Education and Training

In the Education and Training section of the resource center you will find a curated list of education offerings focused on emergency medicine from ASHP include webinars and podcasts, a collection of high-quality blogs written by experts and practitioners in emergency medicine, a directory of websites that serve as valuable references for emergency medicine professionals and an assortment of engaging and educational podcasts dedicated to emergency medicine. 

Featured ASHP Resources 

• ASHP Connect: Join the ASHP Emergency Medicine Connect Community where you can find peers in a forum dedicated to Emergency Medicine. 

• Emergency Medicine Certificate: This self-guided, online program is designed for participants to increase the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to provide optimal patient care in the emergency department. The course presents key roles and responsibilities of pharmacists practicing in emergency medicine and further concentrates on the application of evidence-based pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies for disease states frequently encountered in this practice setting. Upon completion of all the modules, participants should be proficient in the fundamental concepts Affirming Pharmacist Care: Understanding Disparities and Creating an Inclusive Environment for Sexual and Gender Minoritiesnecessary to provide care and recommend appropriate pharmacotherapy for patients presenting to the emergency department.

• Emergency Preparedness Assessment Tool for Health-System Pharmacy Departments: ASHP's Emergency Preparedness Assessment Tool for Health-System Pharmacy epartments is intended for a single site hospital or health system to provide pharmacy teams with a resource to assist in development and optimization of an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) for all local, regional, or national emergency scenarios including Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI), natural disasters, and CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear) events.
• Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Board Certification Preparation Program: Board certification program offerings that combine interactive and scenario-based learning with traditional didactic learning for a well-rounded experience.

• Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Specialty Review Course Practice Exam: The Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Specialty Review Course Practice Exam is a compilation of practice questions to help you prepare for the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Specialty examination.  The practice exam questions are based from content discussed in the Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Specialty Review Course.  The course is designed based on the domains, tasks, and knowledge statements developed by BPS for the examination, and provides in-depth review of patient care issues for practitioners in emergency medicine.

• ASHP Microcredential: HIV Pre and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis: The HIV Pre- and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Microcredential covers the relevant disease state information, testing considerations, and treatment options. Upon completion of the microcredential, participants should be proficient in establishing pharmacist-initiated services and performing the diagnostic services associated with HIV pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis.
• Medication History-Take and Reconciliation Certificate: (Pharmacists): The Medication History-Taking and Reconciliation Certificate is designed to equip pharmacists and student pharmacists to directly participate in, and provide oversight of, these essential clinical pharmacy services.

• Medication History-Taking Certificate: (Pharmacy Technicians) The Medication History-Taking Certificate is designed to equip pharmacy technicians for the important role as medication history-takers, and to prepare them for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board® (PTCB) Medication History Certificate exam.

• Research Skills Certificate: This certificate is designed for participants to increase the knowledge and skills necessary to plan and conduct credible research. The certificate addresses the basic foundational skills needed to facilitate research including leadership, time management, and project management.

• Teaching Certificate: The Teaching Certificate for Pharmacists includes three distinct tracks that offer a well-rounded learning experience. The Core Track covers the fundamentals of teaching practice, the Academic Teaching Track concentrates on traditional didactic instruction, and the Experiential Teaching Track focuses on teaching in practice environments.

Featured ASHP Podcasts 

• How Special is Ketamine in the Emergency Department Setting? (C.E.) 
• When Low is the Way to Go: The Skinny on Low-Dose Buprenorphine Inductions (C.E.) 
• How Special is Ketamine in the Emergency Department Setting? (C.E.)
• Good Grief! I Need Pain Relief! Treatment of Acute Pain (C.E.)
• Alternative Routes of Administration for Acute Pain Management (C.E.)
• Induction of Buprenorphine and Management of Patients with OUD in the Prehospital Setting (C.E.)
• Another Ouchie: Unintended Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic on Pediatric Pain Management (C.E.)
• Opioid De-escalation: Are We Exceeding the Limit? (C.E.)
• A Compassionate Approach to Acute Opioid Withdrawal (C.E.)
• Naloxone Distribution from the Hospital and So Can You! (C.E.)
• Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) (C.E.)
• Practice to Leadership: Transitioning in the ED
• Career Pearls for Students: Emergency Medicine
• Alcohol Withdrawal Management in the Emergency Department
• Status Epilepticus Management in the Emergency Department
• ASHP Guidelines on Emergency Medicine Pharmacist Services
• Establishing EM Pharmacists Value and Expanding Services
• Lidocaine for Pain Management in the Emergency Department
• EM Pharmacist’s Role in Disaster Preparedness
  
   

Featured ASHP Webinars

Clinical Webinars 

• Emergency Medicine Debates (2024)
• Emergency Medicine Rapid Reviews (2023)
• Transgender Care in the Emergency Department (2023)
• Leveraging Medication-Use Evaluations to Optimize Care: Treatment Options for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the ED (2023)
• Buprenorphine: Next Steps and Best Practices (2023)
• Antibiotic Stewardship 2023: CDC Updates and Case Examples Using NHSN Antimicrobial Use Option (2023)
• Leveraging Medication-Use Evaluations to Optimize Care: Focus on Andexanet alfa (2023)
• Coming Around the Bend: The Management of Pain in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (2023) 
• Emergency Medicine Rapid Reviews: Part 1: (2022) 
• Emergency Medicine Rapid Reviews: Part 2: (2022) 
• What's the Risk? Updates on the Safe Use of Medicines in Patients with G6PD Deficiency (2022)
• Planning for a Safe Transition from Alteplase to Tenecteplase for Acute Ischemic Stroke (2022)
• The Dos and Don'ts of DOACs in Pediatrics (2022)
• Emergency Medicine Rapid Reviews (2021) 

