ACEP4U: Hard Questions, Honest Conversations
In these challenging times, we know you have questions about what ACEP is doing to tackle the…
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2023 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the Board Candidates
Each year, ACEP’s Council elects new leaders for the College at its meeting. The Council, which represents…
July 2023 News From the College
ACEP Leads Congressional Briefing on ED Boarding On June 21, ACEP organized a congressional briefing with the…
How Long Should EM Residency Be? New Studies Shed Light
U.S. emergency medicine (EM) residency training length has been a decades-long dilemma: four vs. three years. Two…
Two Big Changes in Community Acquired Pneumonia Treatment
Although the treatment of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is bread-and-butter emergency medicine, several guidelines and landmark studies…
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patients in the Emergency Department
Case You enter the room to see the next case and find two people. One is the…
A First Look at Emergency Department Data for 2022
The role of emergency physicians has been made dramatically more important due to the pandemic. The performance…
Dr. Chatbot Will See You Now
If you’re wondering about the hype with chatbots in medicine, perhaps it’s because they’re nothing new: the…
Toxicology Answer: The Fig Tree
Background My favorite part of the fig plant (Ficus carica L.) is the fruit, of course. These…
Ten Ways to Communicate Empathy in Chaos
When considering an optimized environment for compassionate patient communication, the chaotic emergency department (ED) probably gives some…