Fellowship of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (FRCEM) is a postgraduate award made by the
Royal College of Emergency Medicine
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) is an independent professional association of emergency physicians in the United Kingdom which sets standards of training and administers examinations for emergency medicine. The patron is The Prin ...
to specialists in
Emergency Medicine
Emergency medicine is the Medical specialty, medical speciality concerned with the care of illnesses or Injury, injuries requiring immediate medical attention. Emergency physicians (often called “ER doctors” in the United States) continuous ...
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It is a required part of specialist training for those undertaking GMC approved training in the UK, but is also taken by doctors from a variety of other countries. In particular, several parts of the examination are held in overseas examination centres in Dublin, Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Reykjavik, Kuala Lumpur and Muscat.
Since August 2016, FRCEM has been divided into three constituent parts: Primary, Intermediate and Final.
Description
Primary FRCEM
* Any person registered with the
GMC or
IMC is eligible to apply for this examination
* Consists of one written paper lasting 3 hours and consisting of 180 single-best answer questions
* Covers the RCEM Basic Sciences Curriculum
Intermediate FRCEM
* Short Answer Question paper - 3 hours and 60 questions.
* Situational Judgement paper - 2 hours and 120 single best answer questions
Final FRCEM
* Can be taken by those who have completed 24 months of the 36 month higher specialist training programme in EM.
* Critical Appraisal
* Quality Improvement Project
* Clinical Short Answer Question paper - 3 hours and 60 questions
* OSCE - 16x 8 minute stations
Membership of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine
Following development and implementation of the 2021 curriculum, the college has reverted to its pre-August 2016 requirement following GMC approval where doctors completing their core training in EM are required to complete examinations leading to the award of Membership of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (MRCEM). This is however, not compulsory for trainees who have completed the FRCEM primary, intermediate SAQ and SJP.
See also
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Royal College of Emergency Medicine
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) is an independent professional association of emergency physicians in the United Kingdom which sets standards of training and administers examinations for emergency medicine. The patron is The Prin ...
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Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, or FACEP, is a post-nominal title used to indicate that an emergency physician's education and training, professional qualifications, and ethical conduct have passed a rigorous evaluation, a ...
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Fellow of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine
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Emergency medicine education
Medical education in the United Kingdom
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