Fellowship of the College of Emergency Medicine

Fellowship of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (FRCEM) is a postgraduate award made by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine to specialists in Emergency Medicine.

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.[1]

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[2]

Intermediate FRCEM[3]

  • Short Answer Question paper - 3 hours and 60 questions.
  • Situational Judgement paper - 2 hours and 120 single best answer questions

Final FRCEM[4]

  • 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

Prior to August 2016, doctors completing their core training in EM were required to complete examinations leading to the award of Membership of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (MRCEM).

This is no longer the case, however those wishing to demonstrate additional competence in the practice of Emergency Medicine can elect to sit a separate OSCE having passed the FRCEM primary and intermediate SAQ.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Regulations & Info Packs". www.rcem.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  2. "RCEM Curriculum 2015" (PDF).
  3. "FRCEM Intermediate Certificate regulations and information pack" (PDF).
  4. "FRCEM Final information pack" (PDF).
  5. "MRCEM Information pack" (PDF).
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