To raise the quality of emergency care, the beginnings of an emergency medical discipline have been established in the last few years, meeting the calls of ER doctors for a professional certification. In 1989, Veterans General Hospital took the first step, proposing the island's first plan for the training of emergency medical residents.
為了提高急診醫療品質，國內近年來終於有成立「急診醫學科」、提供急診醫師專科認證的呼聲，榮民總醫院在一九八九年提出第一套急診住院醫師訓練計畫，可算是國內急診醫學的濫觴。