Updated August 2023
RCEM membership provides you with a range of support, education, resources and training. These are just some of the benefits to your RCEM membership:
| Membership Categories | Rights and Privileges | ||||||||||
| Use Post- Nominal | Vote for President 3 |
Be elected to a Council role/ Officer | Vote for members of Council | Vote for Reg/Nat Chair | Stand for President / VP / Treasurer |
Stand for Reg/Nat Represen- tative | Can be an examiner or trainer (within RCEM Regulations) |
Stand as EMTA Officer* |
Stand as EMSAS Officer** | Stand as ACP Officer | |
| Honorary Fellowship | FRCEM (Hons) |
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| Retired or Life Fellows | FRCEM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Retired Members | MRCEM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Fellows by Examination/Ad Eundem/Election* | FRCEM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | FRCEM & MRCEM examiner | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Fellows by Exam/Ad Eundem/Election – Overseas |
FRCEM | ✓ | ✓ | FRCEM & MRCEM examiner | |||||||
| Associate Fellowship | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | MRCEM examiner & Question writer | ✓ | ||||||
| Associate Fellow (Overseas) | MRCEM examiner & Question writer | ||||||||||
| Membership by Examination | MRCEM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | MRCEM examiner & Question writer | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Membership by Exam (Non EM working) | MRCEM | ||||||||||
| Membership by Election | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Associate Membership (Training/ePortfolio) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Associate Member | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Associate Member (ACP) | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Associate Memberships (including Student, Foundation, PA, RHP & AOST) | |||||||||||
| Affiliate Membership | |||||||||||
| * excluding Fellows registered as ‘non EM’ | |||||||||||
| 3 Fellows, Associate Fellows and Members (excluding Honorary Fellows, Associate Members and Affiliates) shall be entitled to vote in the election of the President and other members of Council. Honorary Fellows, Associate Members, Overseas Members, Overseas Fellows and Affiliates shall not be entitled to vote in the election | |||||||||||
| *all EMTA positions will be held by individuals undertaking training within Emergency medicine in the UK, holding a National Training Number |
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| **all EMSAS positions will be held by inidviduals working in the following roles, Trust grade doctors including Associate Specialists, Specialist doctors, Speciality doctors, Staff grades, Trust grades, Clinical fellows and other doctors working in non-standard posts in emergency medicine in the UK and the Republic of Ireland | |||||||||||
+ Retiring Fellows & Revalidation
For the purposes of subscriptions, the College defines retired members as ‘members who are retired from NHS work and do not have a licence to practice’.
If they continue to revalidate and therefore equip themselves for employment they will continue to pay the normal membership subscriptions even if they have retired from their full time NHS post. If income from medical practice is less than the lower income rate (£35K) then there is a 50% reduction available for these members.
Those members who has ceased to revalidate and are therefore ineligible to continue to work as a medical practitioner may choose one of the following retired fellow options:
(a) An annual reduced fee as a retired Fellow or
(b) Pay a single ‘one-off’ life Fellowship fee.
Either of these choices would have an optional EMJ subscription of £78.00 per annum in addition to the membership subscription.
It will be necessary for you to seek guidance from the GMC on how to remain as a specialist in your field.
Every year a diploma ceremony is held on the first Thursday of December to recognise and celebrate the achievements of those doctors who have passed the FRCEM and the MRCEM and those ACPs who have recently credentialed. Invites will be sent to all eligible graduands in the summer before the ceremony, where graduands will have the opportunity to book for themselves and their guests. Please note, guest numbers may be restricted due to venue capacity but all key information regarding this will be included within the initial invite.
Members and Fellows are reminded that only the Post-Nominal letters authorised by the College are MRCEM and FRCEM as set out below: Use of these post-nominal letters is restricted to those members and fellows who have paid their annual subscription.
| Member Category | Post Nominal |
|---|---|
| Fellow by Examination | FRCEM |
| Fellow by Election | FRCEM |
| Fellow Ad Eundem | FRCEM |
| Honorary Fellow | FRCEM (Hon) |
| Member by Examination | MRCEM |
Take a look at some of the great discounts and offers available to you as part of you RCEM membership.
+ RCEM Lifestyle rewardsAs part of your membership, you get to experience & enjoy RCEM Lifestyle Rewards.
Members receive exclusive discounts & added value offers on a wide range of luxury products, services & experiences.
RCEM Lifestyle Rewards – Your life, your choice… to sign up or sign in, click the link below.
As part of your membership all eligible members* are able to access TOTUM PRO membership.
With over two hundred UK discounts and thousands worldwide from both famous brands and local independents, a TOTUM PRO membership opens up a whole world of fantastic savings on everything from dining out and keeping fit to fashion retail and travel abroad.
For more information and to access membership, please click the link below.
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