NUBE 2024

AAEP has been intensely involved in the idea of emergency psychiatric training for decades. Our mission notes that we want to advance this knowledge base for the good of all involved.  As such, the idea of specialty certification and/or fellowship is paramount.

The purpose of this conversation is to update attendees on steps/process/progress made on this topic from the AAEP perspective. This will include examining past attempts, the current state of affairs, and the details on this endeavor going back approximately 3-5 years.

We will look at the differences in categories (fellowship vs. certification vs. focused practice designation) as well as how this affects the abilities for this work to affect psychiatrists, emergency medicine physicians, or both!
Part and parcel to the past years' work will be a explanation of our partnerships with multiple important stakeholders. This includes but is not limited to ABEM, ACEP, ABPN, and the APA. Additionally, we will note how conversations were had with many other important components (AADPRT, CORD, NAMI, ACLP, etc…).

Further examination will be given to the need to examine the core population of who would be utilizing this (emergency medicine, psychiatry, or others) as well as what this process would look like. We will also examine the synergy that exists when combining two professional medical groups as opposed to solo efforts within one specialty silo.
Lastly, we will provide data on where any pertinent processes stand, including public commentary, support, and criticisms. As such, this talk will serve not only to educate on this SPECIFIC topic but also to show a more GENERAL example of how to advocate on important emergency psychiatry topics over an extended period of time.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss the need/rationale of a formal emergency psychiatric certification/recognition.

Process the varying degrees of certification and fellowship that exist, as well as the benefit/risk towards exploring each category.

Inform and update attendees on AAEP progress and related partnerships with ABEM, ABPN, ACEP, APA , and others as a means to the operationalization of this goal!