Emergency Medicine

Core emergency medicine

42 months

At least, in accredited emergency departments, across the four stages

Major referral

6 months

At least, in one adult or mixed public major referral emergency department

Non-major referral

12 months

At least, in adult or mixed public emergency departments that are not major referral

Regional, rural or remote

6 months

At least, for trainees starting from 2027, counted toward the 12 non-major referral months

• Emergency departments145 accredited in Australia: 31 major referral, 86 non-major referral, 16 paediatric and 12 private. 100 of them are accredited for the Paediatric Emergency Requirement
• Aotearoa New Zealand20 accredited: Auckland City, Christchurch, Middlemore, Waikato and Wellington hospitals for major referral, 14 non-major referral, and Starship Children's Health
• Regional, rural and remote36 departments in Australia and 9 in Aotearoa New Zealand are approved for the 6 months. Albury Wodonga Health is in two states' counts and is counted once in Australia's
• Provisional accreditationA newly accredited department is inspected toward the end of its first trainee's placement, to decide whether it stays accredited
• In the territory2 accredited, each for the Paediatric Emergency Requirement: Canberra Hospital for major referral, and North Canberra Hospital. Neither is approved for the regional, rural and remote months

What every accredited emergency department must give you

Structured education

4 hours

A week on average, a quarter of it on children, mostly in rostered or paid time

Paediatric attendances

5,000

A year at least, or 500 admissions, at a department accredited for the Paediatric Emergency Requirement

Director of training

1

In every accredited department at least, a Fellow who supervises you there

Fellow supervision

50%

Of your clinical time at least, directly supervised by a Fellow on the floor

Fellow cover

14 hours

A day at least, every day, in departments accredited for 24 or 36 months

Primary Written Examination

3

Attempts, from the start of Training Stage 1 once you have enrolled

Primary Examination viva

3

Attempts, after the written examination and three online modules

Fellowship Written Examination

3

Attempts, from Training Stage 3, after the Stage 3 online modules

Fellowship Clinical Examination

4

Attempts, in Training Stage 4, after the Paediatric Emergency Requirement

In-training assessments

3 months

One at the end of each term, by your director of training or supervisor

Core procedures

12

On the core list by Fellowship, each observed and performed independently

Paediatric cases

400

Logged before the Fellowship Clinical Examination, as the Paediatric Emergency Requirement

Paediatric assessments

8

3 case-based discussions, 3 mini-clinical evaluation exercises and 2 observed procedures on children

Routes

3

To meet the research requirement by Fellowship: a project, coursework or a thesis

University subjects

2

For the coursework route, each at least a semester

Part-time

Half time

At least, with no approval needed, credited in proportion

Leave

10 weeks

At most in a training year, and 5 in any 13-week assessment period

Interruption

3 years

At most in all, up to 52 weeks at a time, approved in advance

Time limit

12 years

To finish every requirement, from the start of training