State Chapters
FLAAEM Update

Florida Chapter Focusing on Recruitment

by Joel Stern, MD FAAEM

The FLAAEM Board of Directors held a conference call on April 24. A membership committee was formed to increase our membership. We are now recruiting members outside of AAEM, including Florida ACEP members. Our efforts to involve the three in-state residency programs are ongoing. Any doctors involved with these teaching programs are encouraged to contact FLAAEM. We would like more feedback on how to best assist the residents in our state.

We are also concentrating our efforts on developing a website, in conjunction with AAEM. We hope to soon have an online application which can be easily downloaded and completed.

Another priority is promoting the ownership of hospital contracts by democratic physician groups. We are in the process of developing some marketing literature for distribution to hospital CEOs in the state. We would also invite any physicians who are interested in forming a democratic group to contact FLAAEM.

Any FLAAEM members who are interested in working on a committee should contact FLAAEM ASAP. There is strength in numbers and the more people we can have working on any particular project, the better. We are also interested in hearing from our members as to what you think our priorities should be. Any and all suggestions will be entertained. We will be holding a Board of Directors meeting in the near future. The time and place will be announced to all members and all members and other interested parties will be invited to attend and be heard.

FLAAEM is the Florida State Chapter of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. Their president, Joel Stern, MD FAAEM, can be contacted by phone at 305-940-7057 or by e-mail at drj1000@msn.com.