Structure

The special education is divided into two parts.

• three years of basic training in emergency medicine

• three years in the upper levels of special education - known as Higher Specialty Training (HST).

During the core program, specialized medical students work for 18 months in the emergency department, as well as studying in general anesthesia and intensive care medicine, cardiology, psychiatry, re-entry orthopaedic medicine, emergency department for children and the ICU. During that time, specialized medical students gain training in basic issues of diagnosis and treatment of critically ill and injured people.

Those specialized medical students who have reached the upper end of their studies are working independently, taking on the guidance and supervision of medical students, candidates and specialized medical students in the core program, but continue to work under the supervision of specialists.

Education is integrated into the medical students' study period, averaging two full days per month for all physicians in the organized specialized program.

Assessment

Specialist physicians must pass a specialist test but can choose between completing tests at RCEM or EUSEM. Some of the tests can be taken in Iceland.

Checklists for the annual assessment of the medical specialists:

• Summary of progress requirements during the first two academic years: https://www.accs.ac.uk/training-guidance-1

• Royal College of Emergency Medicine's branding: https://rcemcurriculum.co.uk/

• Training in emergency ultrasound: https://cpocus.ca/