Welcome

Our mission is to sustain, develop, and promote the delivery of optimal emergency care for acutely ill and injured children and adolescents. Our core values embrace access to timely, effective, and efficient emergency care for all children while reducing medical error and increasing high-quality education and training for our members.

Message from the Chair
A welcome message from David Schnadower, MD, MPH, FAAP.

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About SOEM

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Executive Committee & Subcommittees
What is SOEM?
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Find out how you can get in contact with us.
Advancing the Quality of Pediatric Emergency Medicine in Pediatrics: A Commentary from SOEM and COPEM
Landmark PEM papers over a 75-year history of Pediatrics.

 

 

 

 

Membership

Benefits & Criteria

 

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Why Should I Join?
Find out what valuable guidance and resources SOEM can provide for you.
How to Join
Learn about membership criteria and different ways to be part of the section.
Subspecialty 101 Webinar – Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Learn more about this pediatric subspecialty from training paths, to a day in the life of a pediatric emergency medicine physician, to how to get more involved in the Section on Emergency Medicine (SOEM). The primary audience for this webinar is medical students and residents.
Summer 2022 Fall Newsletter
Free to all members!

Awards

Learn more about SOEM's member awards. View the year’s awardees.

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Initiatives & Events

AAP National Conference & Exhibition

SOEM & POCUS Final Program Schedule – NCE 2025 

Make plans to join us for the Section’s scientific abstract and educational program to be held this fall during the AAP National Conference & Exhibition! 

View the full SOEM scientific abstracts presented at last year's conference below and the 2023 SOEM final program schedule here.

Oral Abstracts Posters

AAP PEM Landscape Update

Learn at your own pace from experts you can trust and earn CME and MOC! This online CME course features experts addressing the recent developments in diagnosis and management of pediatric medical and surgical emergencies.

Presentations and moderated panel discussions will help learners reinforce and increase competence and integrate best practices based on evidence-based medicine and research.

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National EMS Week/EMS for Children Day
The Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC) is partnering with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) to recognize Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Day.

Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)

Join us at the PAS where several SOEM subcommittees will meet to network and discuss current and future initiatives. View this year’s section subcommittee meeting schedule here.

PEM Choosing Wisely

Five things physicians and patients should question.

PEM Fellows Conference
March 9-11, 2025 | Seattle, WA
PREP E-Med
Test your knowledge in Pediatric Emergency Medicine in a fun, engaging way! Gain insight into clinical scenarios with relevant content. Includes suggested readings for further study and text and email alert options for delivery of questions.

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Invest in your future, and the future of all children. Gain immediate access to all our latest news, guidance and education – plus, develop connections with peers who share your passion for helping children. Become an engaged member of our Section today.

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