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It is known across industries, and particularly in healthcare, that quality onboarding of new hires is a job satisfier and creates dedicated employees that are more likely to stay with a company long term.1,2,3,4,5  “The strongest evidence consistently showed new...

Although they are generally much smaller compared to their high-volume urban counterparts, rural emergency departments still represent about half of the EDs across the country. According to the ACEP Rural Emergency Care Task Force (RTF) Summary 2020, “Rural ED’s...

Emergency Medicine Core Training (EMCT) offers a comprehensive, academic, evidence-based approach to the practice of emergency medicine by bringing subscribers to the bedside of innumerable patients. Gain a foundation of knowledge and skills as you prepare to practice...

“Our responsibility is providing quality care AND caring to our patients and supporting our clinicians who provide that care.” This is a quote from Dr. Robert Strauss, Chief Medical Training Officer at TeamHealth. We met with Dr. Strauss to discuss the complexities of...

One of the frightening realities about any emergency department is that some of the most dangerous conditions are also difficult to diagnose. A patient can present with generalized symptoms which seem to require only simple treatment but are actually indicative of a...

Telemedicine (the provision of remote clinical services) has expanded considerably in America in the past decade, and exponentially further since March 2020. Authors of a paper published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health tell us that...

Emergency Medicine Core Training is the most robust online emergency medicine training available. This program is recognized by ACEPS’s Rural Emergency Care Task Force Summary as a premier option for foundational education, as it provides exposure to conditions across...

The ACEP Rural Emergency Care Task Force Summary 2020 recommends a robust plan to provide supplemental training and enhance the quality of care patients receive in rural EDs, as well as to increase the confidence of the practitioners staffing those facilities,...

The line “You don’t know what you don’t know” has circulated in the emergency medicine community for years. If you’re a physician, PA, or NP and you’re familiar with emergency medicine, you’ve likely heard it before. You might be tired of it at this point, or you may...

The Challenge The ACEP Rural Emergency Care Task Force (RTF) Summary states that despite a more than 25% increase in the total number of emergency physicians since 2008, there has been a decrease in the number of physicians practicing in rural ED’s, particularly at...