Iowa emergency departments lack board‐certified emergency physicians: A comprehensive statewide emergency department workforce study

Iowa EDs are predominantly staffed by non-EPs, and this remains unchanged despite a decade of increasing EM residency positions nationally. There remains a significant disparity between CAHs and non-CAHs. This study demonstrates that EM residency position increases have not penetrated rural Iowa EDs, where there remains both a substantial shortage and desire for EP staffing.