Attrition from emergency medicine clinical practice in the United States, 2020

Challenges surrounding the emergency physician workforce and their impact on the Emergency Medicine Match

“…Much of rural America has either insufficient or absent access to EP care ( Fig. 2 ) [ 20 , 21 ]. This includes even more limited access to EPs with EM residency training and EM board certification [ 21 , 22 ].…”

“…2 ) [ 20 , 21 ]. This includes even more limited access to EPs with EM residency training and EM board certification [ 21 , 22 ]. Recent work demonstrates that this desert continues to grow as the proportion of EPs working in rural areas decrease [ 20 ].…”

“…This widening rural-urban gap is largely driven by an older population of rural EPs who are nearing the retirement age and leaving the clinically active workforce [20][21][22]. It is exacerbated by evidence demonstrating that residency graduates are likely to continue practicing in urban and suburban environments similar to their training programs [10,23].…”

Attrition From the US Emergency Medicine Workforce During Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic

“… 1 Little is known about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency physician practice patterns and whether attrition differs by emergency physician characteristics (eg, gender, rurality, and board certification status). 2 We sought to quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on attrition from the emergency medicine workforce.…”