Membership Categories

A Fellow of ACEM (FACEM) has either:

• completed the FACEM Training Program; or
• completed all requirements as a Specialist International Medical Graduate (SIMG) under the College’s Specialist Pathway.

Fellowship is subject to annual renewal requirements, including participation in an approved continuing professional development program.

Honorary Fellowship (FACEM (Hon)) is awarded to individuals of renown, distinguished members of the medical profession and other eminent persons who have made a significant contribution to the specialty that merits recognition. Honorary Fellows need not necessarily be a member of the medical profession.

The membership category of Retired Fellow is a sub-class of FACEM membership available to Fellows who have retired from active clinical practice as a specialist emergency medicine physician or medicine entirely. Retired Fellows maintain the rights and privileges associated with Fellowship, including FACEM postnomina, however are exempt from CPD requirements, annual subscription fees and other Fellowship renewal requirements.

Application Form 

A Diplomate (Dip EM (ACEM)) has satisfactorily completed the requirements of the College’s Emergency Medicine Diploma (EMD) Training Program and been formally admitted to membership of the College.

Ongoing membership as a Diplomate is subject to annual renewal requirements set by the College.

Application Form

A Certificant (Cert EM (ACEM)) has satisfactorily completed the requirements of the College’s Emergency Medicine Certificate (EMC) Training Program and been formally admitted to membership of the College.

Ongoing membership as a Certificant is subject to annual renewal requirements set by the College.

Application Form 

Membership as an Educational Affiliates is open to a:

• medical practitioner whose qualifications, training and experience have been assessed by the College as sufficient to enable them to practise safely with supervision in a specific position of workforce shortage in Australia; or
• suitably qualified medical practitioner, who was not trained in Australia or New Zealand and whose qualifications, training and experience have been assessed by the College as sufficient to enable them to practise safely under peer review; or
• suitably qualified medical practitioner, who was not trained in Australia or New Zealand and who is registered within a provisional vocational scope of practice (supervision or assessment) by the Medical Council of New Zealand; or
• medical practitioner registered to practise in Australia or New Zealand and whose practice is principally in the area of emergency medicine.

Ongoing membership of the College as an Educational Affiliate may be subject to renewal requirements set by the College.

Application Form 

Membership as an International Affiliates is open to a medical practitioner:

• who holds a Master of Medicine degree in Emergency Medicine (or equivalent degree) from a university in a developing country and who also is living and working in the field of Emergency Medicine a developing country; or
• with qualifications in emergency medicine that enables them to be recognised as a specialist in the jurisdiction in which they are domiciled and working, where that jurisdiction is not recognised by ACEM as a developing country.

• Medical practitioners registered to practice in Australia or New Zealand
• ​Medical practitioners not formally admitted as a College member, who elect to participate in an ACEM CPD Program, are required to meet all requirements of the CPD year during which they commence participation

 Application Form.

The membership category of Retired Fellow is a sub-class of FACEM membership available to Fellows who have retired from practice, including related activities such as teaching and examining, as a specialist emergency physician, and is no longer acting as an expert witness in the field of emergency medicine, except in certain cases (Refer to Regulation A: Governance).
 
Retired Fellows maintain the rights and privileges associated with Fellowship, including FACEM postnomina, however are exempt from CPD requirements, annual subscription fees and other Fellowship renewal requirements.