Eligibility Criteria
A candidate will be eligible to enter the FRCEM Intermediate Certificate examinations provided he/she:
- Holds a medical qualification approved by the General Medical Council (GMC) for the purposes of registration AND
- Has completed the UK Foundation Programme or equivalent AND
- Has passed the MRCEM Part A examination after 1 August 2012 and prior to 31 July 2016 OR has passed the FRCEM Primary examination after 1 August 2016 OR has been granted exemption from the FRCEM Primary or MRCEM Part A as a result of obtaining MRCS or MRCSI after 1 January 2012.
The FRCEM Intermediate Certificate examinations are conducted in English and candidates are advised that IELTS Level 7 is the expected standard for completion of the FRCEM examinations.
For more information regarding eligibility, please refer to the FRCEM Intermediate Certificate Regulations and Information Pack on the Royal College of Emergency Medicine website. For further queries, please contact the Royal College of Emergency Medicine by email: exams@rcem.ac.uk or phone: +44 (0) 20 7067 1268.
Exam Dates and Fees
| Exam Date |
Application Dates |
Results Date |
| 17th September 2019 |
1st April 2019 – 3rd June 2019 |
25th October 2019 |
| 3rd March 2020 |
4th November 2019 – 3rd January 2020 |
17th April 2020 |
| 17th September 2020 |
15th May 2020 – 17th July 2020 |
6th November 2020 |
Fees (N.B. Candidates sitting the examination in an overseas centre may be required to pay additional local fees):
- FRCEM Intermediate Short Answer Question paper – £305.00 (UK Centres) or £385 (Oman)
- FRCEM Intermediate Situational Judgement Paper – £200.00
Up to date FRCEM Intermediate Certificate Exam Dates and Fees are published on the Royal College of Emergency Medicine website.
Exam Regulations
The FRCEM Intermediate Certificate Regulations and Information Pack can be found on the Royal College of Emergency Medicine website. For further queries, please contact the Royal College of Emergency Medicine by email: exams@rcem.ac.uk or phone: +44 (0) 20 7067 1268.
Exam Applications
Online applications for the examinations will open at approximately 10.00am (GMT time) on the application/s opening date and close automatically at 5.00pm (GMT time) on the listed closing date. Applications received after this will not be accepted.
The link to the FRCEM Intermediate Certificate Application Form will be made available on the Royal College of Emergency Medicine website on the given day (see above) the application is due to open.
Exam Results
The FRCEM Intermediate Certificate Results will be published on the Royal College of Emergency Medicine website on a pre-advised day (see above) approximately four weeks after the date of the examination. Result letters and feedback will be posted to candidates within four weeks of the publication of results.
Pass Mark
The FRCEM Intermediate SAQ and the FRCEM Intermediate SJP examinations are standard set using a modified Angoff Method. One standard error of measurement will be added to the cut scores identified using the Angoff method to calculate the required final pass mark for each paper. This means the pass marks vary between exam diets.
Detailed FRCEM Intermediate Certificate Examination Reports can be found on the Royal College of Emergency Medicine website.
