The Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA) is a professional organization that represents over 90% of resident physicians training in
emergency medicine
Emergency medicine is the medical specialty concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. Emergency physicians (or "ER doctors") specialize in providing care for unscheduled and undifferentiated pa ...
in the United States. EMRA is both the largest and the oldest independent medical resident group in the world.
Its members include medical students,
interns, residents,
fellow
A fellow is a title and form of address for distinguished, learned, or skilled individuals in academia, medicine, research, and industry. The exact meaning of the term differs in each field. In learned society, learned or professional society, p ...
s, and alumni who are training in emergency medicine residencies in the United States and abroad. In 2023, approximately 20,400 physicians and medical students were members, including about 11,000 resident physician members.
Generally, members are required to be residents or fellows in good standing with an accredited emergency medicine residency training program, medical students planning to apply to emergency medicine residency, or alumni physician members who have completed their training.
EMRA's mission is to “help emergency medicine physicians-in-training become the best doctors and leaders they can be and shape emergency medicine into the best specialty it can be.”
It was founded in 1974, and holds its administrative headquarters in Dallas, Texas.
References
External links
EMRA's Homepage
Emergency medical responders
Medical and health student organizations
Medical associations based in the United States
Medical and health organizations based in Texas
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