Additional training for PEM

How do I train in PEM if I’m already on a Paediatric or Emergency Medicine training program?

Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) evolved as a sub-specialty of EM in 2002 and of paediatric a few years later. In July 2010 a new curriculum for PEM training was launched by the RCPCH as well as the College of Emergency Medicine (www.rcpch.ac.uk and www.collemergencymed.ac.uk) and ratified by the General Medical Council. It is a joint curriculum for trainees of either background. Click here to see the full curriculum.

Trainees from an EM background

Subspecialty training for PEM for EM usually requires extension of the predicted CCT date by an extra year. Training comprises one year, which will be spent gaining experience in a PED, and other areas such as PICU and General Paediatrics. This will lead to a CCT in Emergency Medicine, with subspecialty accreditation in PEM. The year's training can be completed in a block, or spread out through higher specialist training.

How do I find out more?

Speak to an EM(PEM) or a Paed(PEM) consultant in your area, or approach your Training Program Director or Head of School. See PEM Training Centres.

For more detailed information the Frequently Asked Questions page includes information about timetabling within your ST4+ years, and about the application process to the GMC

Trainees from a Paediatric background

Trainees will undergo a two-year training programme, completed after "core training" and not usually requiring an extension of CCT date. This is called “grid” training and is a competitive entry process, usually undertaken in ST4-5. It comprises one year of which is spent training exclusively in a paediatric ED, with the second year requiring periods of training in paediatric intensive care medicine, anaesthesia, paediatric surgery and paediatric orthopaedics. The RCPCH has a CSAC for PEM http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/training-examinations-professional-development/education-and-training-contacts/education-training--1