Starting is the beginningStarting is the beginningEvolution of an old specialty of EMEvolution of an old specialty of EM
in the UKin the UK
From a Faculty to a CollegeFrom a Faculty to a College
Gautam G. Bodiwala, Gautam G. Bodiwala, CBE, DLCBE, DL
DSc (Hon), MS, FRCS, FRCP, FCEM, FIFEMDSc (Hon), MS, FRCS, FRCP, FCEM, FIFEM
PresidentPresident
International Federation for Emergency MedicineInternational Federation for Emergency Medicine
500 YEARS AGO500 YEARS AGO
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN THE ‘‘UKUK’’
WAS CARRIED OUT BYWAS CARRIED OUT BY
PHYSICIANSPHYSICIANS
SURGEONSSURGEONS
APOTHECARIESAPOTHECARIES
QUACKSQUACKS
Casualty Surgeons AssociationCasualty Surgeons Association
The Senior Medical Officers working in The Senior Medical Officers working in
Casualty Department were so incensed Casualty Department were so incensed
that they established the Casualty that they established the Casualty
Surgeons Association on 12Surgeons Association on 12thth October October
1967.1967.
OBJECTS:OBJECTS:
‘‘To promote for the public, high standards in To promote for the public, high standards in
Science and art of Casualty Medicine and Science and art of Casualty Medicine and
SurgerySurgery’’
FROM CAS TO A&E TO EM
•1967 Casualty Surgeons Association (CSA)
•1972 First ‘experimental’ consultants appointed
•1975 SAC in Accident and Emergency Medicine
•1977 First Senior Registrar appointed
•1983 FRCSEd (A&E) started
•1986 First International Conference on Emergency
Medicine, London
•1990 First Professorial Appointment
•1990 CSA became British Association for Accident
and Emergency Medicine (BAEM)
•1991 International Federation for Emergency Medicine
•1993 Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine
FROM CAS TO A&E TO EM (Contd.)
•1996 FFAEM (Exit Examination) Started
•2003 MFAEM (Entry Examination) started
•2005 Name changed to ‘Emergency Medicine’
•2005 British Association for Emergency Medicine
•2006 International examinations started
•2006 Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine
became College of Emergency Medicine(CEM)
•2006 Merger Board established to create a merged
College of CEM and BAEM
•2008 The College of Emergency Medicine
BAEM and FAEMBAEM and FAEM
�� BAEM BAEM –– clinical services and clinical services and
membership benefitsmembership benefits
�� FAEM FAEM –– Training, Examinations and Training, Examinations and
ResearchResearch
BAEM and FAEMBAEM and FAEM
Recognised the need for a singleRecognised the need for a single
Body to represent the specialty ofBody to represent the specialty of
EM in the UKEM in the UK
College of the Faculty of Medicine 1518The Royal College of Physicians, London
Barber and Surgeons Company 1540Company of surgeons 1745Royal College of surgeons, England
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1745
Society of Apothecaries 1748Royal College of General Practitioners 1950
Currently 17 Colleges and 4 Faculties
�� Majority favoured a move to Majority favoured a move to
establishing a College by merging establishing a College by merging
two organisations in a survey of two organisations in a survey of
Members of BAEM and FAEM Members of BAEM and FAEM –– 20022002
�� Change the name of Faculty to the Change the name of Faculty to the
‘‘College of Emergency Medicine College of Emergency Medicine ––
Sept 2005Sept 2005
ProgressProgress
�� Merger Board established to create a Merger Board established to create a College Early 2006College Early 2006
�� Moved to a new accommodation Aug Moved to a new accommodation Aug 20062006
�� Merger Board met 25 timesMerger Board met 25 times
�� 13 drafts of Bylaws, Ordinances and 13 drafts of Bylaws, Ordinances and Charter Charter
�� Royal Charter granted to establish Royal Charter granted to establish the College Feb 2008the College Feb 2008
The College of Emergency MedicineThe College of Emergency Medicine
�� Shadow Board Mar 08 to Sept 08Shadow Board Mar 08 to Sept 08
�� First College Council Sept 08First College Council Sept 08
�� Formal Inauguration of the College Formal Inauguration of the College
and presentation of the Royal and presentation of the Royal
Charter on 1 October by HRH Charter on 1 October by HRH
Princess RoyalPrincess Royal
�� HRH Princess Royal became the HRH Princess Royal became the
Royal Patron of the CollegeRoyal Patron of the College
The Next StepThe Next Step
Royal AppellationRoyal Appellation
Application to become Application to become
The The ‘‘RoyalRoyal’’ College of Emergency MedicineCollege of Emergency Medicine
in July 2009in July 2009
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