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Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health. Submit your scholarly work at www.westjem.org.

If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, please email your CV to editor@westjem.org.

09/08/2025

WestJEM 26.4 featured article by Kluesner, et al, “Physician Orders for Waiting Room Patients: Ethical Considerations.” Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/461agPI

09/04/2025

Submissions for the 2026 AAEM/RSA and WestJEM Population Health Research Competition are now open!

This competition is designed to showcase resident and medical student research, specifically in areas that affect the health of populations of patients in and around the ED. Abstracts must include objectives, methods, results, and conclusions. They are rated based on the quality of research, quality of writing, and relevance to population health. The top six to eight submissions are invited for oral presentation at AAEM25. Awards: The first-place winner will receive a $500 honorarium, while second and third place will receive $250 and $100 honoraria, respectively.

Open to medical students, transitional students, and residents. You must be a member of AAEM/RSA to submit. The submission portal closes Monday, September 22, 2024 at 10:59pm CT.

Submit an abstract here: https://www.aaem.org/aaem26/education/abstracts/

09/02/2025

WestJEM 26.4 featured article by Arslan, et al, “Accuracy of Microsoft Copilot in diagnosing pulmonary embolism and determining its risk based on real-world clinical vignettes.” Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/420SMSb

08/28/2025

Call for WestJEM Reviewers

The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (WestJEM) is currently recruiting Reviewers.

Benefits of Becoming a WestJEM Reviewer
• You will be on the cutting edge of research in emergency medicine.
• Receive a yearly thank you letter from WestJEM you can use for promotion in your department.
• Acknowledgement of best reviewers for quantity and quality each year.
• Strong reviewers are eligible to become Section Editors.

Expectations
• WestJEM reviewers are expected to complete 5-10 reviews a year (a quality review commonly takes 1-2 hours to complete).
• Once a review request is accepted, the review is expected to be completed within 14 days.

Qualifications
• Must be board certified, or eligible, in emergency medicine or pediatric emergency medicine.

If you are interested in becoming a WestJEM reviewer or have questions, please email us at editor@westjem.org.

08/26/2025

WestJEM 26.4 featured article by Dr. Stephen Hayden, “Additional Commentary on ‘The Proposed 48-Month Emergency Medicine Residency Requirement Demands Immediate Scrutiny.’” Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/4m7a601

08/22/2025

Why submit to the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (WestJEM)? WestJEM is the premier open-access emergency medicine journal in North America, consistently ranked among the best in the world in multiple journal ranking systems. WestJEM is fully open-access, peer reviewed, and indexed in all major indexing services. You also can publish without fee (free) if your department is a subscriber to the journal. You can read our submission guidelines or submit a manuscript by clicking here: https://westjem.com/

08/20/2025

WestJEM 26.4 featured article by Hamilton, et al, “Letter of Concern from the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine Regarding ACGME Proposed Changes” Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/46RPxzX

08/18/2025

The Editors of WestJEM are seeking Section Editors to provide subspecialty content expertise and advise Decision Editors regarding acceptance of submitted papers for the following sections:

• Cardiac Care
• Clinical Practice
• ED Administration
• Education

Section Editors receive 1-3 manuscripts per month and are responsible for synthesizing the important points from two peer reviews into a draft message for the authors. The Section Editors are acknowledged by name for published papers. At times, Section Editors serve as primary reviewers on submitted manuscripts as well. Section Editors should be at least moderately published in the medical literature.

To apply, please email your CV and a brief letter of interest that includes the specific area(s) of expertise you are interested in to the WestJEM Editorial Team at editor@westjem.org.

08/14/2025

The Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine (CPC-EM) 9.3 Issue is out now: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/50c843rr

08/12/2025

WestJEM 26.4 featured article by Lotfipour, et al, “The Proposed 48-Month Emergency Medicine Residency Requirement Demands Immediate Scrutiny.” Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/47iJ2Gi

08/10/2025

Visit the WestJEM booth at MEMC25! Are you attending the XIIIth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress (MEMC) from August 14-17 in Budapest, Hungary? Make sure to stop by the exhibit hall to visit the WestJEM booth! WestJEM Editor-in-Chief Dr. Mark Langdorf will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about the journal or ways you can get involved with the journal as a Reviewer or Section Editor. For more information about MEMC25 visit: https://emcongress.org/

08/06/2025

WestJEM 26.3 featured article by McInnis, et al, “Dispatch decisions and Emergency Medical Services response in the prehospital care of status epilepticus.” Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/44ERAFM

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