Supply of board-certified emergency physicians unlikely to meet projected needs
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 17:14
in Health & Medicine
The number of physicians with board certification in emergency medicine is unlikely to meet the staffing needs of U.S. emergency departments in the foreseeable future, if ever. In the December issue of Academic Emergency Medicine, the investigators report finding that staffing every emergency department with board-certified emergency physicians does not appear to be feasible, given their projections for the field.read more
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