Comparison of Emergency Medicine Resident and Attending Physician Approval Rates in Online Medical Control: A 10-year Retrospective Analysis

Emergency medicine residents trained with a focused 4-hour curriculum and limited supervised experience performed online medical control duties at a level statistically and clinically equivalent to attending physicians across a decade of real-world EMS consultations. This model provided a practical and efficient way to include residents in EMS medical direction roles, supporting both system capacity and residency education.