This statement replaces Board Motion BM010 with the same name approved June 1986 ACEP believes that training in toxicology is an essential component of an emergency medicine residency program curriculum. This requires clinical experience, didactic instructions, exposure to the broader areas of poison control and toxicology disaster management, and ideally, preceptorship with a certified medical toxicologist. A resident needs experience with a wide variety of intoxicated patients to allow for breadth and depth of clinical exposure.
Didactic instruction is necessary in all the topics listed below.