Inclusive Excellence at ABEM
We are committed to advancing excellence in medicine by broadening access to opportunities, ensuring all qualified individuals can contribute to patient care, and addressing critical workforce shortages. Our focus remains on merit and medical expertise, ensuring that ABEM-certified physicians, regardless of background, have the knowledge and skills to deliver the highest-quality care for all patients.
How does ABEM support these values?
Creation of the Dr. Leon Haley, Jr., Bridge to the Future of Emergency Medicine Academy mentorship program for rising second-year medical students.
- This program is specifically to provide rising second-year medical students with the opportunity to participate in an in-person, all-expenses-paid, two-week mentorship program
- Selected students join didactic lectures on topics such as health care issues in a variety of communities, reducing health care disparities among all populations, and applying to residency programs.
Research and papers published with a focus on:
- Intention to Leave Emergency Medicine: Mid-career Women Are at Increased Risk
- Emergency medicine physician workforce attrition differences by age and gender
- Emergency Medicine Residency Does Not Reduce a Racial Minority-Based Test Performance Gap
- Workplace Mistreatment, Career Choice Regret, and Burnout in Emergency Medicine Residency Training in the United States
ABEM's Statement Against Racism
ABEM condemns the social injustice of systemic racism and any form of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. Addressing racism and prejudice are critical to ABEM’s achievement of its mission to ensure the highest standards in the specialty of Emergency Medicine.
ABEM strongly stands with emergency physicians who care for ALL who enter an emergency department regardless of their race and ethnicity.
ABEM strongly stands with members of the public who work to address the underlying health inequities that impact the health and care of our communities, especially our communities of color.
