Urgent Care Medicine (UCM) is the outpatient care of patients including the evaluation and treatment of acutely-arising conditions. There are currently 20,000 physicians who practice UCM today, and th
August 23, 2005 (Press Release) --
What is Ambulatory/Urgent Care Medicine?
Urgent Care Medicine is the provision of immediate medical service offering outpatient care for the treatment of acute and chronic illness and injury. It requires a broad and comprehensive fund of knowledge to provide such care. Excellence in care for patients with complex and or unusual conditions is founded on the close communication and collaboration between the urgent care medicine physician, the specialists and the primary physicians.
The American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine (formerly the American Academy of Ambulatory Care) was founded in 1997, developed from a growing need for those physicians who provide such care to provide stewardship for the continued growth of this specialty. The purpose of the AAUCM is to contribute to the field of ambulatory/urgent care medicine in the areas of professional growth, scientific and medical research, and medical education... all to improve the overall quality of medical care.
The growth and development of urgent care medicine should be of no surprise to anyone. There are currently 20,000 physicians who practice Urgent Care Medicine today, and the number is growing. One only needs to look at residency programs in Internal Medicine, Family Practice or Pediatrics to see that they now have incorporated specialized rotations in urgent Care medicine for their residents.
With this in mind, let us take a look at Family Practice. Family Practice is a unique clinical specialty encompassing a philosophy of care, rather than a modality of care, provided to a specific segment of the population. Urgent Care Medicine physicians provide episodic, immediate treatment of specific illnesses or injuries, without direct entry to inpatient care. The /Urgent Care Medicine physicians' forte is to handle the immediate treatment of minor illnesses and injuries and to do physical examination of patients based upon medical "episodes." There is a difference between periodic treatments versus episodic treatment.
Now let us review the history of the most recent new specialty - Emergency Medicine. Many physicians will most-likely recall the days when they were obligated to rotate through the emergency department, long before any of us recognized emergency medicine as a specialty. The fundamental experience in such a setting was parlayed into what is now Emergency Medicine. The Academy of Urgent Care Medicine is now experiencing the same circumstances. What better opportunity for those of us who are interested in providing stewardship in this arena of medical care!
Urgent Care Medicine is the provision of immediate medical service offering outpatient care for the treatment of acute and chronic illness and injury. It requires a broad and comprehensive fund of knowledge to provide such care. Excellence in care for patients with complex and or unusual conditions is founded on the close communication and collaboration between the urgent care medicine physician, the specialists and the primary physicians.
The American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine (formerly the American Academy of Ambulatory Care) was founded in 1997, developed from a growing need for those physicians who provide such care to provide stewardship for the continued growth of this specialty. The purpose of the AAUCM is to contribute to the field of ambulatory/urgent care medicine in the areas of professional growth, scientific and medical research, and medical education... all to improve the overall quality of medical care.
The growth and development of urgent care medicine should be of no surprise to anyone. There are currently 20,000 physicians who practice Urgent Care Medicine today, and the number is growing. One only needs to look at residency programs in Internal Medicine, Family Practice or Pediatrics to see that they now have incorporated specialized rotations in urgent Care medicine for their residents.
With this in mind, let us take a look at Family Practice. Family Practice is a unique clinical specialty encompassing a philosophy of care, rather than a modality of care, provided to a specific segment of the population. Urgent Care Medicine physicians provide episodic, immediate treatment of specific illnesses or injuries, without direct entry to inpatient care. The /Urgent Care Medicine physicians' forte is to handle the immediate treatment of minor illnesses and injuries and to do physical examination of patients based upon medical "episodes." There is a difference between periodic treatments versus episodic treatment.
Now let us review the history of the most recent new specialty - Emergency Medicine. Many physicians will most-likely recall the days when they were obligated to rotate through the emergency department, long before any of us recognized emergency medicine as a specialty. The fundamental experience in such a setting was parlayed into what is now Emergency Medicine. The Academy of Urgent Care Medicine is now experiencing the same circumstances. What better opportunity for those of us who are interested in providing stewardship in this arena of medical care!
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