Author: Katrina A Gipson, MD MPH
Emergency Medicine Resident
University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
AAEM/RSA Advocacy Committee Member
Originally Published: in
Modern Resident June/July 2014
The practice of medicine involves many players and involves a complex set of rules and bureaucracy. Navigating this bureaucracy is often difficult, and patients require a voice. The American Academy of Emergency Medicine’s Resident and Student Association (AAEM/RSA) seeks to advocate on behalf of both the professionals who practice emergency medicine and those who receive our services. In many ways, health care is a service like many others, with providers and consumers. A well-educated consumer is best able to take advantage of the services being provided. With this in mind, the Patient Advocacy Subcommittee of AAEM/RSA sought to create a set of brochures to act as a roadmap and inform the public of how best to navigate an emergency department visit and the treatments and information provided during a visit.
