title: The future of emergency medicine.
abstract: Physician shortages are being projected for most medical specialties. The specialty of emergency medicine continues to experience a significant workforce shortage in the face of increasing demand for emergency care. The limited supply of emergency physicians, emergency nurses, and other resources is creating an urgent, untenable patient care problem. In July 2009, representatives of the leading emergency medicine organizations met in Dallas, TX, for the Future of Emergency Medicine Summit. This consensus document, agreed to and cowritten by all participating organizations, describes the substantive issues discussed and provides a foundation for the future of the specialty.
authors.affiliation: sandra_schneider@urmc.rochester.edu
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mesh_terms: D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000600:supply & distribution; D009726:Nurses / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce