The 'College of Emergency Medicine' ('CEM') is an organisation of
emergency physicians in the
United Kingdom which sets standards of training and administers examinations for emergency physicians in the United Kingdom and
Ireland. The College sets two
examinations, the
Fellowship of the College of Emergency Medicine (FCEM), and the
Membership of the College of Emergency Medicine (MCEM). Trainees who pass the MCEM are eligible to join a specialist registrar training programme in emergency medicine. Doctors who complete this training programme may sit the FCEM examination and may be recommended by the College for
CCT in Emergency Medicine. The College holds annual scientific meetings for members. The current president of the College is Jim Wardrope.
History
The Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine was inaugurated on
2nd November 1993, and conducted the first FFAEM examination in October
1996. In late
2005, FAEM reached agreement with the
British Association for Emergency Medicine (BAEM) for the two organisations to merge to form a new College of Emergency Medicine. The Faculty was renamed the College of Emergency Medicine as of 1st January 2006 although it has not yet merged with BAEM (due 2007). The headquarters of the new organisation moved to
Churchill House in
London on 29th August 2006.
External link
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College of Emergency Medicine web site