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Since 1994, a group of emergency physicians has participated in the american board of emergency medicine (abem) longitudinal study of emergency physicians (lsep), to gather information about the practice of emergency medicine (em). The study consists of a comprehensive survey administered every five years, the most recent of which was conducted in 2014. With the addition of a cohort of new residency-trained physicians every five years, there are currently nearly 1,400 emergency physicians participating in the study. Interim, annual surveys are conducted in the years between the five-year studies. The most recent interim study was completed in 2016. Results of the 2016 survey have not yet been released because the results are being used to prepare a research paper for publication in a medical peer-reviewed journal. The lsep describes the realities of the specialty of em, the relationship of the specialty to the personal lives and well-being of emergency physicians, profiles of the population of emergency physicians, and changes that appear in these factors over time. Abem designed the longitudinal study of emergency medicine residents (lsemr) to identify emergency medicine residents' goals, aspirations, and motivations early in their careers. The long-term goals of the study were to examine how these factors are related to choices made during the physicians' careers and to track changes to goals, aspirations, and motivations over time. The lsemr survey is administered annually to a sample of residents during the last three years of their residency. In the fourth year, the panel joins the longitudinal study of emergency physicians (lsep). The first panel of residents was introduced into the residency study in 1996. Upon completing their residency training they become part of the lsep study. The most recent lsemr was also administered in 2016. Questions on the 2016 survey focused on residents' satisfaction with their residency in em, the problems residents experience with specific problems as a resident, and perceptions of discrimination. The conclusions drawn from the study indicate that an em residency in 2016 appears to be as satisfying overall as it was ten years previous. "knowing enough" continues to be a significant problem for em residents. "burnout," while not one of the highest rated problems in the first year of residency, was considered significantly more of a problem in 2016 than in 2006. This information will be most helpful to medical students who are considering residency training and a career in emergency medicine. There are 35,000 abem-certified emergency physicians who benefit from the information obtained from the lsep. There are 6,500 physicians in training to become em (emergency medicine residents) who benefit from the lsemr.