American Academy of Emergency Medicine

Liaison to CORD, SAEM, AACEM, NAEMSP and other EM organizations for joint interests and projects
Liaison to JEM
Liaison to Academic Departments of EM and in particular EM Residency Programs in order to establish a connection with AAEM at the early stages of resident training and to provide the resources necessary to develop an understanding of the goals of the academy.
Liaison with eMedicine, EP Monthly, EM News and other similar educational enterprises

Reassess current bylaws on an annual basis
Act as an advisory group to recommend new bylaws or revisions to existing bylaws
At least 50% of the members of this committee will be BOD members

Responsible for maintenance of the website and recommendations to the BOD for updating the site and contents
In conjunction with the editor, responsible for publication and content of the Newsletter
Serve as liaison to other EM venues of communication

Develop and coordinate the Annual Meeting, including a work plan, timeline, budget, and publicity. Provide continuous review of the Annual Meeting goals and objectives as they relate to the Academy's long range plan and mission and make recommendations to the Board. Publicize the Annual Meeting to other national organizations. Develop a database of didactic programming for the Scientific Assembly to be used to plan future meetings. Perform a "needs assessment" of the membership on a biannual basis to assist in developing future Scientific Assembly presentation agendas.
Develop and coordinate the Oral and Written Board courses and use feedback to improve future courses. Assess the attendance and financial success of these courses and make recommendations to the BOD for future expansions or change in cost structure
Explore new venues to provide AAEM members with the best possible educational resources including assess to on-line services, journals, meetings
Explore collaborative efforts with other local, national and international EM organizations to provide educational resources and meetings to AAEM members; this would include defining guidelines for the endorsement of non-AAEM educational events by AAEM and guidelines for the use of the AAEM member mailing list.
Explore methods to assist AAEM members with the continuous certification process and explore ways to assist ABEM in its development and implementation of the continuous certification process.

The Education Committee includes several subcommittees, such as ACCME, Oral Board Review and Scientific Assembly.

Responsible for assisting AAEM members with such issues as malpractice insurance, expert witness testimony, contracts, billing and coding, and group / contract management

View Overcrowding Subcommittee documents
View EMTALA Taskforce Objectives and Resource Bibliography

Make recommendations to the BOD concerning national EMS issues that affect Academy members such as ambulance diversion
Monitor EMS legislation at the state and national level and collaborate with the Government Affairs Committee on how to impact legislation
EMS Committee Mission Statement (5/16/06)

Review ethical issues identified by AAEM members and make recommendations to the BOD on how to address / rectify violations of the Code of Ethics.
Make recommendations to the Executive Committee / BOD regarding any modifications to the Code of Ethics
Explore the establishment of a webpage where the results of ethics investigations could be published at the discretion of the BOD

Make recommendations to the BOD concerning investments
In conjunction with the Membership Committee, make recommendations to the BOD regarding the dues structure
Make recommendations to the BOD about future spending
The AAEM Secretary-Treasurer will be the Chairperson of this committee
At least 50% of the members of this committee will be BOD members

In collaboration with the BOD and other committees, direct and coordinate AAEM's lobbying effort in Washington
Assist AAEM's "watch dog" activities with regard to governmental activities and public health issues that may affect AAEM members
Supervise and coordinate AAEM members direct lobbying efforts through use of the Legislative Action Center webpage.

Informatics Committee Mission Statement (11/13/06)

Liaison with international EM societies and organizations on common issues affecting the AAEM membership and the specialty of EM
Foster the development of an International Emergency Medicine Interest Group
Analyze and develop opportunities for exchange of information, education and ideas with international EM societies and organizations

In collaboration with the Practice Issues Committee, responsible for defining AAEM's legal stance on contracts, malpractice, due process, etc.
Provide AAEM members with legal assistance and direction when feasible in dealing with malpractice, contracts, due process.
Provide the BOD with legal opinions on any AAEM issues

In conjunction with the Finance Committee, recommend to the BOD changes in the Dues structure
Develop methods to enhance and maintain membership in AAEM
Oversee the development of Special Interest Groups
Develop and maintain an accurate, up to date membership list
Define guidelines which govern the use of the AAEM membership list by other organizations as approved by the Board of Directors

Monitor the EM practice environment and identify potential topics for BOD review that may benefit from the development of a practice guideline
Develop practice guidelines based on the best available scientific evidence and present them to the BOD for approval
Review current AAEM practice guidelines on an annual basis and update the guidelines as needed (Smallpox Vaccination, Thrombolytics in Stroke)
Review and comment to the BOD on current practice guidelines of other organizations that may affect AAEM

Monitor federal and state and local reimbursement issues affecting AAEM members and the specialty of EM and make recommendations to the BOD for action on these issues
Liaison with the Government/National Affairs and EM Practice Committees to effect appropriate influence and change on reimbursement issues affecting the AAEM membership and the specialty of EM

View Dollars and Common Sense enewsletters

Exposes those who provide egregious testimony against AAEM members and the emergency medicine community.
Reviews expert testimony disputes.
Maintains Remarkable Testimony Website:
http://www.aaem.org/aaemtestimony/