Qualification of Emergency Physicians

Qualification of Emergency Physicians 1. For those physicians providing emergency medicine coverage, board certification in Emergency Medicine or General Surgery is required (or current certification in ATLS). 2. Alternative criteria for the non-boarded physician working in the Emergency Department are as follows: a. He/she must be licensed to practice medicine b. He/she must be approved by the hospital's credentialing committee for emergency medicine privileges. c. The physician must meet all criteria established by the trauma and emergency medical director to serve on the trauma team. d. The physician's experience in caring for the trauma patient must be tracked by the PI program. e. The trauma and emergency medical director must attest to the physician's experience and quality as part of the recurring granting of trauma team privileges. f. ATLS must be obtained within 18 months of hire. 3. The emergency medicine liaison must participate in a multi-disciplinary trauma committee and the PI process. Committee attendance must be at least fifty percent (50%) over a year's period of time. Emergency physicians must be currently certified in ATLS (ATLS requirements are waived for Board Certified Emergency Medicine and Board-Certified General Surgery Physicians), and it is required they be involved in at least eight (8) hours of trauma related continuing medical education (CME) every 3 years.