FFICM Examination Regulations

6.1       A person is eligible to enter the MCQ paper who:

6.1.1    is eligible for full registration with the General Medical Council (United Kingdom). Anyone who is currently suspended by the GMC cannot take the exam.

6.1.2    has passed any of the following examinations within 10 years before the published start date of the sitting applied for:

• FRCA Final
• FRCA Primary
• MRCP (UK)
• EDIC
• MRCEM Primary SBA (or MRCEM Part A between August 2012 – August 2016 or FRCEM Primary after August 2016) AND MRCEM Intermediate SBA (or MRCEM Part B between August 2012 – August 2016 or FRCEM Intermediate SAQ after August 2016) AND MRCEM OSCE after August 2014* (or FRCEM Intermediate SJP after August 2017)

*retrospective approval has been granted for MRCEM achieved between August 2018 – August 2021 as part of the Emergency Medicine 2021 curriculum.

NB: Periods of maternity/paternity/adoption leave shall be excluded from this ten-year period. For candidates who work or train on a less than full time basis, the time shall be calculated on a whole-time-equivalent basis.

• Or any of the exemption qualifications listed in the regulations of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine within 10 years before the published start date of the sitting applied for.

6.1.3    satisfies the requirements of these Regulations with regard to application procedures and other matters;

6.1.4    Satisfies ONE of the following regulations:

6.1.4.1 TRAINEE DOCTOR: A trainee doctor currently registered with the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine as a trainee in a Deanery approved training post on a GMC approved training programme in Intensive Care Medicine (either as part of a Single, Dual or Joint programme), who has completed Stage 1 ICM (Single/Dual) or Intermediate training (Joint).

6.1.4.2 AFFILIATE FELLOW: A trainee doctor who is currently registered with the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine as an Affiliate fellow in a Deanery approved training post on a GMC approved training programme in a specialty of one of the Faculty’s parent Colleges.

6.1.4.3 MEMBER (MFICM) & ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP

• currently practising ICM in the UK for one continuous year prior to the date of the examination applied for; and
• is registered with the Faculty; and
• holds a satisfactory appraisal

6.1.4.4 FORMER TRAINEE DOCTOR: A doctor who is currently registered with the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and is a former UK ICM trainee who left ICM training no more than five years before the published start date of the sitting applied for.

6.1.4.5 MEDICAL TRAINING INITIATIVE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME (MTI IP):

• A doctor who is currently registered with the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and is sponsored under the MTI IP; and been employed in Intensive Care Medicine in a NHS post for six months immediately prior to the date of the examination applied for and holds a satisfactory NHS appraisal.
• A doctor who has completed their MTI sponsorship and during their sponsorship passed one or more components of the FFICM, will be allowed to sit outstanding component(s) for one further year, measured from the completion date of their sponsorship providing they remain eligible in all other respects. No further adjustments to eligibility will be made after the extended period has elapsed.

6.2       A person is eligible to enter the OSCE and/or SOE who:

6.2.1    is eligible to enter the MCQ as prescribed in regulation 6.1. AND;

6.2.2    has passed the MCQ within three years on the closing date for applications, excluding any periods of maternity/paternity/adoption leave within this three-year period. For candidates who work or train on a less than full time basis, the time shall be calculated on a whole-time-equivalent basis

6.3       A person shall not be eligible to enter the MCQ or OSCE and/or SOE who has already attempted and failed the component(s) six times.