CJEM Debate Series: what’s in a name? It is simply an emergency room, and we are ERPs!

Abstract

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Enigmatic Medicine: a proposed rebranding of emergency medicine

“…Given the state of play of emergency medicine worldwide, with its synonymous problems of crowding [ 2 ] and moral distress [ 3 ], I propose that an urgent rebranding is needed of emergency medicine and how we self-describe. This is in line with previous calls to examine our professional identity as emergency physicians [ 4 ]. A change in name is befitting to suit the change in times, and to reinvigorate the general workforce.…”

Impact of the pandemic on emergency medicine and its future

“…Indeed, while the multitude of situations encountered and the absence of routine are the driving forces behind our attractiveness to young doctors in the making, inevitably a large number of noncritical patients invade our ambulances and corridors because we have become, in spite of ourselves, the beacon in the darkness of the health system. Yet, if we are considering our career in emergency medicine, we must ask ourselves where we are most useful and competent, and it is probably not to treat minor ailments that cannot be treated elsewhere [9].…”