Statements

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  • AAEM’s Statement in Response to American Physician Partners (APP)
    American Physician Partners (APP) recently announced they are ceasing business operations by the end of the month. Their announcement on July 17th gives hospitals and physicians only two weeks to ensure continued care for patients. This is reckless, unethical, and simply dangerous.  This is on …

    Healthcare Delivery, Other

  • Recommendations for the Navigation of Moral Dilemmas during the COVID Pandemic
    Emergency Physicians are at potential risk for moral conflict and burnout when trying to accommodate the many challenges for caring for seriously ill patients in the ED. The patient care needs and what the physician “feels is right” have become more apparent with the large volume of patients re …

    COVID-19, Ethics, Other, Palliative Care

  • AAEM Position Statement on Improving Service Quality
    (from White Paper on Improving Service Quality) On behalf the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, we proposed this position statement for consideration by the Board of Directors: It is the mission of emergency medicine to provide continuous access to board certified emergency physicians to p …

    Other, Position Statements

  • AAEM Plaintiff Experts Policy
    Whereas, membership on the Board of Directors of AAEM requires that the Board members serve the interests of the membership above their own interests, therefore be it RESOLVED that Members of the Board of Directors of AAEM shall refrain from giving expert testimony against a member of AAEM while ser …

    Other, Tort Reform

  • FSMB Consensus Proposal
    I. FSMB recommends "3. All applicants for licensure should have satisfactorily completed a minimum of three years of postgraduate training in an ACGME- or AOA-approved postgraduate training program, including completion of PGY3 level training prior to full and unrestricted licensure." Wit …

    EM Workforce, Other