Emergency Medicine is a field of practice based on the knowledge and skills required for the prevention, diagnosis and management of acute and urgent aspects of illness and injury affecting patients of all age groups with a full spectrum of undifferentiated physical and behavioural disorders. It further encompasses an understanding of the development of pre-hospital and in-hospital emergency medical systems and the skills necessary for this development.

The National Emergency Medicine Training Programme was introduced in July 2014 as a 7 year seamless training programme.

Training Pathway

	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 4
Training Level	Medical School	Intern Year	Core Training in Emergency Medicine	Advanced Specialist Training in Emergency Medicine
Duration	4-6 years	1 year	3 years	4 years
Entry Process	Graduate or direct entry	Entry through the HSE Intern Match	Entry based on competitive interview	Entry based on formal assessment ,successful completion of Core Training , completion of MRCEM
Mandatory Examinations	As per curriculum	N/A	MRCEM exam	FRCEM exam
Application Date	CAO process opens in November		Application process opens in November
Programme Operated by:	Undergraduate Universities	Intern Networks	ISPTC, RCSI	ISPTC, RCSI

The National Emergency Medicine Training Programme is operated and regulated by the Irish Committee for Emergency Medicine Training (ICEMT) & the Irish Surgical Postgraduate Training Committee (ISPTC), RCSI 

 

For further details please contact
http://www.rcsi.ie/emergency_medicine or     emadministrator@rcsi.ie