Eligibility & Exemptions
To sit the FFICM Exam you must be successfully registered with the Faculty in one of the following membership categories, details of membership eligibility can be found by clicking the links below;
- ICM Trainee
- Affiliate Fellow
- Member (MFICM)
- Associate Member
- MTI (are required to register as an 'Affiliate' of the Faculty)
For ICM Trainees we ask that you are in the following Stage of Training at the time of application;
Joint Trainees should have completed Intermediate ICM training as follows;
- 3 months basic ICM
- 6 months Intermediate ICM
- 6 months complimentary (dependent on your base Specialty)
Single ICM Trainees should have completed Stage 1 ICM training in it's entirety as follows and have been issued a stage 1 certificate;
- 12 months ICM
- 12 months Medicine
- 12 months Anaesthesia
- 12 months additional
Dual ICM Trainees should have completed Stage 1 ICM training in it’s entirety, including their partner specialty requirements and have been issued a stage 1 certificate.
Please see the relevant summary table in your respective dual guidance programmes to quickly check your eligibility.
FFICM MCQ – maximum six attempts |
is eligible for full registration with the General Medical Council (United Kingdom) and: |
Either:
*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. |
has passed any of the following examinations: FRCA Final, FRCA Primary, MRCP (UK), FRCEM Primary (or MRCEM Part A after August 2012) AND FRCEM Intermediate SAQ (or MRCEM Part B after August 2012) AND FRCEM Intermediate SJP OR MRCEM obtained prior to August 2018, EDIC or any of the exemption qualifications listed in the regulations of The Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine within ten years before the published start date of the sitting applied for. |
FFICM OSCE/SOE – maximum six attempts |
is eligible for full registration with the General Medical Council (United Kingdom) and: |
Either:
*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. |
has passed any of the following examinations: FRCA Final, FRCA Primary, MRCP (UK), FRCEM Primary (or MRCEM Part A after August 2012) AND FRCEM Intermediate SAQ (or MRCEM Part B after August 2012) AND FRCEM Intermediate SJP OR MRCEM obtained prior to August 2018, EDIC or any of the exemption qualifications listed in the regulations of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine within ten years before the published start date of the sitting applied for. |
has passed the MCQ within three years preceding the closing date of the sitting applied for. |
Training Exceptions
The Faculty has decided that it will, on a case-by-case basis, listen to requests from trainees who wish to sit the MCQ component of the FFICM in the very late phase of their Stage 1 training. This is on the proviso that the MCQ sitting in question falls in the last seven weeks of the trainee’s Stage 1 training and that the trainee’s Regional Advisor confirms that the trainee is on course to complete all of their required Stage 1 competencies.
Please contact the Faculty to discuss this further on 0207 092 1688.