In the United States medical educational system, there are two tracks to become board eligible for Pediatric Emergency medicine. The most common route is to complete a residency in Pediatrics and then a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency medicine. The less common track is a residency in Emergency medicine and then a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency medicine. Both tracks will make you eligible to become board certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
An emergency physician is required to meet state certification requirements. This usually includes the completion of medical school, passing of state examination, and residency in emergency medicine.
About 6 years in Medical school and another 6 years training as Internship and Residency
After graduation from University you will require 5 years in Medical School. and then about another 7 years of Internship and Residency training
There is an internship for all physicians in the US. It's required before they can obtain medical license to practice medicine in what ever state they are in. The first year of training after medical school is the internship. It's usually part of a longer residency program for many medical specialties. ER, for example, is 4 year of residency including 1 year of internship. However, a doctor doesn't have to be residency trained to practice medicine as long as he/she has 1 year of internship.
An emergency medicine doctor is a doctor who has received special training in order to provide treatment for acute illnesses or injury which require immediate medical intervention. Emergency medicine doctors work in the Emergency Department of the hospital where patients with acute medical conditions are referred to. Although Emergency medicine doctors are not responsible for the long term care of the patient, their work in conducting the initial diagnosis is paramount for the prognosis of the patient's condition. In summary, emergency medicine doctors are responsible for ensuring swift medical intervention to better the long term prognosis and comfort of the patient.
As a physician, sports medicine is a subspecialty of family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine, physical medicine/rehab, pediatrics, or orthopedic surgery. This being said, sports medicine is not a residency, it is a fellowship. A physician must complete a residency in one of the aforementioned specialties prior to applying for and initiating sports medicine specific training. The previously listed residencies last from 3-5 years depending on the individual specialty, and in turn adding additional qualification in sports medicine would require 1 additional year of fellowship level training. In doing so, one would obtain a variety of procedural and diagnostic skills, as well as gain an increased familiarity with specific musculoskeletal imaging.
In the United States, after graduation from high school and college, it takes a minimum of 7 years to become an Emergency physician: 4 years of medical school (MD or DO) and 3 or 4 years of residency training.In order to become board certified in Emergency medicine, it takes another 2 years, on average.As you see, becoming a board certified Emergency medicine physician is a 7-9 year endeavor, after college graduation.
College of Emergency Medicine was created in 1993.
Annals of Emergency Medicine was created in 1972.
Emergency Medicine Journal was created in 1984.
No, forensic medicine is not a sub-specialty of emergency medicine. Forensic medicine is a sub-specialty of pathology.