| A | |
| AAC | Advisory Appointments Committee |
| ABTAFG | Anti-Bullying Task and Finish Group |
| ACAF | Applied Critical Appraisal Form |
| ACAT | Acute Care Assessment Tool. A WPBA. |
| ACCS | Acute Care Common Stem The first two years of training (CT/ST1 to CT/ST2) composed of four six-month rotations in the four acute specialties of EM, Anaesthetics, Acute Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine. The ACCS curriculum is shared between the four specialties. |
| ACEM | Australasian College of Emergency Medicine |
| ACEMT | Advisory Committee on Emergency Medicine Training in Ireland |
| ACEP | American College of Emergency Physicians |
| ACF | Academic Clinical Fellow – An Academic Clinical Fellowship combines clinical training with academic training. |
| ACP | Advanced Clinical Practitioner – Nurses or Paramedics who are collecting evidence with a view to credentialing. |
| ALS | Advanced Life Support |
| AM | Acute Medicine |
| AOMRC | Academy of Medical Royal Colleges |
| AOST | Approved overseas training |
| APEX | Acute Psychiatric Emergency |
| API | Application Programme Interface – Automated emails for log in details/connects iMIS with other programs to pass data between systems |
| APLS | Advanced Paediatric Life Support |
| ARCP | Annual Review of Competence Progression – A review of a trainee’s progress, normally at the end of the training year in June and July. |
| ATLS | Advanced Trauma Life Support |
| B | |
| BAEM | British Association for Emergency Medicine |
| BAME | Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic |
| BASHH | British Association for Sexual Health and HIV |
| BASIC | British Association for Immediate Care |
| BHIVA | British HIV Association |
| BMJ | British Medical Journal |
| BP | Best Practice |
| C | |
| CAMHS | Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services |
| CBD | Case Based Discussion. A WPBA. |
| CC | Clinical Case |
| CCST | Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training |
| CCT | Certificate of Completion of Training – Granted by GMC after RCEM recommends a trainee for inclusion on the specialist register after successful completion of training. |
| CEF | Clinical Effectiveness Fellowship |
| CEM | College of Emergency Medicine |
| CESR | Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration – A route to the specialist register for doctors who, although not in training posts, nevertheless feel they have acquired enough evidence (some of which may be on ePortfolio) to prove they have gained all the competences in the EM curriculum. Applications are sent to the GMC who forward to the College for evaluation. |
| CESR-CP | CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) Combined Programme – Trainees may enter training at a higher level than CT/ST1 if they provide evidence (some of which may be on ePortfolio) at recruitment and enrolment that they satisfy the entry criteria. Trainees on this route do not get a CCT but do end up on the specialist register on successful completion of training. |
| Cloud | The cloud is a remote server that we can connect to and work on; it imitates what connection we would have inside the office, so all files and folders are fully accessible. |
| CME | Continuing Medical Education |
| Core Training | CT1 to CT3 – For trainees who do not choose RTT. They have to re- apply for HST. |
| CPD | Continuing Professional Development |
| CQC | Care Quality Commission |
| CSC | Curriculum Sub Committee |
| CT1. CT2, CT3 | Core Training, Core Trainee |
| CTR | Clinical Topic Reviews |
| CURE | Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care Research |
| D | |
| Deanery | Regional bodies responsible for delivering training – Nomenclature is now formally ‘HE regions’ within England but ‘Deanery’ is still commonly used. |
| DCC | Direct Clinical Care |
| DD | Direct Debit |
| DDI | Direct Debit Instruction – Authority given by a person to use their bank details to pay for a service (e.g. College membership) |
| DDM | Direct Debit Manager – Direct debit management software |
| DEF | Digital Educational Fellow |
| DocuWare | Digital document management |
| DoH/DH | Department of Health |
| DOPS | Directly Observed Procedure (or Direct Observation of Procedural Skills). A WPBA. |
| DRE-EM | Defined Route of Entry to Emergency Medicine – A route for trainees to enter EM training at ST3 level. The ST3 ‘year’ on this pathway lasts between 18 to 24 months. |
| E | |
| ECDS | Emergency Care Data Set |
| ECFMG | Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates |
| ED | Emergency Department |
| EDI | Equality Diversity and Inclusion Committee |
| ELSE | Extended Learning Supervised Event – A two to three hour period of recorded supervision. A form of WPBA. |
| EM | Emergency Medicine |
| EMFP | Emergency Medicine Foundation Programme |
| EMJ | Emergency Medicine Journal |
| EMQIAT | Emergency Medicine Quality Improvement Assessment Tool |
| EMTA | Emergency Medicine Trainees Association |
| EMSR | Emergency Medicine Specialist Registrar |
| EMWIG | Emergency Medicine Workforce Implementation Group |
| EPA | Entrustable Professional Activity: a competence outcome, Nomenclature associated with the new curriculum currently being developed. |
