Resident Corner: Dancing in the Moonlight

Written by: Kevin Baumgartner MD , Resident Physician, Emergency Medicine Washington University in St. Louis / Barnes-Jewish Hospital 35 year-old man with left leg swelling. Lives in a facility, usually bedbound. No other DVT risk factors, but the immobility...

Resident Research Grant Proposals Accepted Beginning June 1

MOCEP’s Resident Research Grant will begin accepting applications on June 1. Applications will be accepted until September 15. The goal of this grant is it to facilitate the academic growth and research expertise of residents in emergency medicine and...

Career Planning

Whether you are a medical student; a resident on your first job search; or even an attending looking for new opportunities, EMRA has valuable resources to assist you. http://www.emra.org/resources/career-planning/

Emergency Medicine Milestones

The EM Milestones are a matrix of the knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and experiences that should be acquired during specialty training in Emergency Medicine. The EM Milestones will provide a basis for six-month evaluations for EM residents. The Milestones...

Residency Review Committee for Emergency Medicine

The ACGME is a private, nonprofit organization that accredits about 9,200 residency programs in 130 specialties and subspecialties that educate about 109,000 residents. Its mission is to improve health care by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians’...

ACGME Resident Services

Resident Services was established by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to help physicians in graduate medical education (GME) receive fair solutions to residency training-related concerns and formal complaints. Resident Services investigates, in a confidential manner, specific...

ABEM Initial Certification

There are three steps to achieve Emergency Medicine certification: 1) applying and credentialing, 2) taking and passing a qualifying examination, and 3) taking and passing an oral certification examination. Physicians who successfully complete each of these steps are certified...

Preparing for the Boards

Many residents and recent graduates spend a significant amount of time and money preparing for the board exams. As a result, EMRA would like to help you to make informed decisions about how best to spend your time and...

EMRA Sepsis Card

EMRA Sepsis Card Last Updated 2013 Everything you need to know about improving outcomes for septic patients in the emergency department is now available in a handy pocket reference guide. This comprehensive, yet compact review of the most recent...

Emergency Medicine : The Medical Student Survival Guide, 2nd Edition

Emergency Medicine : The Medical Student Survival Guide, 2nd Edition This new edition, with more than 75 chapters, is the comprehensive guide to the specialty of emergency medicine. Written specifically for medical students, it’s a great resource for anyone...

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