MCEM EXAM @ MAX HEALTHCARE, NEW DELHI, INDIA
It
gives me immense pleasure to inform you that
Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Healthcare & Max Institute of
Medical Excellence ( MIME ) has entered in a memorandum of understanding with
The College of Emergency Medicine, UK
on 22nd March, 2013 to conduct PART A examination at New Delhi , India
PLEASE PASS THIS TO INTERESTED CANDIDATES.
The
details of the exams are as follows
2013 DATES:
11th December, 2013 ( Application closing Date: 4th
October, 2013 )
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ABOUT MCEM EXAMINATION:
The
Membership Examination of the College of Emergency Medicine (MCEM) assesses the
knowledge, skills and behaviours necessary for the clinical practice of
Emergency Medicine in the UK
and Ireland
The
MCEM examination will be run in overseas countries; in those countries, up to
15% of the overall content of the MCEM examination will reflect the local case
mix. The examination will itself require the same standard to be demonstrated.
Separate regulations concerning the application and re-application are found on
the College website for international examinations.
Part
A assesses the basic sciences applied to emergency medicine.
Parts
B and C assess the common competences and clinical competences required for the
evaluation and immediate management of common clinical conditions seen in the
Emergency department in adults and children. The full breadth of the major and
acute presentations listed in the curriculum will be tested but no presentation
that is not in the ACCS curriculum will be used in the exam.
Competence
in children’s emergencies is expected at a level delivered in a general
Emergency Department and focuses mainly on the seriously ill and injured child,
or the management of common childhood emergencies.
Format
of the Examination
The
examination consists of three parts, Part A, B and C.
Part A
This
consists of a knowledge test in multiple choice format with 50 questions, each
with four stems requiring true or false answers. It is not negatively marked.
The examination addresses basic sciences as applied to Emergency Medicine
including evidence based medicine and pathology.
The
basic science curriculum is found on the College website:
Candidates
are advised to consult the main curriculum in addition to the basic science
curriculum to ensure they are informed of the application of basic science to
Emergency Medicine. Broadly speaking this focuses on anatomy, physiology,
pharmacology, pathology, microbiology, and evidence based medicine.
The
pass mark is set independently for each examination, and candidate’s total
score on the MCQs is required to be at or above the predetermined pass mark.
The pass mark is usually around 70%.
Duration:
2 hours
Part B
This
paper examines data interpretation and problem solving skills and consists of
16 questions. The questions present a clinical scenario and may have clinical
data including radiographs, CT scans, ECGs, blood test results and clinical
photographs.
The
pass marks is set independently for each examination and candidate’s total
score on all questions combined is required to be at or above the predetermined
pass mark. The pass mark is usually between 65-70%.
Duration:
2 hours
Part C
This
consists of 18 Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) stations that
assess knowledge, psycho-motor ability, interpersonal skills (including
communication and conflict resolution), professional behaviour and clinical
decision-making skills. There will normally be two rest stations.
The
pass mark for each station is set independently for each examination.
Candidates are required to pass 14 of the 18 stations to pass the whole
examination.
Duration:
Approximately 2.5 hours
NOTE: Candidates from Max Healthcare will only be eligible
to write PART B & C post completion of MEM ( After three years of EM
training )
CONTACT PERSON:
Head
of Emergency Services, Max Healthcare
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine;George Washington
University (USA
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine;
Regional Faculty (Asia Pacific), American
Heart Association
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