Position Statements
The following position statements have been adopted by AAEM's Board of Directors:
Recent Position Statements
- Statement on Supreme Court decision regarding Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (6/24/2022)
- Excited Delirium Statement (4/27/2022)
- Raising Emergency Medicine Residency Standards (updated 7/7/2021)
- State of Emergency Medicine (4/12/2021)
- Emergency Department Visitation Policies during the COVID-19 Pandemic (12/11/2020)
- The Term "Provider" (9/14/2020)
- Against Federal Regulation (6/14/2020)
- Death of Dr. Breen (5/1/2020)
- Interruptions in the Emergency Department (4/19/2020)
- Firing of Dr. Ming Lin by TeamHealth and PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center (3/28/2020)
- Ensuring that Frontline Personnel Can Provide for their Families (3/23/2020)
- Advocating for Immunity From Malpractice Litigation During the COVID-19 Pandemic (3/23/2020)
- Use of Self-Supplied PPE (3/23/2020)
- Protections for Emergency Medicine Physicians during COVID-19 (3/20/2020)
- Emergency Medicine Training Programs for Non-Physician Practitioners (updated 9/1/2020)
Position Statements Archived by Year.
The following position statements have been adopted by AAEM's Board of Directors:
Position Statements Archived by Topic.
The following position statements have been adopted by AAEM's Board of Directors:
- Billing
- Board Certification
- Clinical Practice
- Collaboration with Other Organizations
- COVID-19
- Credentialing and Qualifications
- Crowding
- Education and Research
- EMTALA
- Global Emergency Medicine
- Health Care Delivery
- Management of EM Residency Programs by CMGs
- Practice Rights
- Quality
- Tort Reform
- Vision Statement
- Workforce