Member Benefits
As a member of the only society dedicated to emergency medicine physician assistants, you have access to diverse benefits designed for your professional and personal advancement.
SEMPA News | SEMPA Conference Discount | ACEP Bookstore Discount
Annals of Emergency Medicine | Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine |
Emergency Medicine Practice | Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice |
Pepid Emergency Medicine Suite | Skyscape | SEMPA Career Center | SEMPA Clinical Cases |
SEMPA Insurance Programs | Office Depot | SEMPA Medical Coats
INCREASE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE
SEMPA News & SEMPA Weekend Edition
SEMPA News is a daily e-news briefing and the SEMPA Weekend Edition is delivered on Saturday with both featuring topics relating to emergency medicine, hospitals, clinical practice, and legislative and policy news from the preceding 24 hours. Ranked as the most valuable member benefits, SEMPA News and the SEMPA Weekend Edition keeps you up-to-date on the issues affecting your practice and patients. New members start receiving both newsletters within two weeks of joining.
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SEMPA Conference Discount
SEMPA members are offered a deep discount on SEMPA conference registration for the only conference designed for EMPAs and where EMPAs can earn Category I CME credits through educational sessions and workshops taught by renowned faculty.
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ACEP Bookstore Discount
SEMPA members have access to all the resources available at the ACEP bookstore and they receive the same deep discount that the ACEP members receive. To take advantage of this member benefit, visit the ACEP Bookstore. You must be logged in for the discount to automatically apply. If you need your login information, please call 877.297.7594 ext. 5 or send member services an email.
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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Annals of Emergency Medicine is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to improving the quality of care by publishing the highest quality science for emergency medicine and related medical specialties. The official journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Annals publishes original research, clinical reports, opinion, and educational information related to the practice, teaching, and research of emergency medicine as well as articles on out-of-hospital emergency medical services, pediatric emergency medicine, injury and disease prevention, health policy and ethics, disaster management, toxicology, and related topics. SEMPA members can subscribe at the discounted rate of $107 per year – $138 off the regular price of $245.
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Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine
As a SEMPA member you can get a great emergency-medicine focused CME publication—Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine—at a great price. Critical Decisions, ACEP’s Official CME Publication, offers two case-based lessons each month along with bonus features that you will use in your daily practice. And, as a SEMPA member, you can get a 1-year online subscription for only $99.00 or $177.00 for a 2-year online subscription. Check out a free sample of the publication and then call 800-798-1822 Ext. 4 to subscribe.
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Emergency Medicine Practice
Emergency Medicine Practice – a monthly publication that takes an evidence-based approach to the differential diagnosis and treatment of both common and critical ED presentations – covers medicine the way you practice it: real patients, real challenges, real cost considerations, and real solutions. SEMPA members can subscribe at the discounted rate of just $149 per year – $180 off the regular price of $329. SEMPA members are also given the opportunity to earn up to 192 AMA/ACEP Category 1, AAFP Prescribed, or AOA Category 2A or 2B CME credits at no extra charge. Also included with your subscription is a free subscription to EM Practice Guidelines Update, including an additional 24 CME credits.
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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice – a monthly publication that covers the challenges of managing pediatric patients in an evidence-based manner – provides an abundant clinical pathways, tables, and figures to help you quickly and efficiently match your patients' presentations with the correct diagnosis. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice also outlines the tools at your disposal to treat it with state-of-the-art approaches, solidly based in the current literature. Every issue also includes practical tools for making your clinical tasks easier and your CME updating more streamlined. Each issue includes 4 AMA/ACEP Category 1, AAP Prescribed, or AOA Category 2A or 2B CME credits. SEMPA members receive $150 off the regular price.
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PEPID Emergency Medicine Suite
PEPID Emergency Medicine Suite provides EMPAs with the most comprehensive information for making decisions in the ED, instant access to a complete medical and pharmacological reference that allows you to quickly drill down to protocols and other critical information that can improve patient safety and speed of care. SEMPA members save 30% in March and 15% throughout the year.
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Skyscape
Skyscape Inc., offers SEMPA members a 25% discount on the purchase of Skyscape’s point-of-care clinical resources. Used by more than 1.5 million healthcare professionals, Skyscape resources include trusted clinical references, drug guides, medical calculators, algorithms, medical alerts and other point-of-care information and tools. These mobile apps are available for all major mobile platforms, including iPhone/iPod touch/iPad, Android and BlackBerry.
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ADVANCE YOUR CAREER
SEMPA Career Center
Designed specifically for emergency medicine physician assistants, the SEMPA Career Center offers hundreds of job opportunities as well as job alerts, advanced search capabilities, resume management, application history, career tips, an e-newsletter, and more.
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SEMPA Clinical Cases
A monthly series of real-life experiences from clinical practices straight out of Annals of Emergency Medicine. Designed to challenge and educate emergency medicine physician assistants, each case includes an introduction with medical images and a full diagnosis. Members don't need to do anything to activate this member benefit - a monthly email is sent to the email address SEMPA has on file. Members also have access to the archived cases by logging in.
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PERSONAL DISCOUNTS
SEMPA Insurance Programs
SEMPA members have exclusive access to valuable and affordable insurance programs from HBI. Personal and family insurance coverage includes variety of health insurance plans, long-term care, dental and vision and more.
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Office Depot
SEMPA members receive significant savings off manufacturer's list prices on office supply purchases at Office Depot through this exclusive member benefit for Office Depot. There are 150 frequently ordered items discounted up to 90% — including toner, paper, pens and other items used most.
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SEMPA Medical Coats
On Call Medical Coats is offering their high-quality medical coats, embroidered with the SEMPA logo, to SEMPA members at a 15% discount off regular prices. These SEMPA-logo coats are available in long, three-quarter and short lengths, and in traditional and contemporary fabrics. On Call Medical Coats pays careful attention to detail and finish, and their coats are manufactured under the supervision of a physician, who understands the needs of the student as well as the experienced practitioner.
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