Key Resources
Professional Organizations
- Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
- American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Observation Medicine Section
Observation Medicine Fellowships*
- Emory University School of Medicine (Atlanta, GA) - Director: Michael A. Ross, MD
- Good Samaritan Hospitals Medical Center-Progressive Emergency Physicians (NY)
- Spectrum Health-Emergency Care Specialists (Grand Rapids, MI) - Director: Charles Sierzant, MD
*Length of fellowship is 1 year
Conferences
- Michigan ACEP Observation Medicine: Science & Solutions Conference (note: there are other observation medicine conferences but this is the only ACEP-sponsored conference. It includes an observation innovation, quality research e-poster session, and gives CME credit).
- World Congress Observation Management Summit, sponsored by the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc.
Online Resources
- EMRA Fellowship Guide: Opportunities for Emergency Physicians
- ACEP Observation Medicine Section: Observation Medicine Toolkit
- Observation Medicine Protocols
- Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. Volume 35, number 3. August 2017.
Textbooks
- Mace SE. Observation Medicine: Principles and Protocols. Cambridge UK. Cambridge University Press. 2017.
Insider Advice
"Observation medicine is the only area within emergency medicine where we get to see the results of our own practice. How precise are our diagnoses and treatments? How do patients progress through their disease process? It is also an area that can greatly impact emergency department throughput. Emergency medicine graduates will need to know how to manage patients in this setting once they finish training."
-Matthew A. Wheatley, MD
