FACEM Trainees Enrolled Prior to 2022

The Policy for the transition from the FACEM Training Program to the Emergency Medicine Certificate, Associateship in Intermediate Emergency Medicine and Associateship in Advanced Emergency Medicine programs indicates the modules and assessments to be completed to achieve the EMC, IEMTP or AEMTP.

What can I receive RPL for? 

Procedural Checklist 

To have the procedures on the EMC, IEMTP and AEMTP Procedural Checklist assessed for RPL, you must submit the checklist, with the date and signature of your most current Director of Emergency Medicine Training (DEMT) for each procedure, with your application. Any individual procedures that are not signed by the DEMT will need to be completed once you are enrolled in the EMC, IEMTP or AEMTP. 

• Emergency Medicine Certificate Procedural  Checklist
• Intermediate Emergency Medicine Training Program Procedural  Checklist
• Advanced Emergency Medicine Training Program Procedural Checklist

Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) 

Verification of the completion of an individual DOPS during the FACEM Training Program is the DOPS Work-place based Assessment (WBA) assessment form in your ACEM Training Record. 

For more information visit our  DOPS page. 

Workshops 

To be assessed for RPL for the Advanced Skills workshop requirement you must submit current and valid certificates of competency, with your application form, for any of the following emergency skills workshops that you have completed:

• Advanced Life Support 2 (ALS2) 
• Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) 
• Early Management of Severe Trauma (EMST), or Emergency Trauma Management (ETM). 
• For the Ultrasound courses you will need to submit a confirmation letter from your DEMT or Supervisor that you have completed an appropriately credentialed ultrasound courses as outlined in the  Training Handbook  and  Ultrasound Course Requirement document. 
• Note there is no exemption from the ACEM Certificate & Associateship Training Programs Supervisor Course. 

Incomplete applications will not be processed. If any supporting documentation cannot be provided at the time the application form is submitted or, if further documentation is required, it must be received within one month of the date originally requested. If not, the original application will be withdrawn, and a new application must be submitted. 

You cannot be concurrently enrolled in the FACEM Training Program and either the EMC, IEMTP or AEMTP. After receiving your RPL outcome, you will need to formally withdraw from the FACEM Training Program before enrolling in the EMC, IEMTP or AEMTP. 

How Do I Apply?  

The FACEM Training Program record is used as the basis for assessing and verifying the RPL to be awarded. Supporting documentation must also be submitted to verify the procedures and workshop requirements of the EMC, IEMTP and AEMTP. 

Step 1: Submit an  online application form  for assessment, including all supporting documentation. Before beginning the application process, please make sure you have the relevant supporting documentation ready. 

Step 2: ACEM staff verify the requirements of the EMC, IEMTP and AEMTP against your FACEM Training Program training record and supporting documentation. Your application will then presented to the Council of Education (COE) approved delegate/s for consideration. 

Step 3: The COE approved delegate/s determines the RPL to be awarded and any outstanding requirements to be completed. 

Step 4: ACEM staff notify you of the RPL outcome and provides an enrolment form for the relevant program. 
 
Step 5: Complete and submit the enrolment form and pay the enrolment fee. Withdrawal from the FACEM Training program must be received prior to processing of the enrolment for EMC, IEMTP or AEMTP. 

The RPL, for individual components of the EMC, IEMTP or AEMTP, within each category is determined on a case-by-case basis and dependent on the training requirements and assessments completed during the FACEM Training Program. The components required to be completed will be provided in a letter for each applicant together with an enrolment form after a review by the COE approved delegate. 
 
If you do not enrol within 60 days of receipt of your outcome, you will be required to submit a new application form for re-assessment. 
 
If you have completed additional FACEM Training Program requirements since your last assessment outcome letter, you will be required to submit a new application for assessment. 

Fees 

Application Fee 

There is no fee to assess and determine the RPL awarded. The application for assessment is not an enrolment into the program. 

Enrolment Fee 

The enrolment fee payable will vary depending on the amount of RPL awarded into the relevant program. For more information on enrolment fees please refer to Fees and payments. 

FAQs

Contact

For more information, please contact the relevant departments on:
EMC/D – [email protected]; phone: +61 3 8679 8872
Trainee Support – [email protected]; phone: +61 3 8679 8874