A Message to Our Donors: The Future of the Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Center

by Jordan Celeste, MD, FACEP and Ernest Page, II, MD, FACEP | Dec 14, 2023

Your generous contributions to the Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Center (EMLRC) over the years have helped us provide cutting edge training programs, hands-on education utilizing state-of-the-art simulation and technology, and didactic instruction to emergency medicine professionals. Your gifts have provided lifesaving education to life savers, and we are immensely grateful for your past support.

In this post-pandemic environment, we have recognized a continued demand for more online digital learning and less desire for the type of in-person education and training that our now under-utilized 8,000 square foot building was intended to provide. The management and expenses of such a building have been a recognized challenge for several years and had become a distraction from our vision and hindrance on our mission. After several months of conversation and deep reflection on both historical legacy and organizational values, our leadership reached a unanimous decision to sell the current home of the EMLRC and find a “right-size” location.

We accepted an offer and have closed on our current building on Conway Road, and the amazing growth in value will allow us to obtain a new home better suited to our current and future needs while redeploying additional returns from capital campaign contributions into ongoing and future projects and programs. This is an exciting time for the EMLRC, and although the building will be smaller, our mission will be bigger!

We remain committed to building ownership and assure you that your past gifts will continue to be honored and prominently recognized in our future home. We are currently in the process of finalizing the purchase of our future location and will provide an additional update when the move is complete. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions.

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Jordan Celeste, MD, FACEP
Secretary-Treasurer; Medical Economics Committee Co-Chair at Florida College of Emergency Physicians
Ernest Page, II, MD, FACEP
FEMF President