EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S DESK Emily Burch

The start of a new season is always an exciting time. But when it follows a year of unprecedented change, challenge and sustained disruption, warmer weather and daylight savings time are welcomed with open arms as they signal the arrival of spring and for ACOEP members, new opportunities for learning.

Though once again virtual, ACOEP has worked hard to ensure that this year’s Spring Seminar delivers cutting-edge content from respected leaders and practitioners in emergency medicine. Our educational sessions, FOEM research competitions and COLA/CORE review will enhance your skill sets and help you provide exceptional care to patients, and keynote speakers, Rick Pescatore, DO, FAAEM, Nicholas D. Caputo, MD, MSc, FACEP, FAAEM, MAJ (MC, USAR), and George C. Willis, MD are sure to inspire.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank each of you, and all of our volunteers, for your amazing work and dedication that not only sustains but inspires us all. As things appear to be improving by the day, we hope to soon be able to gather in-person again as a community to learn from and support each other.

Like yours, our doors at ACOEP are always open. We encourage you to reach out with questions, ideas or suggestions for how we can make ACOEP membership more valuable and, like you, essential.

I look forward to seeing you online at the Spring Seminar! –•–

Emily eburch@acoep.org