| EPIC | Electronic Portfolio of International Credentials or Emergency Physician In Charge |
| EPRR | Emergency Planning/Preparedness Resilience & Response |
| ERB | Editorial Review Board |
| ESLE | Extended Supervised Learning Event |
| ES STR | Educational Supervisor structured training report |
| EuSEM | European Society for Emergency Medicine |
| EWTD | European Working Time Directive |
| F | |
| FACEM | Fellowship of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine |
| FAEM | Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| FASSGEM | Forum for Associate Specialist and Staff Grades in Emergency Medicine |
| FCEM | Fellowship of the College of Emergency Medicine |
| FEGM | Faculty Educational Governance Meeting |
| FEGS | Faculty Educational Governance Statement |
| FEN | Faculty of Emergency Nursing |
| FFAEM | Fellowship of the Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine |
| FOAMed | Free Open Access Medical Education |
| Formative | An assessment which is primarily focused on highlighting a trainee’s development requirements. Cf ‘Summative’ |
| FRCEM | Fellowship of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (end of training Examination) |
| FTSTA | Fixed term specialty training appointment |
| FIFEM | Fellow of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine |
| G | |
| GCP | Good Clinical Practice |
| GIRFT | (NHS Improvement programme) Getting It Right First Time |
| GMC | General Medical Council – The regulatory body who approve curricula and training programmes and keep the medical and specialist registers. |
| GMC COG | GMC’s Curriculum Oversight Group |
| GPC | Generic Professional Capabilities |
| H | |
| Head of School | A joint RCEM and deanery appointed regional lead for a specialty. EM Heads of Schools sit on the TSC. |
| HEE | Health Education England |
| HEIW | Health Education and Improvement Wales |
| HEMS | Helicopter Emergency Medicine Services (Air Ambulance) |
| HSIB | Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch |
| HSJ | Health Service Journal |
| HSRUK | Health Services Research UK |
| HST | Higher Specialist Training. From ST4 to ST6. |
| I | |
| IAC | Initial Assessment of Competence – A certificate confirming acquisition of Anaesthetics competence at ACCS level. |
| ICACCST | Intercollegiate Committee for ACCS Training |
| IBTPHEM | Intercollegiate Board for Training in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine |
| ICM | Intensive Care Medicine |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| IFEM | International Federation for Emergency Medicine |
| IMC | Irish Medical Council |
| iMIS | The main RCEM CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system |
| IBTPHEM | Intercollegiate Board for Training in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine |
| J | |
| JCHST | Joint Committee on Higher Surgical Training |
| JRCALC | Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee |
| K | |
| KC | Key Capability |
| L | |
| LAT | Locum Appointed for Training – A trainee in a short approved period of training normally 6 or 12 months long. |
| LETBs | HEE’s Local Education and Training Boards |
| LS | Learning Session |
| LTFT | Less than full time training |
| M | |
| MAST | MAST are our support team for iMIS, Keith Robertson is our main account manager |
| MATB1 | Form that is evidence of a pregnancy |
| MCEM | Membership of the College of Emergency Medicine |
| MCR | Multiple Consultant Report |
| MCQ | Multiple Choice Questions |
| MD | Doctor of Medicine |
| MEG | Member Engagement Group |
| MFAEM | Membership of the Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine |
| Mini-CEX | Mini Clinical Examination. A WPBA. |
| MMC | NHS Modernising Medical Careers |
| MRCEM | Membership of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (Mid- training Examination required for entry to ST4). |
| MRCP | Member of the Royal College of Physicians |
| MRCS | Member of the Royal College of Surgeons |
| MSF | Multi-source Feedback – A 360º collation of feedback from work colleagues. |
| MSO | Multi Station Oral |
| MTI | Medical Training Initiative – Overseas trainees training in the UK for periods between 6 to 24 months. Many Colleges run this scheme. Cf WLR. |
| N | |
| NatSSIPs | National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures |
| NCAA | National Clinical Assessment Authority |
| NCCG doctors | Non-consultant career grade doctors (Associate Specialist, Staff Grade, Clinical Assistant) |
| NCEPOD | National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death |
| NES | NHS Education for Scotland |
| Net2 Access Control | Software to access door control, create new users and fobs |
| NHES | NHS ePortfolio |
| NICE | National Institute for Health and Care Excellence |
| NIHR | National Institute for Health Research |
| NIMDTA | Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency |
| Nomenclature | The devising or choosing of names for things/the body or system of names used in a particular specialist field. |
| NTN | National Training Number. Generated by deaneries/HE regions for RTT and HST trainees. |
| NTS | Non-Technical Skills |
