How did the field of Emergency Medicine get started?
Emergency Departments in the 1960s were staffed by physicians (usually residents) of different fields of expertise, but with no specific training in EM. The first Emergency Medicine residency was started at the University of Cincinnati in 1970. The American Board of Medical Specialties recognized EM as a separate specialty in 1979. BMC established the first EM residency program in Boston in 1986. As you can see, EM is a relatively young specialty!
