This is incredibly disappointing and demonstrates a clear lack of understanding at the leadership level regarding the education and training of the multidisciplinary, allied-health, clinical team members involved in emergency care.

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In brief, to be an EM Pharmacist, the traditional path is:
4 yrs undergraduate
4 yrs Doctor of Pharmacy
1 yr PGY-1 pharmacy residency
1 yr PGY-2 EM residency

Residencies have existed for more than half a century and are accredited by @ASHPOfficial https://accreditation.ashp.org/directory/#/program/residency

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Some of us are crazy (eg, yours truly) and additionally complete 1-2 year fellowships in subspecialty areas such as clinical toxicology. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21378295/ 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21378295/... href=" https://www.clintox.org/resources/toxicology-residency

Fellowships">https://www.clintox.org/resources... have also existed for decades.

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The most concerning part of the joint statement is the declaration that training must be "physician-led." Is a physician more qualified than a pharmacist to educate on medication therapy, dosing, monitoring, interactions, adverse events, etc in an ED patient?

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We are a team, with complementary skill sets, caring for complex patients together. Effective collaboration on education/training is happening every day all over the country in EDs. Why is it not being recognized by the organizations that serve them?

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We have a @MassGeneralEM PharmD on the @harvardmed faculty in the Department of EM, highlighting the integral role they play in education. We also contribute significantly to the @EMRES_MGHBWH toxicology rotation in collaboration with @Harvard_Tox.

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Two major, national medical organizations published position statements on the role of the EM pharmacist:

@ACEPNow in 2015: #sm.00016pch04325crhxjg1ldmtfalsl">https://www.acep.org/patient-care/policy-statements/clinical-pharmacist-services-in-the-emergency-department/ #sm.00016pch04325crhxjg1ldmtfalsl

https://www.acep.org/patient-c... href="https://twitter.com/acmtmedtox">@acmtmedtox in 2018: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29075954/ 

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Guidelines on Emergency Medicine Pharmacist Services are published and updated by @ASHPOfficial @ASHP_EMPharm (most recently in 2020): https://www.ashp.org/-/media/assets/policy-guidelines/docs/guidelines/emergency-medicine-pharmacist-services.ashx?la=en&hash=6503B2C3B0F5382A00FD3FCC9190E803D6C4BA2F

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Nationally, EM PharmDs teach at EM conferences, co-author EM white papers/position statements, and serve on EM committees. Flip through the @emresidents guides (eg, Pain Management, Antibiotic, PressorDex) and count how many PharmDs are editors.

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Final thought:

Though this joint statement was not (necessarily) intended for PharmDs, it certainly will affect them and was written without collaboration from this important allied-health component of the EM care team.

I agree that words do matter.

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