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September 17, 2021 National Physician Suicide Awareness Day requested to be recognized annually on September 17. Today, September 17, 2021, marks the fourth year of National Physician Suicide Awareness Day (NPSA Day). Created by Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD) members Loice Swisher, MD, and Daniel Lakoff, MD. What once was a grassroots movement […]

Physician Suicide Vocal CORD Blog Articles Unspoken: Doctor Depression and Suicide. read Is your resident at risk for suicide? read Suicide prophylaxis:  Form your tribe read All OnBoard! The train to resident wellness read Exploring an overlooked and underutilized resource:  The EAP read Offboarding:  Minding the wellness gap read Recommendations on Messaging with Suicide  Language […]

Medical Education Research Certificate Program The Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD) recently partnered with the AAMC to create a unique experience to fulfill an important faculty development need within emergency medicine. This joint venture adds the experiential dimension of a mentored education research project to the traditional independent learner model of the MERC […]

MERC Program Information What is the MERC at CORD Program? MERC Workshop Descriptions Review the description, goals and objectives for each MERC workshop offered by CORD. MERC Workshop Registration Register for a MERC workshop.

CORD Mission Statement To lead the advancement of emergency medicine education. CORD Vision To set the global standard of excellence in emergency medicine education through fostering innovation, community, professional development, and scholarship. The purpose of CORD is: CORD is the organization that provides resources, develops best practices for emergency medicine training programs, and offers professional […]

The CORD Cares Foundation began in the aftermath of hurricane Harvey in August 2017. The CORD membership came to leadership with questions of how to help their brothers and sisters who were affected by this storm and the subsequent storms that followed. CORD immediately released $10,000 to assist any individual or program who needed support. […]

Since CORD’s inception in 1989, it has existed to promote the free exchange of ideas and solutions to challenges faced by emergency medicine educators.  Over the past 25 years these challenges have expanded, and CORD has grown and matured as well.   CORD currently serves 257 residency programs and over 2,100 individuals. Academic Assembly morphed from […]