Joint & Endorsed Statements

The following are positions statements that have been jointly written by AAEM and other organizations:

• Joint Statement on EM Match Week 2023 (3/14/2023)
• All EM DEI Vision Statement (1/3/2023)
• Joint Letter on AHRQ Report on Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department (12/14/2022)
• Joint Statement on Doximity “reviews” of emergency medicine residency training programs (PDF) (6/16/22)
• Joint Statement following the recent shootings in Uvalde, Texas. (PDF) (5/25/2022)
• Joint Statement Against Criminalization of Medical Errors (PDF) (5/22/2022)
• Joint Statement on the 2022 Emergency Medicine Residency Match (PDF) (3/23/2022)
• Joint Position Statement by AAEM and Take EM Back on the termination of Kristin Carmody, MD, MHPE (PDF) (11/10/2021)
• Joint Statement and Call to Action Regarding Mental Health Care Stigma in EM (PDF) (9/14/2021)
• Joint Statement in Support of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for All EMS Clinicians Including Paramedics, EMS Physicians & Other EMS Providers (PDF) (8/20/2021)
• Joint Statement in Support of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for All Workers in Health and Long-Term Care (PDF) (updated 8/6/21/21)
• Joint Statement on the EM Workforce (PDF) (6/28/2021)
• Joint Statement Regarding the 2021-2022 Emergency Medicine Residency Application Cycle (PDF) (3/26/2021)
• Joint AAEM, ACMT, and ACEP Statement in Support of COVID-19 Vaccines (PDF) (Approved: 3/8/2021. Updated: 3/19/2021)
• Joint Letter to the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs — Re: RIN 2900–AQ94 — Authority of VA Professionals to Practice Health Care (PDF) (1/7/2021)
• Joint Letter to the Texas COVID-19 Expert Vaccine Allocation Panel (PDF) (12/17/2020)
• Joint Letter to President-Elect Biden regarding FTC Action on Non-Compete Clauses (PDF) (12/17/2020)
• Joint Statement: Overcoming Barriers to Promotion of Women and Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) Faculty in Academic EM (PDF) (12/2/2020)
• Joint Letter to the  Allopathic and Osteopathic Medical Board members Regarding the Chapter 2 Reproposal in Portland, ME (PDF) (10/31/2020)
• Joint Statement Regarding Osteopathic Physicians and Emergency Medicine (PDF) (10/14/2020)
• Joint AAEM and AAEM/RSA Statement on the Term "Provider" (9/14/2020)
• Joint Letter to Oppose H.R. 884 / S. 2772 — The Medicare Mental Health Access Act (PDF) (9/22/2020)
• Joint Letter Regarding Doximity (PDF) (9/11/2020)
• Joint Statement Regarding Post-Graduate Training of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants (9/3/2020)
• Joint Statement on Excuses from Mask Compliance (7/28/2020)
• AAEM and AAEM/RSA Position Statement Against Federal Regulation (6/14/2020)
• Emergency Medicine Organizations Call for End to Pediatric Merit Badges (PDF) 6/9/2020
• AAEM Releases Statement with SAEM on the Death of George Floyd (PDF)(5/29/2020)
• Consensus Statement on the 2020-2021 Residency Application Process for US Medical Students Planning Careers in Emergency Medicine in the Main Residency Match (PDF)(5/27/2020)
• COMMB Joint Policy Statement on Pediatric Care in the Emergency Department (5/4/2020)
• AAEM-ACEP Joint Statement on Physician Misinformation (4/27/2020)
• Joint Letter to Congress Urging further Protections for Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 (PDF) (4/15/2020)
• Joint Letter to HHS: Emergency Funding for Physicians through the CARES Act (PDF) (4/7/2020)
• Solidarity of Purpose to Confront COVID-19 (PDF) (3/23/2020)
• Merit Badge Requirements for Hospital Privileges During COVID-19 (3/23/2020)
• Joint Letter to the AAMC on the Standardized Video Interview (SVI) (PDF) (October 2019)
• Open Letter to the AMA: Where is the Public Campaign Advocating for Physicians? (7/8/2019)
• Joint Policy Statement: Compensated Time for Faculty Academic Administration and Teaching Involvement (PDF) (July 2019)
• AAEM Signs On to Support AFFIRM (1/22/2019)
• Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2018 (S.2465) Passes (7/18/2018)
• AAEM Signs on to Price Transparency Letter to CMS (PDF) (6/25/2018)
• Joint Statement from the Emergency Medicine Community on the Loss of Dr. Kevin Rodgers (11/27/2017)
• Joint Policy Statement Against Medical Merit Badges (11/14/2017)
• Letter to CMS (PDF) (2/27/2017)
• Joint Statement on Importance of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship from 12 National Health Organizations (PDF) (October 5, 2016)
• Joint letter from medical community on Medicare physician payment cuts (9/12/2012)
• Procedural Sedation Consensus Statement (PDF) (2/11/2008)
• Joint letter calling for public health funding to be a national priority (2/1/2005)
• Joint AAEM/CORD/SAEM Pediatric Position Statement (8/12/2002)