Getting started
These guides are written for emergency registrars preparing for the ACEM fellowship written exam. They cover exam strategy, format, and high-yield topic areas. Each guide is concise and practical — designed to be useful, not to replace your textbook reading.
Exam strategy
- How to Prepare for the ACEM Fellowship Written Exam — study timeline, resource selection, question practice strategy, and exam-day tips
- ACEM Fellowship Written Exam Format Explained — SCQ and SAQ components, timing, topic matrix, marking, and how to approach each
- ACEM Fellowship Exam Resources — curated list of question banks, textbooks, courses, and study tools
Topic revision guides
- Admin, Medicolegal & Ethics Revision — consent, capacity, mental health law, coronial reporting, mandatory reporting, open disclosure, and ED administration
- Statistics & Evidence-Based Medicine Revision — study design, diagnostic test performance, hypothesis testing, critical appraisal, and EBM principles
- Toxicology Revision — toxidromes, high-yield poisonings, antidotes, and Australian toxinology
- Trauma Revision — primary survey decisions, haemorrhage management, injury patterns, and imaging
- ECG Interpretation — STEMI equivalents, arrhythmias, toxicological ECGs, and electrolyte changes
- Resuscitation Revision — cardiac arrest, airway management, shock states, and post-ROSC care
About
- About ACEMCQ — how our questions are made, what makes us different, and our approach to quality