FACEM

Fellowship of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

The ACEM Training Program

The ACEM Training Program takes a minimum of five years of supervised approved training. This includes the following:

1. ACEM Provisional Training (1 year)
   1. 6 months Emergency Medicine in accredited department
   2. 6 months approved training in Emergency Medicine or related specialties
2. Primary Examination
   1. Must be completed before commencing Advanced Training
   2. Includes Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology and Pathology
3. ACEM Advanced Training
   1. 30 months of training in accredited Emergency Departments (ED)
   2. 18 months training in a variety of approved non-ED disciplines
      1. Minimum of 6 months anaesthetics or intensive care
      2. 6 months in any approved ED related discipline, for example toxicology, retrieval medicine, research…
      3. Remainder made up of intensive care (max 12 months total), anaesthesia (max 12 months total), medicine (max 12 months; maximum of 6 months in any one sub-specialty), surgery (max 12 months; maximum of 6 months in any one sub-specialty)
   3. A minimum paediatric training requirement
      1. Logbook of 400 cases, usually equating to 6 months paediatric Emergency Medicine
4. Publication / Presentation of a Paper
5. Fellowship Examination

Overseas institutions:
College of Emergency Medicine, British Association of Emergency Medicine