM Workforce Concern Form
If you are an AAEM member and wish to submit a question or concern for the AAEM EM Workforce Committee to review, please use this form. Concerns regarding the unsupervised practice of non-physician practitioners (NPPs) or the replacement of physicians by NPPs may be submitted for review.
Learn MoreInfographics
AAEM/RSA Infographic: What It Takes to Make a Doctor
AAEM EM Workforce Committee Infographic: Who is Treating Your Emergency? (PDF)