Board Certification

Promoting the importance of board certification in Emergency Medicine is one of AAEM's founding principles. As stated in the AAEM mission statement, "A specialist in Emergency Medicine is a physician who has achieved, through personal dedication and sacrifice, certification by either the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) or the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM)."

AAEM is committed to fighting to disturbing trend in Emergency Medicine today to diminish the value of board certification. Recent activities in this regard are listed below.

Articles on the Quality of Care
CESMG Staffing Manual (PDF) (added 3/18/05)
AAEM Board Responds to Article on Pediatric Emergency Care (added 9/10/02)
What About AAEM? (added 4/12/02)
Members Nominated for ABEM Board (added 4/12/02)
ABEM EMCC Program Continues to Evolve (added 4/12/02)
Hoffman Named ABEM President (added 1/14/02)
AAEM Opposes Board Certification Waiver at Illinois Department of Public Health (added 11/26/01)
Update on the AAEM-CORD-SAEM Consensus Proposal to the Federaton of State Medical Boards (FSMB) (added 10/29/01)
AAEM Members Make Course a Success (added 10/8/01)
Court Upholds Hospital Credentialing Requirements (added 9/24/01)
ABEM Issues Update on Proposed EM Continuous Certification Program (added 8/6/01)
AAEM Responds to Misrepresentation (added 5/30/01)
AAEM Meets with ABEM to Discuss EM Continuous Certification (added 4/9/01)
Liability of Hospitals for Acts of Their Emergency Physicians (added 2/12/01)
LA/ACEP Stands Up for Board Certification (added 11/20/00)
Federal Court Rules in Favor of Strict Definition for Board Certification (added 9/18/00)
Landmark AAEM, SAEM and CORD Consensus Position Reached (added 11/27/00)
The Macy Foundation Report on Emergency Medicine (added 11/27/00)
Medical Errors and Injury and Emergency Medicine (added 11/27/00)
Shortage of Board Certified Emergency Physicians (added 11/27/00)
Updated Brochures Sent to Hospital Administrators (May/June 1999)