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ACEP-Recognized Certifying Bodies in Emergency Medicine
POLICY STATEMENTS
payment methods, and the needs of the trauma care system including ongoing funding for infrastructure, research, and evaluation of outcomes. Emergency physicians playa central role in the access and treatment of injured patients, and the management and evaluation of trauma care systems. ACEp, in collaboration with others, should provide a leadership role and involve emergency physicians in system development and evaluation to assure patient care effectiveness and cost efficiency.
Reprint no. 47/1/93270 Address for reprints: American College of Emergency Physicians PO Box 619911 Dallas, TX 75261 800-798-1822, ext 6 ACEP on Fax 800-406-2237 Internet www.acep.org
This policy was prepared by the ACEP Trauma Care and Injury Control Committee.
ACEP-Recognized Certifying Bodies in Emergency Medicine American College of Emergency Physicians: ACEP-recognized certifying bodies in emergency medicine. Ann Emerg Med October 1998;32:529.] The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) recognizes and supports the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) as the sole American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) certifying body for emergency medicine. ACEP also acknowledges and values its special relationship with ABEM, which includes ACEPs role as an original sponsor and founder and continuing sponsor of ABEM, and its privilege and responsibility to submit nominations for membership on the Board of Directors of ABEM. ACEP recognizes the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM) as a certifying body in emergency medicine, under the jurisdiction of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), limited to osteopathic physicians. ACEP recognizes the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), as an ABMS certifying body in pediatrics, which provides a certificate of added qualifications for pediatricians in the subspecialty of pediatric emergency medicine.
This policy was prepared by the ACEP Board oj Directors.
OCTOBER 1998
324
ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
529
payment methods, and the needs of the trauma care system including ongoing funding for infrastructure, research, and evaluation of outcomes. Emergency physicians playa central role in the access and treatment of injured patients, and the management and evaluation of trauma care systems. ACEp, in collaboration with others, should provide a leadership role and involve emergency physicians in system development and evaluation to assure patient care effectiveness and cost efficiency.
Reprint no. 47/1/93270 Address for reprints: American College of Emergency Physicians PO Box 619911 Dallas, TX 75261 800-798-1822, ext 6 ACEP on Fax 800-406-2237 Internet www.acep.org
This policy was prepared by the ACEP Trauma Care and Injury Control Committee.
ACEP-Recognized Certifying Bodies in Emergency Medicine American College of Emergency Physicians: ACEP-recognized certifying bodies in emergency medicine. Ann Emerg Med October 1998;32:529.] The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) recognizes and supports the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) as the sole American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) certifying body for emergency medicine. ACEP also acknowledges and values its special relationship with ABEM, which includes ACEPs role as an original sponsor and founder and continuing sponsor of ABEM, and its privilege and responsibility to submit nominations for membership on the Board of Directors of ABEM. ACEP recognizes the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM) as a certifying body in emergency medicine, under the jurisdiction of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), limited to osteopathic physicians. ACEP recognizes the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), as an ABMS certifying body in pediatrics, which provides a certificate of added qualifications for pediatricians in the subspecialty of pediatric emergency medicine.
This policy was prepared by the ACEP Board oj Directors.
OCTOBER 1998
324
ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
529