FRCEM Primary Exam

Candidates are eligible to sit this exam once registered with the Irish Medical Council (IMC). You can choose to sit this exam in intern year but at least, you should aim to complete this exam by the end of your first year of core specialty training.

3 hour exam

180 single best answer MCQ’s

Mapped to

• RCEM 2015 Emergency Medicine Curriculum

• RCEM 2010 Basic Sciences Curriculum

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FRCEM Intermediate Certificate

Candidates are eligible to sit these exams if they meet the following criteria

• Hold a primary medical degree approved by the medical council for purposes of registration and

• Have completed their intern year (or UK foundation programme) and

• Have passed the FRCEM primary examination.

The intermediate certificate consists of two separate examinations

• Short answer question paper (SAQ)

  • 3 hours

  • 60 questions, 3 parts each

• Situational Judgement Paper (SJP)

  • 2 hours paper

  • 120 single best answer questions

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FRCEM Final Fellowship Examinations

The current final fellowship examinations consist of 4 elements

• Critical appraisal paper

• Quality improvement project

• Clinical short answer question paper (SAQ)

  • 3 hour paper

  • 60 questions, 3 parts each

• Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

  • 16 stations

  • 8 minutes each

  • 2 resus / trauma stations allocated double time (16 minutes)

  • 1 minute reading time between each station

Candidates are eligible to sit these exams once they have passed the FRCEM primary and intermediate exams and the following element specific criteria;

• Critical appraisal - no additional criteria

• QIP - must be completed during ASTEM (for trainees) or during EM posts above SHO level (for non trainees)

• SAQ & OSCE - must have completed 24 months of ASTEM or for non trainees, must have completed 7 years of training post qualification, 4 years of which must be in emergency medicine, 2 of which must be at registrar level.

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