All Emergency Medicine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force

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Begun in 2022 and led by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, the All Emergency Medicine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force is dedicated to realizing the vision of fostering an atmosphere of cultural awareness, inclusion, and belonging within emergency medicine and its associated workplaces and communities. 

All EM DEI Vision Statement

Emergency Medicine (EM) is committed to creating an atmosphere of cultural awareness, diversity, inclusion, and belonging within our specialty, our workplaces, and the communities we serve. EM will promote and cultivate a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for patients, physicians, practitioners, healthcare teams, and learners. EM commits to include varied perspectives, experiences, and interests in our community and to embrace the full spectrum of  gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, spirituality, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ability, socioeconomic background, marital and familial status, and other characteristics. Through education, collaboration, advocacy, and research, EM strives to train and develop emergency physicians who embody cultural awareness, professionalism, respect, and sensitivity towards all people. EM values all individuals who are different from ourselves, to understand their unique histories, and to be an advocate and ally for our patients, learners, and colleagues. 

Emergency Medicine is the safety net for society’s health needs. Therefore, we have a unique duty to advance health equity and dismantle systemic barriers to equality. All EM pledges, with a renewed sense of purpose, to champion equitable and compassionate emergency care and to fight for a society that condemns social inequity, racism, discrimination, systemic oppression of all kinds, and cherishes our rich diversity.

All EM DEI Task Force Objectives

  • Share data to accurately determine the number of emergency physicians by race/ethnicity and gender. 
  • Evaluate academic accomplishment and leadership attainment by race/ethnicity and gender.
  • Adopt common/shared definitions that relate to DEI.
  • Develop a longitudinal DEI course with annual educational programming open to members of all organizations. 
  • Develop and implement a sustainable pathway program with other stakeholder organizations. 
  • Create, cultivate and foster safe spaces for all of our members.