Register now for the Student Loans Best Practices webinar taking place Wednesday, September 21, at 1:00pm Eastern Time. With rates on the rise and the uncertainty around the Federal student loan interest holiday, it may be the right time to plan your next step. While further extensions remain unclear, it’s still a good time to plan how to manage your student loans when payments resume. Laurel Road will share best practices on how to evaluate, identify and prepare your repayment strategy in an uncertain environment. The webinar is complimentary to ACOEP members [...]

We are proud to share that the Western Journal of EM: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health, the official journal of the ACOEP, rose 65% from last year in Clarivate (formerly Thompson-Reuters) Journal Citation Reports Two-Year Impact Factor to 3.985. Congratulations and thank you to the editors, editorial board, staff, designers and authors.

The American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) is opposed to any federal or state legislation that would interfere with the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship. ACOEP remains committed to patient safety and autonomy and to providing outstanding care for our patients.

Each year, the National Resident Matching Program is an exciting, yet anxious time for those involved. Together, we enthusiastically welcome the 2,702 newly matched residents into the emergency medicine family and commit to supporting each of our nation’s future emergency physicians. Coupled with our excitement is some concern regarding a few of the results from the 2022 Main Residency Match. While emergency medicine remains in the Top 10 for match rates, according to the NRMP, our specialty had 219 unfilled positions in the 2022 Match - a more than 7 [...]

Each year in the US, roughly 300 to 400 physicians die by suicide — approximately double the suicide rate in the general population. More than half of physicians know of a physician who has either considered, attempted, or died by suicide and 20% know of a physician who has either considered, attempted, or died by suicide since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, when it comes to COVID-19 impacts, particularly on the mental health of EM physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic, nine in ten EM physicians say they are [...]

UPDATE: 8/24/2021 The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) will be holding a virtual ‎memorial service for Joseph J. Kuchinski, DO, FACOEP on Sunday, ‎September 12, at noon (EDT). The ceremony will be held virtually, due to current ‎COVID-19/Delta Variant restrictions placed upon the College by the City of ‎Philadelphia. Registration for the service may be found here. A direct link to the virtual service will be shared with those who register. It is with great sadness that ACOEP learned of the passing of Joseph J. Kuchinski, DO, a past [...]

Emergency medicine is more than just a ride to the hospital, it is a system of coordinated response and ‎emergency medical care, involving multiple people and agencies. With the current surge in COVID-19 ‎and the highly contagious Delta variant causing a national emergency medical crisis, six of the ‎country’s top associations in the space of emergency medicine services join in the following statement ‎regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates. ‎ The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM), the American College of Osteopathic ‎Emergency Physicians (ACOEP), the Air Medical Physician Association (AMPA), the [...]

ACOEP adds our voice to the many statements on this important subject: Since the birth of the specialty of emergency medicine, our focus has been on providing the public with emergency physicians who meet defined standards for competency and board certification. Credible data now demonstrates that the public’s access to residency prepared emergency physicians has matured such that our specialty can focus on maximizing the quality of emergency medicine programs. ACOEP strongly encourages the ACGME Emergency Medicine Residency Review Committee to thoughtfully study and take forceful action to advance emergency [...]