Emergency Medicine at the Crossroads: Vision for the Next Lap

Emergency Medicine (EM) is a speciality that is developing at a very rapid rate. If one reviews how fast it has evolved since it started to the current state of the art practice, no other single speciality can claim the dynamism, ownership and evolution EM has gone through. The practice of EM will continue to evolve further into the future. It will be exciting, especially with academic EM and global thought leadership. The triple goal of improving overall health, improving the experience of every patient in the ED and keeping the cost of care affordable and reasonable, must be aspired to. There will be challenges but there are also opportunities. The speciality is well positioned to accept and manage these changes, with the view of how we are training our residents and emergency physicians for the next generation. It is critical to lay the ground work now by being progressive and forward in our thinking.