It is a required part of specialist training for doctors undertaking General Medical Council (GMC) approved training in the United Kingdom, but it is also taken by doctors from a variety of other countries.
In particular, several parts of the examination are held in overseas examination centers in Dublin, Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Reykjavik, Kuala Lumpur, and Muscat.
Membership and Fellowship are granted by examination and must be completed in a prescribed order alongside other eligibility criteria set forth by the organization.
The completion of the above three examinations grants the Membership of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (MRCEM) and contributes towards eligibility to complete the fellowship examinations below (FRCEM), which can be taken in any order.
The FRCEM examinations are open to candidates who have obtained MRCEM after 2012 or the previous 'FRCEM Intermediate Certificate'.