The Fellowship in Emergency Medicine offers a focused, practice-orientated curriculum designed to enhance clinical confidence and competence in acute care settings. The programme equips learners with essential knowledge and hands-on skills to manage life-threatening conditions, stabilise critically ill patients, and deliver evidence-based emergency interventions within busy emergency departments in the UK and beyond.

Objectives

• Master rapid assessment and resuscitation techniques for critically ill patients.
• Apply updated emergency care guidelines in medical, surgical, paediatric, and trauma cases.
• Demonstrate proficiency in airway management, shock management, and life-support skills.
• Interpret ECGs, imaging and laboratory results in acute scenarios.
• Communicate effectively in high-pressure, multidisciplinary emergency situations.
• Provide safe, ethical, and patient-centred emergency care.

Career Opportunities

• Emergency Medicine Practitioner
• Acute Care Clinician
• Urgent Care/Walk-in Centre Practitioner
• Trauma & Resuscitation Team Support
• Pre-hospital Emergency Care Provider
• Clinical Instructor in Emergency Skills

Further Training

• MSc in Emergency Medicine
• FRCEM preparation programmes (depending on eligibility)
• Advanced Life Support (ALS), PALS, ATLS
• Postgraduate Diploma in Critical Care or Acute Medicine

Course duration: 1 year

Note: However, if required, the course duration may be increased to meet additional learning needs.