Certificate and Diploma Programs

The Emergency Medicine Certificate (EMC) Training Program provides doctors working in emergency departments (EDs) with adequate knowledge and sufficient clinical experience to be safe and efficient practitioners. The course benefits Career Medical Officers, Junior Medical Officers and Visiting Medical Officers/General Practitioners.

The Emergency Medicine Diploma (EMD) Training Program provides doctors working in emergency departments (EDs) with adequate knowledge and sufficient clinical experience to be safe and efficient practitioners. The course benefits Career Medical Officers, Junior Medical Officers and Visiting Medical Officers/General Practitioners.

If you withdraw from the FACEM Training Program, you have the opportunity to continue a career in Emergency Medicine with a formal qualification of either the Emergency Medicine Certificate (EMC) or Emergency Medicine Diploma (EMD).

Applications for the current Emergency Medicine Certificate and Emergency Medicine Diploma programs have now closed for 2020. The new programs will start on 1 February 2021, and further information will be available soon.

The Emergency Medicine Certificate (EMC) and Emergency Medicine Diploma (EMD) training, must take place at an ACEM approved site. Approved training sites are listed on this page.

Pre-hospital and retrieval medicine (PHRM) is rapid response medical care provided to seriously sick and injured people.