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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 […]

The Education Consult Service (ECS) has been developed by CORD to assist its residency program membership in navigating the complexities of emergency medicine residency program administration.  This subcommittee is intended to connect residency program members with expert consultants in a variety of residency-related content areas searchable database of previous consultation transactions, in an effort to […]

Access the recorded Late-Breaking Session from CORD AA25, presented by Dr. Mary Jo Wagner and Dr. Douglas McGee. This session explores how proposed ACGME program requirement changes impact CMS funding and financial support for residency programs. View the slides here.  How Does GME Funding Work?Ever Wonder how GME funding works? These short videos explain how the […]

Stay up to date with the latest news and information by joining our Med Ed Fellowships Community of Practice WhatsApp group. View the MedEd Fellowships documents and forms. Allegheny General Hospital Location: Pittsburgh, PA Fellowship Director: Moira DavenportWebsite: https://www.ahn.org Contact Info: mdavenport@ahn-emp.comLength of Program: 1 or 2 years Application Opens: July 2024Masters: Optional Application Deadline: RollingPositions Available […]

Summary • As of October, 2025, ABEM is now publishing residency-specific, aggregated pass-rate data for first-time takers of the Qualifying Exam (QE) and Oral Certification Exam (OCE) • Results are shown as 3-year rolling averages by graduation year; only programs with ≥3 graduating cohorts are included. • This comes amidst recent literature describing multi-year declines […]

ABEM Certifying Exam Sample Case Videos Now Available! ABEM has released sample case videos for eight different Certifying Exam case types, now available on the ABEM website. These videos provide a valuable look at the format and expectations for the exam, helping candidates better understand the structure and content of each case type. To accompany them, debrief videos for each case […]

Please read CORD’s statement regarding the upcoming changes. The ACGME Program Requirements for Emergency Medicine, along with the accompanying Impact Statements, are now available for public review and comment. These proposed revisions are crucial in shaping the future of Emergency Medicine training, and your input is invaluable in ensuring that the changes align with the needs of residency programs, faculty, […]

To support equitable access while sustaining this resource, CORD has established a tiered fee structure for data requests:

Your request for a Data Set, as defined below, is subject to the terms and conditions of this Data Use Agreement (the “Agreement”). Definitions Conditions of Use The re-use of scientific data has the potential to greatly increase communication, collaboration, and synthesis within and among disciplines, and thus is fostered, supported, and encouraged. Permission to […]