Report of the Task Force on Residency Training Information (2009-2010), American Board of Emergency Medicine.

The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) gathers extensive background information on emergency medicine residency training programs and the residents in those programs. We present the 2010 annual report on the status of US emergency medicine training programs.

Report of the Task Force on Residency Training Information (2008-2009), American Board of Emergency Medicine.

The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) gathers extensive background information on emergency medicine residency training programs and the residents in those programs. We present the 2009 annual report on the status of US emergency medicine residency programs.

Report of the Task Force on Residency Training Information (2007-2008), American Board of Emergency Medicine.

The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) gathers extensive background information on emergency medicine residency training programs and the residents training in those programs. We present the eleventh annual report on the status of US emergency medicine residency programs.

Report of the Task Force on Residency Training Information (2006-2007), American Board of Emergency Medicine.

The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) gathers extensive background information on emergency medicine residency training programs and the residents training in those programs. We present the tenth annual report on the status of US emergency medicine residency programs.

Report of the Task Force on Residency Training Information (2005-2006), American Board of Emergency Medicine.

The American Board of Emergency Medicine gathers extensive background information on emergency medicine residency training programs and the residents training in those programs. We present the ninth annual report on the status of US emergency medicine residency programs.

Report of the Task Force on Residency Training Information (2004-2005), American Board of Emergency Medicine.

The American Board of Emergency Medicine gathers extensive background information on emergency medicine residency training programs and the residents training in those programs. We present the eighth annual report on the status of US emergency medicine residency programs.

Report of the Task Force on Residency Training Information (2003-2004), American Board of Emergency Medicine.

The American Board of Emergency Medicine gathers extensive background information on emergency medicine residents and the programs in which they train. We present the seventh annual report on the status of US emergency medicine residency programs.

Application of the medical knowledge general competency to emergency medicine.

In February 1999, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) identified six general competencies as the basic educational goals required by all training programs for their residents. This places emphasis on educational outcome assessment in residency programs and in the accreditation process. A concomitant goal is to have increasingly valid, reliable assessments of the ability of a resident physician to provide safe, evidenced-based, humanistic medical care to their patients.

Coping with medical mistakes and errors in judgment.

Attention has recently been focused on medical errors as a cause of morbidity and mortality in clinical practice. Although much has been written regarding the cognitive aspects of decision making and the importance of systems management as an approach to medical error reduction, little consideration has been given to the emotional impact of errors on the practitioner. Evidence exists that errors are common in clinical practice and that physicians often deal with them in dysfunctional ways.