Professional Development 

• Another Year Wiser: Reducing Ageism (2023) 
• Tools for Today: Intentional Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (2023)
• Pharmacy Technician Recruitment and Retention: A Crisis Situation (2023)
• Just Culture in Everyday Practice (2023)
• Non-Race-Based eGFR Equations: Implications for Medication-Related Decision Making (2022)
• Affirming Pharmacist Care: Understanding Disparities and Creating an Inclusive Environment for Sexual and Gender Minorities (2022)

Residents and Students 

• Office of Experiential Education Best Practices on Well-Being & Resilience Initiatives for Preceptors and Experiential Learners (2023)
• An RPD Guide to the New Pharmacy Residency Standards (2023)
• Incorporating Learners into Research Projects (2023)
• Precepting Generation Z (2022)
• Criteria-Based Feedback For Residents: Review of Standard 3.4c (2022)
• Strategies to Incorporate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Pharmacy Resident Selection Process (2022)
• How to Promote Residency Growth and Advance Clinical Pharmacy Practice (2021)
• Candid Conversations – Exploring a Culture of Inclusion for Student Pharmacist Applicants (2022)

Emergency Medicine Poster Sessions

• 2022 Emergency Medicine Poster/Roundtable Session
• 2021 Emergency Medicine Poster Presentation Session #1 June 9
• 2021 Emergency Medicine Poster

Web-Based Resources 

• ACEP Sickle Cell Point of Care Tool [ACEP]
• ACMT Toxicology Reference Data [ACMT]
• Advanced Hazmat Life Support [AHLS]
• National Library of Medicine Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management [CHEMM]
• National Library of Medicine Toxicology Data Network [ToxNet]
• American Academy of Pediatrics: Children and Disasters

• Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
• CanadiEM: CanadiEM aims to create a virtual community of practice for Canadian Emergency Medicine practitioners by producing and distributing high quality, freely available educational resources
• Critical Care Reviews
• Core Emergency Medicine
• EMCrit Blog
• Emergency Medicine Literature of Note
• Emergency Medicine Reviews and Perspectives (Emrap)
• Erowid: Provides access to reliable, non-judgmental information about psychoactive plants, chemicals, and related issues.
• FOAMcast: An Emergency Medicine Podcast
• Life in the Fastlane
• Managing Acute Pain in the ED
• Pharmacy Friday Pearls
• The Bottom Line  
• The NNT
• The Skeptics’ Guide to EM
• Taming the SRU

Journals

• AJHP: Emergency Preparedness and Clinician Well-being Collection
• Pediatric Emergency Care: Dedicated to the care of the ill or injured child, Pediatric Emergency Care® features must-have information dedicated specifically to pediatric and adolescent emergencies. Brought to you by pioneers in the field of pediatric emergency medicine, this invaluable resource addresses the most immediate acute care management problems such as pediatric airway management, acute trauma, sharp object ingestion, and toxicology. 
• The Journal of Medical Toxicology is the official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology.
• Clinical Toxicology is the official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT), the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists (EAPCCT) and the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC).
• Resuscitation is the official journal of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC).
• The Journal of Emergency Medicine is the official journal of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)
• The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is the official journal of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
• Journal of the American Academy of Children and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Academic Emergency Medicine is the official journal of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
• Annals of Emergency Medicine is the official journal of the American College of Emergency physicians (ACEP)
• Emergency Medicine News is an independent news magazine

Podcasts

• ASHP Official Podcast
• American Psychiatric Association Podcasts
• The Carlat Psychiatry
• Psyched Podcast
• 3-minute patient presentation for ED rotations
• ACEP Frontline
• Annals of Emergency Medicine Podcast
• Emergency Medicine Reviews and Perspectives (EMRAP)
• EM Basic
• EM Crit Blog Podcast
• Life in the Fastlane
• Presenting patients in the ED
• Pharmacy Joe
• R.E.B.E.L. EM
• Secret to patient presentations in ED
• The Poison Lab

Training Programs and Courses

• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)
• ADLS (Advanced Disaster Life Support)
• AHLS (Advanced Hazmat Life Support)
• ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support)
• BLS (Basic Life Support)
• ENLS (Emergency Neurological Life Support)
• FEMA - NIMs Training
• PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
• Required Competency Areas, Goals, and Objectives for Emergency Medicine Postgraduate Year Two (PGY2) Pharmacy Residencies [PDF]
• Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Specialty Certification (BCEMP)

Emergency Medicine Professional Societies 

• American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
• American Trauma Society
• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
• Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
• American Association of Poison Control Centers
• The American Academy of Clinical Toxicology