Professional community
The Emergency Medicine groups worth knowing
Use organisations for accurate guidance, education, representation, research and projects. Membership on its own is not portfolio evidence.
Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)
The main UK College sets curriculum and training standards, runs MRCEM and FRCEM examinations, recommends trainees for CCT and publishes clinical, service, QI and policy guidance. Applicants should use it for the career and training context around national recruitment.
Emergency Medicine Trainees' Association (EMTA)
EMTA represents UK EM trainees and links trainee experience with RCEM committees. Its education, employment, wellbeing and regional resources help applicants understand rota, training and professional issues from the trainee perspective.
Emergency Medicine Specialty and Specialist Doctors (EMSAS)
EMSAS supports SAS doctors working in Emergency Medicine, including professional development and representation. It matters to applicants because the ED workforce and career routes are broader than the formal training programme.
Trainee Emergency Research Network (TERN)
TERN is a UK trainee-led network working with RCEM to deliver multicentre emergency-care research. It offers realistic local collaborator roles without requiring every trainee to hold an academic post.
Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI)
PERUKI brings together clinicians and researchers for multicentre paediatric emergency research, priorities and study development. It is most relevant to people exploring PEM or working in a participating children's ED.
Association of Paediatric Emergency Medicine (APEM)
APEM supports clinicians with a professional interest in Paediatric Emergency Medicine through education, standards and networking across paediatric and emergency backgrounds.
Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care and Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine
The FPHC supports pre-hospital education and standards; FICM governs Intensive Care Medicine training and the EM–ICM dual pathway. They become relevant when career plans extend beyond the ED.
Local societies and university groups
Local EM societies can provide tasters, teaching, mentoring and small projects. RCEM can affiliate medical-student Emergency Medicine societies. Choose activity because it gives access to useful work or people, not to accumulate logos.
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