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  • Get Well at ACEP17’s Wellness Center

    The Wellness Center for ACEP17 is brand-new, and you are not going to want to miss this....
  • 2017–2018 Compensation Report for Emergency Physicians Shows Steady Salaries

    In the past 10 years, emergency physician salaries have increased 31 percent while the average clinical hours...
  • ACEP Resource Center Is One-Stop Shop for Books, Career Searches, Wellness Center at ACEP17

    The ACEP Resource Center is back at ACEP17. This one-stop shop for everything ACEP is located inside...

Get Well at ACEP17’s Wellness Center

October 25, 2017 - ACEP Now - 0 Comment

The Wellness Center for ACEP17 is brand-new, and you are not going to want to miss this….

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2017–2018 Compensation Report for Emergency Physicians Shows Steady Salaries

October 17, 2017 - Barb Katz - 1 Comment

In the past 10 years, emergency physician salaries have increased 31 percent while the average clinical hours…

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ACEP Resource Center Is One-Stop Shop for Books, Career Searches, Wellness Center at ACEP17

September 26, 2017 - ACEP Now - 0 Comment

The ACEP Resource Center is back at ACEP17. This one-stop shop for everything ACEP is located inside…

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Emergency Physician Sidesteps Poor U.S. Maternity Leave Practices by Negotiating Her Own

August 16, 2017 - Sarah Hoper, MD, JD, FACEP - 1 Comment

While I was pregnant, my husband and I decided to move closer to family. My due date…

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How Physicians Can Be Healthier Than Their Patients

May 15, 2017 - Catherine A. Marco, MD; Michelle D. Lall, MD, MHS; Matthew L. Wong, MD, MPH; and Raquel M. Schears, MD, MPH; on behalf of the ACEP Ethics and Wellness Committees - 0 Comment

Physician wellness is associated with career satisfaction.1 Compared to other specialties, emergency physicians suffer from high rates…

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Positive Patient Encounters Can Help Emergency Physicians Cope with Burnout

April 10, 2017 - Benjamin Thomas, MD - 2 Comments

I never thought burnout was a real thing. People always talked about it, but I felt it…

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EMRA Wellness Committee Survey Measures Burnout Among Emergency Medicine Residents

January 24, 2017 - Lara Vanyo, MD, and Randy Sorge, MD - 0 Comment

In the past year, the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA) Wellness Committee conducted a survey to determine…

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Stigma Surrounding Physician Suicides Means Many Go Unreported

January 13, 2017 - Lori Weichenthal, MD, FACEP - 2 Comments

When I was a resident, I came home from a swing shift in May to the smell…

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Mills Lecture: Beware of Burnout

October 17, 2016 - Richard Quinn - 2 Comments

LAS VEGAS—In a month or two or six, when you’re back at work and the motivation from…

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How to Select the Right Level of Investing Risk Needed to Reach Retirement Goals

October 13, 2016 - James M. Dahle, MD, FACEP - 0 Comment

Q. I don’t like watching the value of my investments going up and down—it feels like I’m…

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ACEP Now: Vol 38 – No 01 – January 2019

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Polls

With regard to state legislative activity regulating the opioid prescribing practices of emergency physicians, which of the following wouId you support? Check all that apply.

  • Restrictions on duration (36%, 229 Votes)
  • Restrictions of quantity (34%, 219 Votes)
  • Mandatory checking of prescription drug monitoring systems for all opioid prescriptions from the ED (30%, 194 Votes)

Total Voters: 367

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