Unfilled residency spots and the future of emergency medicine

<p>Join us for an enlightening podcast episode as we delve into the challenges facing emergency medicine residency programs and applicants. With 555 unfilled first-year residency spots in the Match, we explore the factors that have contributed to this situation. Our guest, Katrina Gipson, an experienced emergency medicine physician, sheds light on the issues of boarding in emergency departments, the impact of student loan debt on specialty choice, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care professionals. We discuss the need for improvements in health care outcomes, compensation, and support for EM physicians. Tune in to gain valuable perspectives into the field of emergency medicine and the changes needed to address the workforce and patient population's needs.</p> <p><a href= "https://med.emory.edu/departments/emergency-medicine/about/faculty-staff/profile/?u=KAGIPSO" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer follow" data-wpel-link= "exclude">Katrina Gipson</a> is an emergency medicine physician.</p> <p>She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article, "<a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/2023/03/the-struggle-to-fill-emergency-medicine-residency-spots-exploring-the-factors-behind-the-unfilled-match.html">The struggle to fill emergency medicine residency spots: Exploring the factors behind the unfilled match</a>."</p> <p><a href="https://nuance.com/daxinaction"><img class= "alignnone wp-image-424286 size-medium" src= "https://www.kevinmd.com/wp-content/uploads/NuanceLogo_Horz_k-2-300x62.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="62" /></a></p> <p><em>The Podcast by KevinMD is brought to you by the <a href= "https://nuance.com/daxinaction">Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience</a>.</em></p> <p><em>Ambient intelligence augments human capabilities to make our lives easier. The applications are many, especially in health care. Ambient clinical intelligence is offsetting the most pressing challenges in health care today, such as burnout, physician shortages, physician and patient dissatisfaction, and underperforming fi