The
American College of Emergency Physicians (
ACEP) is the first and largest professional organization of
emergency medicineEmergency medicine is a medical specialty in which a physician receives practical training to provide patients with acute illnesses or injuries which require immediate medical attention. While not usually providing long-term or continuing care, emergency medicine physicians diagnose a variety of...
physicianA physician — also known as medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, medical doctor, or simply doctor — practices the ancient profession of medicine, which is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease or injury...
s in the
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. It was founded in 1968 and is now headquartered in Dallas,Texas. As of 2009, ACEP had over 25,000 members.
Active membership in ACEP is available to
physicianA physician — also known as medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, medical doctor, or simply doctor — practices the ancient profession of medicine, which is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease or injury...
s who have:
- completed an ACGME-approved emergency medicine residency
- completed an AOA
The American Osteopathic Association is the representative organization for the over 67,000 osteopathic medical physicians in the United States...
-approved emergency medicine residency.
- been certified by any other emergency medicine certifying body recognized by ACEP
- been practicing as emergency physicians since before 2000 (so-called "Legacy" physicians)
Fellows use the designation FACEP ("Fellow of ACEP").
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The
American College of Emergency Physicians (
ACEP) is the first and largest professional organization of
emergency medicineEmergency medicine is a medical specialty in which a physician receives practical training to provide patients with acute illnesses or injuries which require immediate medical attention. While not usually providing long-term or continuing care, emergency medicine physicians diagnose a variety of...
physicianA physician — also known as medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, medical doctor, or simply doctor — practices the ancient profession of medicine, which is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease or injury...
s in the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was founded in 1968 and is now headquartered in Dallas,Texas. As of 2009, ACEP had over 25,000 members.
Active membership in ACEP is available to
physicianA physician — also known as medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, medical doctor, or simply doctor — practices the ancient profession of medicine, which is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease or injury...
s who have:
- completed an ACGME-approved emergency medicine residency
- completed an AOA
The American Osteopathic Association is the representative organization for the over 67,000 osteopathic medical physicians in the United States...
-approved emergency medicine residency.
- been certified by any other emergency medicine certifying body recognized by ACEP
- been practicing as emergency physicians since before 2000 (so-called "Legacy" physicians)
Fellows use the designation FACEP ("Fellow of ACEP"). ACEP does not grant
board certificationBoard Certification is the process by which a physician with either a MD, MBChB, MBBS, osteopathic or dentist , [] [] degree in the United States, documents by written, practical and/or simulator based testing a mastery of the basic knowledge and skills that define an area of medical specialization...
to emergency physicians; that is the purview of organizations such as
ABEMThe American Board of Emergency Medicine is an organization that provides board certification in the medical specialty of emergency medicine to qualified physicians....
.
The college exists to support quality emergency medical care and the physicians who provide it. ACEP believes that “quality emergency care is a fundamental right and unobstructed access to emergency services should be available to all patients who perceive the need for emergency services.”