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Dear CORD Community, Over the past year, Emergency Medicine successfully completed its first application cycle utilizing ResidencyCAS. As the CORD Board of Directors reflects on this transition and reviews feedback from applicants, advisors, coordinators, and program leadership, we would like to share our continued support for the use of ResidencyCAS for the upcoming application season. Our […]

In the 2024 Match, we enthusiastically welcomed over 3000 new residents to Emergency Medicine! Much has been said about the EM Match of the last 2 years. This year’s results are a testament to the resilience of our specialty, an acknowledgment of the critical role EM holds in the House of Medicine, and a result […]

We understand that the announcement yesterday from ABEM concerning public access to Program Board pass rates has generated significant conversation and concern. The Board is committed to collaborating with ABEM as we move forward to advance our specialty through effective communication and cooperation. We look forward to our upcoming Town Hall at ACEP’s Scientific Assembly, […]

Thank you all for your engagement and input at the CORD@ACEP Town Hall, where we spent a considerable portion of our time debriefing APIC’s review and recommendations regarding ERAS alternatives. CORD has decided to partner with ResidencyCAS to help us develop our own platform specifically designed to support our emergency medicine residency application process. This […]

Thank you for your messages, emails, calls, and conversations regarding the proposed changes to the ACGME Program Requirements. We recognize the significant impact these changes could have on emergency medicine training programs, institutions, and our specialty. We want to clearly acknowledge the concerns, particularly surrounding the proposal for a universal four-year training format. We also […]

Thank you to everyone involved in making the 2025 EM Match a success! Between the hours recruiting, educating, and reviewing applicants to EM, it has been amazing to watch the EM family of organizations and individuals come together in this effort. This year we excitedly welcomed over 3000 new residents to Emergency Medicine Together, we […]

Now that the public comment period has closed for the proposed ACGME Program Requirements, we want to offer our reflections on where we’ve been—and where we must go together. CORD’s mission is guided by a commitment to our community. Our path has been focused on clarity over noise, unity over escalation, and listening over judgment. […]

To Our CORD Community, Over the past several weeks and months, in meetings, town halls, and other forums, we have heard from many of you—directly and passionately—about the proposed ACGME Program Requirements and your experience with the process. One message has come through clearly: many of you have not felt adequately supported by the Board […]

CORD is aware of the recent situation involving the detention of Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar, a first-year emergency medicine resident physician at the South Texas Health System. This event raises significant concern across our community due to its profound implications for trainee well-being, the learning environment, the stability of clinical education programs, and the program leaders who must […]

Thank you to everyone involved in making the 2025 EM Match a success!