| NRLS | National Reporting and Learning System |
| O | |
| OOP | Out of Programme – Trainees can choose to interrupt their training and go Out Of Programme for Experience (OOPE), Research (OOPR), Career break (OOPC) or Training (OOPT). Periods of the latter count towards training. |
| OOPE | Out of Programme Experience (also OOP Training, OOP Research) |
| OSCE | Objective Structured Clinical Examination |
| P | |
| PA | Physician Associate |
| PDD | Paperless Direct Debit |
| PDP | Personal Development Plan |
| PEM | Paediatric Emergency Medicine – All trainees do PEM in their ST3 year. Some choose to do an additional year for sub-specialty accreditation. |
| PEMPAG | Paediatric Emergency Medicine Professional Advisory Group |
| PHEM | Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine EM administered outside the ED eg at the roadside following traffic accidents; at the bottom of cliffs. A sub-specialty of EM. |
| PICU | Paediatric Intensive Care Unit |
| PLAB | Professional and Linguistics Assessments Board |
| PMETB | Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board |
| PRHO | Pre-registration House Officer |
| PRSB | Professional Record Standards Body |
| PS | Patient Survey |
| PTX | Old direct debit software replaced in 2021 by Direct Debit Manager (DDM) |
| Q | |
| QA&I | Quality Assurance & Improvement |
| QECC | Quality in Emergency Care Committee |
| QIP | Quality Improvement Program |
| R | |
| RCoA | Royal College of Anaesthetists |
| RCAL | Regional College Academic Lead |
| RCEM | Royal College of Emergency Medicine |
| #RCEM CARES | Crowding, Access, Retention, Experience, Safety |
| RCP | Royal College of Physicians |
| RCPEd | Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
| RCPSGlas | Royal College of Surgeons & Physicians of Glasgow |
| RCS | Royal College of Surgeons (of England) |
| RCSEd | Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh |
| Ref | Reference session |
| RHP | Registered Healthcare Practitioner |
| RiSE | A website platform that lives within iMIS |
| RITA | Record of In-Training Assessment |
| RO | Responsible Officer |
| ROT | Recognition of Training |
| ROSPA | Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents |
| RSM | Royal Society of Medicine |
| RTT | Run-Through Training – Trainees who progress straight through from Core to HST (providing they receive satisfactory outcomes at ARCPs). |
| S | |
| SAQ | Short answer question (examination paper) |
| SAS | Specialty and Association Specialist |
| SASG | Staff Grade and Associate Specialist/Grade |
| SBA | Single Best Answer |
| SBAQ | Single best answer question |
| SD | Service Delivery |
| SDCC | Service Design & Configuration Committee |
| SHO | Senior House Officer – An old grade of junior doctor. Term no longer in use. |
| SIG | Special Interest Group (e.g. Frailty, Toxicology etc) |
| SJP | Situational judgement paper |
| SLO | Speciality Learning Outcomes |
| SLWG | Short Life Working Group |
| SNOMED CT | Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms |
| SPA | Supporting Professional Activity |
| SpR | Specialist Registrar |
| SQUIRE | Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence |
| STAR | Structured Training And Reflection programs |
| STC | Specialist Training Committee |
| STAT | Structured Teaching Assessment Tool |
| StR | Specialty Registrar – EM trainee training to the approved curriculum towards College recommendation for inclusion on the GMC’s specialist register and eligibility to apply for substantive consultant posts. |
| STR | Structured Training Report – Completed by an Educational Supervisor at least once a year. |
| ST1-6 | Specialty Trainee year 1 – 6 |
| Summative | An assessment which assesses whether a trainee has achieved a pre-determined standard. Cf ‘Formative’ |
| SWPC | Sustainable Working Practices Committee |
| T | |
| TAF | Training Admin Fee |
| TeamViewer | Application to allow IT department to remote access |
| TERN | Trainee Emergency Research Network |
| TLA | Three-letter acronym |
| TO | Teaching Observation |
| TPD | Training Programme Director. Consultant responsible for a training programme in a deanery. |
| TSC | Training Standards Committee – College committee responsible for standards of training in EM and making decisions on related questions. |
| U | |
| UAT | User Acceptance Testing (new curriculum access) |
| V | |
| Vohkus | Our support for general IT issues, Anna Ley is our account manager |
| W | |
| WLR | Work, Learn, Return – A small number of overseas doctors were recruited to EM (non-training) posts in the UK with a view to contributing to mid-grade service support and receiving in return experience of UK practices and support from RCEM towards taking the College’s examinations. Doctors on this (RCEM only) scheme are expected to return to their home country after a period of 4 years. Recruitment to this scheme has now ceased. Cf MTI |
| WpBA/WPBA | Workplace based assessment – An assessment conducted in the workplace by an appropriately qualified assessor. |
| Z | |
| Zoom | Zoom is our video conferencing platform |
| Zoom Phone | Zoom phone is our telephone provider, Zoom phone is part of the main Zoom platform |