The Core Curriculum

The Emergency Medicine core content represents the central body of knowledge for the study and practice of emergency medicine. It includes 23 major categories and appropriate divisions of presenting complaints, clinical symptoms, disease states, and etiologies, and represents a consensus of opinion of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine. Although it cannot stand alone, the core content has been used as the framework for the curriculum.

Extensive goals and objectives have been developed for the Emergency Medicine Residency Program based on the core content. These objectives are met through conferences, procedure laboratories, clinical teaching, journal clubs, and other academic activities.

The curriculum is reviewed biannually at resident and staff physician meetings. The core curriculum committee, composed of staff physicians and residents, meets frequently throughout the year and is responsible for making revisions as necessary.

The core content of Emergency Medicine can be found as a link from the ABEM home page.