Resident Training for Practice in Non-Urban Areas

Reaffirmed by the ACEP Board of Directors October 2006; and April 2012

Originally approved by the ACEP Board of Directors June 2000

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) endorses Medicare funding to train residents for practice in non-urban areas, and encourages an RRC-EM pilot or demonstration project to train emergency medicine residents to practice in non-urban areas.