Global Development and Promotion of Emergency Medicine

Revised June 2024 with current title
Reaffirmed February 2018, October 2007
Originally approved June 2001 titled "International Development and Promotion of Emergency Medicine"

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) supports the global development of emergency medicine as a professional, clinical and academic specialty. ACEP supports the development and promotion of emergency medicine globally, as evidenced by its role as a founding member of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM).

ACEP supports global initiatives including:

• Formal recognition of emergency medicine as a unique and independent specialty;
• The timely access to high-quality emergency care for all people;
• Delivery of emergency care in all settings by appropriately trained physician-led teams;
• Appropriate and specific education for all emergency care team members;
• Global activities focusing on the development and promotion of emergency care, consistent with ACEP’s definition;
• Development of emergency medicine as an academic specialty;
• Collegial exchange and collaboration among emergency physicians of all countries; and
• Advocacy for global emergency care issues.

ACEP encourages the international collaboration of specialty organizations to advance the specialty of emergency medicine around the world.