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An early look at emergency medicine at the 2026 General Assembly
An early look at emergency medicine at the 2026 General Assembly

VACEP has introduced two bills in the 2026 General Assembly, and it’s also a big year for lawmaker education.

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EBM Review Series: Are they shocky?
EBM Review Series: Are they shocky?

Megyn Christensen, DO & Martin Klinkhammer, MD, MHP, FACEP from Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University review the September 2025 study on the usage of shock index as a indicator of compensated shock among trauma patients. Here's their analysis.

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An update on our effort to improve the policy for resolving unfounded Board of Medicine complaints
An update on our effort to improve the policy for resolving unfounded Board of Medicine complaints

VACEP leaders are working on reforms to reduce the burden on practitioners who are named in unfounded complaints to the Board of Medicine. This is a particularly major issue in emergency medicine, which sees hundreds of complaints annually.

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Virginia voters deliver a “blue tsunami” — what it means for emergency medicine
Virginia voters deliver a “blue tsunami” — what it means for emergency medicine

A look at what Virginia’s 2025 elections mean for emergency medicine.

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Virginia, national ACEP Councillors tackles key EM issues at 2025 Council meeting
Virginia, national ACEP Councillors tackles key EM issues at 2025 Council meeting
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EBM Review Series: Diagnostic Performance of GFAP, UCH-L1, and MAP-2 Within 30 and 60 Minutes of Traumatic Brain Injury
EBM Review Series: Diagnostic Performance of GFAP, UCH-L1, and MAP-2 Within 30 and 60 Minutes of Traumatic Brain Injury

Paige Darrow, DO, and Martin D. Klinkhammer, MD, from Eastern Virginia Medical School, review the September 2024 JAMA Network Open study on the diagnostic performance of TBI biomarkers. Here's their analysis.

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ATTEST TO ADVANCED PRACTICE COMPETENCIES

Virginia Nurse Practitioners can practice independently after three years of training and collaboration with a physician in the specialty in which they seek to treat patients. We encourage all emergency physicians to review our list of competencies and attest to any NP’s skills before signing off on autonomous practice in the ED. Get our letter and find our list of required competencies.

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