As the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) President, I am pleased that the 1998 CORD-appointed Program Director's Monograph Task Force has completed this monograph for your utilization. I invite you to utilize this monograph which contains a collection of common resource information that Program Directors new and old should find of value. A list of frequently called-upon organizations, and timely issues (cyclical events, such as Dean's Letter dissemination, the Electronic Residency Application System (ERAS), the Match process, etc.) that Program Directors are faced with annually are listed in the monograph. The Monograph Task Force has done a fine job in putting together this first edition. Feedback from you for content to be included in subsequent editions would be appreciated. On behalf of the CORD Board, I thank the Task Force for the work and hope you find the monograph a useful resource.
Marcus Martin, MD CORD President 1997 - 1999
