News
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EMTA Newsletter Spring 2013
This is now available in the 'documents' section above. Please distribute to your colleagues locally and display in your coffee rooms.
Simulation and Medical Education
The College lead for simulation is keen to get a group together who have an interest in simulation/medical education, please e-mail cemsimtraineegroup@gmail.com for more information, including details of your current experience, qualifications and details of any OOPE activity.
All Wales School of Emergency Medicine (AWSEM) Annual Academic Day
This will be held in Merthyr Tydfil on 14 May 2013, the fee is only £20. Please see flyer/application form in the 'documents' section above.
Retrieval Medicine Course in Fiji
EMTA Newsletter Christmas 2012
This is now available in the 'documents' section above. Please distribute to your colleagues locally and display in your coffee rooms.
Emergency Medicine & Prehospital Care Posts
These Middle Grade/Clinical Fellow posts in North Wales are entering their third year and are now open for application. Six- or twelve-month posts are available, starting February or August. See the attached flyer in the 'documents' section above, visit the website at www.mountainmedicine.co.uk or contact the lead consultants Linda Dykes & Rob Perry via their secretary Eleri.Parry2@wales.nhs.uk, 01248 384384 x4003.
Exam updates
Some important changes have been made to the MCEM and FCEM examination regulations recently: specifically:
- MCEM Part A can now be sat from FY1 onwards
- There is no longer any need to submit an 'intention-to-sit' form for MCEM part B and C
- Candidates are strongly advised to sit MCEM parts B and C early in the CT2 year where possible
- MCEM Part C sittings will now take place three times a year rather than twice
- The intention-to-sit form is still required for FCEM and don't forget that you need to submit an application form as well
- From Spring 2013, trainees scoring very highly or very poorly on the CTR will no longer be required to undergo a viva
- The critical appraisal paper can now be sat from ST4 onwards and trainees are recommended to sit this separately from the rest of FCEM where possible
MCEM Part A Revision Facebook Page
One of the London HSTs has set up a Facebook page to help those revising for Part A: see https://www.facebook.com/MCEMRevision
EMRA Documentary
The USA 'Emergency Medicine Residents' Association' (EMRA) are working on a documentary about the history of EM as a specialty - see the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqsMPurGNlU&feature=youtu.be.
Essential reading for all trainees...
There have been several important documents from the College regarding strategies for facing the current overcrowding pressures and workforce crisis. Some of these are included in the 'documents' section above, for others see the main College website.