As we complete another academic year, I want to congratulate our Florida EM residency programs on their resident matches. Meet the 206 new emergency medicine residents in Florida here. Congratulations to all!

Now, maybe more than ever, incoming and outgoing residents are carrying concerns about Florida’s emergency medicine job market, affected by both the pandemic and the recent increase in residency programs within the state, even sparking dialogue on the FCEP DocMatter Discussion board. To my fellow residents, know that ACEP and FCEP are aware of these concerns and working to address residents’ needs. FCEP is also constantly active in the legislature, represented by our lobbying team in Tallahassee through FCEP and on a national level, to protect provider compensation and quality of emergency care for our patients.

EMRAF has a new Facebook group for its members. Please click here to join and help us make this an active forum for Florida’s many EM residents. Don’t forget to mark your calendars for FCEP’s annual meeting and conference, Symposium by the Sea, on August 5-8, 2021 in Naples, FL and stay tuned for announcements about the Life After Residency event for PGY-3s in the fall. These are a few of the many ways your resident involvement remains a vital component of our statewide EM community.