Position statement on advanced career emergency physicians

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. Rod.Lim@lhsc.on.ca.
² Children's Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada. Rod.Lim@lhsc.on.ca.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Faculty of Health Sciences, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁷ Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, Brockville General Hospital, Brockville, ON, Canada.
⁹ Division of Emergency Medicine and the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
¹¹ Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, University of Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
¹² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
¹³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.

Review

Rodrick Lim et al. CJEM. 2025 Apr.

. 2025 Apr;27(4):246-247.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-025-00861-1. Epub 2025 Feb 13.

¹ Department of Paediatrics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. Rod.Lim@lhsc.on.ca.
² Children's Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada. Rod.Lim@lhsc.on.ca.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Faculty of Health Sciences, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁷ Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, Brockville General Hospital, Brockville, ON, Canada.
⁹ Division of Emergency Medicine and the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
¹¹ Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, University of Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
¹² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
¹³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Conflict of interest: There are no conflicts of interest to declare from the authors.

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