Benefits of Membership

What is the value of your membership?

In addition to strengthening AAEM in the continuance of its mission for the recognition of board certification as the minimum requirement of a specialist in emergency medicine, and for the inclusion of due process rights and freedom from restrictive covenants in all emergency medicine contracts, each full voting, associate, and international member of AAEM enjoys the following benefits:

1. The Journal of Emergency Medicine
   The Journal of Emergency Medicine (JEM) is the official journal of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM). JEM is an international, peer-reviewed publication featuring original contributions of interest to both the academic and practicing emergency physician. There will be twelve issues in 2011. JEM includes research papers and clinical studies as well as articles focusing on the training of emergency physicians and on the practice of emergency medicine. As AAEM's official journal, a subscription to JEM is included in the membership dues of each Lifetime, Full Voting, Associate and International member.* AAEM actively encourages its membership to contribute editorial material for publication in JEM.
   
   * International members receive an online subscription only. If you prefer to receive JEM in both paper and electronic format, a subscription upgrade is available for an additional $34 per year. To upgrade your JEM subscription now, please click here.
   
   The AAEM membership list is private; however, your name and address is provided to Elsevier, the publisher of the official AAEM journal-the Journal of Emergency Medicine (JEM), so you can receive this member benefit. If you prefer not to receive this member benefit, please email us at info@aaem.org. (Should you decide to decline this member benefit, there is no discount in your member dues amount.)
   
   
2. Common Sense
   Common Sense is the official newsletter of AAEM. It is a bi-monthly publication that reports on all AAEM activities and news from the world of emergency medicine. It is delivered to the AAEM membership* six times a year, which currently stands at more than 7,000 emergency physicians, residents, and others with an interest in emergency medicine. Advertising options are available. Contact info@aaem.org for more information.
   
   * International members receive an online subscription only.
   
   
3. Discounted Registration for all AAEM Meetings
   AAEM is committed to providing physicians with excellent educational activities that will enhance the quality of their medical practice. The standard of these educational activities will be such as to appeal to the professional interests of the specialist in emergency medicine, which AAEM defines as a physician certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM), the American Board of Osteopathic Emergency Medicine (AOBEM) or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) in emergency medicine or pediatric emergency medicine. Activities that support the personal and professional welfare of the individual specialist are of primary concern to AAEM.
   
   
4. Job Bank
   The AAEM Job Bank is a service provided by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. Its goal is to assist board certified emergency physicians in finding healthy, long-term positions with practice groups or other organizations that are committed to providing democratic and equitable work environments. You must be a member of AAEM in order to participate in the Job Bank.
   
   
5. EMedHome
   AAEM members can act now to obtain a 15% discount off an annual subscription to www.EMedHome.com, the premier educational website in emergency medicine. Access entitles you to access a broad range of educational content that is designed to impact your care of patients in the ED.
   
   
6. Support for www.aaem.org.
   This is the official website of AAEM. This website provides useful information and resources geared towards emergency medicine. New this year, check your membership status or payment history, update your contact information, or pay your dues right from the new member's only area of the website.
   
   
7. Access to the AAEM Services Template System at a reduced price.
   
   
8. Expert Witness Database
   This member benefit serves as a resource for emergency medicine physicians regarding the medical malpractice expert activities of their colleagues. Emergency medicine physicians may use this database to seek expert assistance and to direct their legal counsel to seek prior opinions or testimony of an opposing expert. Physicians, including experts, attorneys or other interested parties may submit information for inclusion and will be required to attest to its accuracy.

9. PeerCharts Online

   
   
   
10. Political Action Committee
    AAEM PAC is the political action committee of AAEM. Through AAEM PAC, AAEM is able to support legislation and effect change on behalf of its members and with consideration to their unique concerns.
    
    
11. Access to AAEM's Legislative Action Center
    Visit www.aaem.org, click on AAEM's Legislative Action Center, and within minutes, you may identify your federal legislators, choose an issue of interest, and send a prepared personalized fax, e-mail or letter to your congressional representative. You may also sign up for the AAEM E-Mail Alert (CapWiz) and receive notification of important issues.
    
    
12. Receive a $50 Discount on PEPID
    AAEM members save 20% on a one-year subscription to PEPID ED. PEPID ED is developed in conjunction with AAEM and gives you instant access to thousands of disease profiles, life-saving protocols, evidence-based medicine, drug database, drug interaction checker and drug allergy checker.