Articles - Emergency Medicine

Beyond the Rhetoric: Primary Care Physicians Should be Recognized for the Vital Role They Play in the Emergency Department

Primary Care physicians are essential in emergency departments across the nation, but all too often these specialists don’t receive the recognition they deserve for meeting the needs of their community hospitals. In many instances, these men and women didn’t necessarily intend to spend their careers in the ER but rather transitioned into this role because their ER was woefully understaffed ...

The Benefits of Having Family Physicians in the Emergency Department

At the Board of Certification in Emergency Medicine® (BCEM), we are pleased to offer an opportunity to highly trained and highly experienced emergency physicians who have completed residency training in Family Medicine to pursue board certification in Emergency Medicine. This is an important opportunity for physicians who have spent their careers dedicated to the practice of Emergency Medicine to clearly ...

The Shortage of EM Board-certified Physicians is Far More Pronounced in Rural Areas

One of the biggest problems facing the healthcare sector in North America is the shortage of Emergency Medicine physicians, and nowhere is this shortage more pronounced than in rural areas. This is a potentially significant issue for many reasons. For starters, despite the lower population density in rural communities, the Journal of Rural Emergency Medicine finds that rural populations have ...

Completing Fellowship Training Prepares Family Physicians for Leadership Roles in Rural Community Emergency Departments

One of the challenges that many rural community emergency departments face is that they are staffed by physicians who have completed residency training in specialties other than Emergency Medicine. The reason that this can be a problem is that more and more hospitals are developing policies that require that physicians be Board Certified in their specialty area, and the successful ...

Rural, Primary Care-Trained Physicians Should be Able to Demonstrate their Competence in Emergency Medicine

Across North America, rural hospitals are predominately staffed by primary care-trained physicians. Often, this is due to staff shortages and physicians answering the call of their communities by working in local emergency rooms despite having no residency training in Emergency Medicine. At the American Board of Physician Specialties® and the Board of Certification in Emergency Medicinesm (BCEM), we believe that ...

Are Your Hospital’s Emergency Physicians Board Certified in Emergency Medicine?

At the Board of Certification in Emergency Medicine – a Member Board of the American Board of Physician Specialties® – we strongly encourage physicians who have made their careers working in the emergency room to consider pursuing board certification. Increasingly, employers, insurers, and other decision-makers are prioritizing – if not outright mandating – the hiring of board-certified physicians, which is ...

Emergency Medicine Board Certification for Career EM Physicians Trained in Primary Care

The Board of Certification in Emergency Medicine® (BCEM) was developed by the American Board of Physician Specialties® to offer board certification to highly qualified physicians who specialize in emergency medicine. In order to ensure that qualified applicants have the opportunity to pursue board certification in their area of expertise, BCEM offers an opportunity for candidates who completed residency training in ...

Career Emergency Medicine Physicians are Encouraged to Demonstrate their Mastery of the Specialty

As the healthcare industry has become increasingly specialized, patients have begun to pay closer attention to the credentials of the physicians who treat them. The reputation of a healthcare facility, in many cases, hinges on the verifiable expertise of the staff, which is why career emergency medicine physicians are strongly encouraged to consider pursuing board certification in their area of ...

What’s Next for Physicians Who Completed a Post-Primary Care Graduate Fellowship in Emergency Medicine?

For physicians who have completed a post-primary care graduate fellowship in emergency medicine, pursuing board certification through the Board of Certification in Emergency Medicine® (BCEM) is a logical next step. This Member Board of the American Board of Physician Specialties® recognizes highly knowledgeable and experienced emergency medicine physicians and those who have completed a BCEM-approved graduate fellowship in this discipline. ...

Many Family Physicians Play a Major Role in Urban Emergency Departments

Across North America, many urban hospitals have staffed their emergency departments with family physicians whose extensive training and broad knowledge base make them an invaluable resource to the countless patients who visit the ER throughout the year. However, as many hospital groups and other healthcare organizations increasingly hire physicians with board certification in emergency medicine, a significant percentage of highly ...

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Patient Care Is Our Priority

On October 18, 2007, President George W. Bush released Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21 (HSPD-21), calling on our nation, among other initiatives, to “collectively support and facilitate the establishment of a discipline of disaster health”. It is a great testament to the wisdom and foresight of the American Board of Physician Specialties that it immediately set to work and created, within the short span of only one year, an educational blueprint and set of certification examinations, both written and oral, for a new subspecialty of disaster medicine—and it is why I chose to be part this vital initiative and this wonderful organization. This is but one of the many innovative programs initiated by the American Board of Physician Specialties over the years, and why I am proud to support its work on behalf of our nation’s public health.

Art Cooper, MD

Disaster Medicine

When the American Board of Physician Specialties offered to host the American Board of Integrative Medicine, ABPS became a landmark organization working to move medicine into the twenty first century. Certifying physicians who have completed rigorous academic training in Integrative Medicine ensures that the field of Integrative Medicine will continue to develop academically, clinically, and professionally. The leadership of ABPS continues to impress me - they are diligent in constantly innovating to provide certifications for physicians who want to advance their careers and their areas of expertise. I am honored to be a part of this organization.

Ann Marie Chiasson, MD

Integrative Medicine

There are many ways board certification advances a physician career. ABPS Board examination verifies your accuracy, precision, and reflects your mastery of your residency training verifying your expertise. ABPS Board certification demonstrates your level of expertise beyond your practice experience, primary education degrees, and training which are necessary for insurance reimbursement and practice privilege requirements. Attaining your ABPS Board Certification will clarify your purpose, secure your practice growth, and expand into leadership positions. Board certification can serve as an indication of a physician’s commitment to medicine, beyond the minimal standards and competency of training, their measurement to quality of care, and attaining an award for excellence.

Chris Kunis MD

Internal Medicine

When I think historically, advancement in medicine and patient safety and care has been driven by the diversity of people and scientific thought. That’s what I found at the ABPS and more. For over 60 years that is just who we are. I found a physician certifying body that provides a choice and voice to all physicians ensuring that patients are always placed first.

Jerry Allison, MD

Emergency Medicine

When I decided to pursue a full time role as a physician executive it was important to me to obtain additional professional training, education and work experience. Board certification through the ABPS in Administrative Medicine is validation of my efforts and a demonstration of dedication to professional development. We need more physicians to become full time health care executives, knowing there is a board certification option in Administrative Medicine encourages physicians to take the leap from full time clinical practice to healthcare organizational leadership.

Richard Paula, MD

Administrative Medicine

The American Board of Physician Specialties has provided me with the opportunity to demonstrate mastery of internal medicine through board certification. As a hospitalist, board certification is an expected credential, and hospitals recognize the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) as one of the three standard credentialling bodies for Internal Medicine. Additionally, the ABPS has helped me develop leadership skills as a Board member and Committee Chairperson. ABPS has also helped me sharpen critical thinking skills as a test question developer and reviewer. The Allopathic (MD) and Osteopathic (DO) physicians in the ABPS are lifelong learners and frequently pursue multiple board certifications. I enjoy the camaraderie of my peers in ABPS.

Loren Jay Chassels, DO

Internal Medicine