As part of ACOEP’s 2025 Spring Seminar, our Resident Student Programming featured Wilderness Medicine: The Ultimate Emergency Playground!—an immersive, high-intensity experience led by Dr. John Dery. Emergency medicine students and residents from across the country took to Camelback Mountain, where they faced real-life scenarios like heat stroke, fractures, and anaphylaxis in [...]
RAND Report: Strategies for Sustaining Emergency Care in the United States Published Apr 7, 2025 Emergency medicine's newest report independently shows that emergency physicians across the U.S. are facing increasing financial and operational pressures which threaten their ability to provide lifesaving care. The findings, authored by RAND and supported [...]
2025 EM Match Thank you to everyone involved in making the 2025 EM Match a success! Between the hours recruiting, educating, and reviewing applicants to EM, it has been amazing to watch the EM family of organizations and individuals come together in this effort. This year we excitedly welcomed [...]
Congratulations to all our EMIGs and graduating students! The impact and strength of osteopathic applicants representing emergency medicine is undeniable. According to data from the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), 1,078 osteopathic applicants matched into Emergency Medicine positions in the 2025 Match—the highest number recorded since the transition to the [...]
The ACOEP and ACOEP-RSO recognize that the ACGME’s proposed revisions to the Emergency Medicine residency program requirements introduce several significant changes, particularly the transition to a standardized 48-month curriculum (proposed effective date: July 1, 2027). The ACGME asserts that these updates reflect the evolving landscape of emergency medicine education, addressing [...]
ACOEP stands in solidarity with our emergency medicine colleagues impacted by the recent challenges surrounding National Emergency Services Health (NES). We remain committed to advocating for our members and the broader emergency medicine community during this difficult time. For ACOEP members facing financial hardship due to this situation, we [...]
In the 2024 Match, we enthusiastically welcomed over 3000 new residents to Emergency Medicine!Much has been said about the EM Match of the last 2 years. This year’s results are a testament to the resilience of our specialty, an acknowledgment of the critical role EM holds in the House of [...]
Brandon Lewis, DO, MDA, FACOEP, FACEP - President-Elect As I read some of the ongoing angst and argument on social media about different EM groups and practice models, I was reminded of a line from one of my favorite movies, Braveheart. In a scene where the Scottish nobles are [...]
Jennifer Axelband, DO, FACOEP, President-Elect As I pen my first Pulse communication as President Elect, I must thank the membership, my mentors and the board for all the support and encouragement I have received as I embark into this new role. Leading a college is challenging, communicating with the [...]
Tiffany Brown, DO Chair, DO, FACOEP-D The Physicians Wellness Committee recently sent out a survey to gauge the needs of our great organization. We had 148 survey participants from the college and will use this information to help us address the high level of both physician fatigue and lack [...]