ACEM Primary Exam Resources

LITFL; ACEM and your DEMT should be your initial & most important resources.

ACEM Primary Exams:

Texts

• Moore – Clinically Oriented Anatomy
• Robbins – Pathological Basis of Disease
• Katzung – Basic & Clinical Pharmacology
• Ganong – Review of Medical Physiology

Web

• ACEM: Primary Examination Resources
  • Includes information about the exam, dates, fees, educational resources and a link to the training and examination handbook
• LITFL – Primary Examination Resources
• EDVIVAS.com (free)
• iMeducate (subscription)
• MedExHub (subscription)
• ERexam.org
  • Structured way to study and pass the ACEM primary exam based on the 22 week primary exam schedule designed by Dr Tim Harraway from the Gold Coast Hospital Emergency Department
• Improvongedcare

General EM Education:

EM Podcasts

• Crackcast – Covers Rosen’s EM book
• Emergency Medicine Cases – good notes on website to reflect on
• Art of Emergency Medicine – SAQs relating to ACEM Fellowship Exam
• EM in 5 – Videos
• BroomeDocs – with First10EM Journal Club
• Core EM – USA – website includes some useful videos
• RCEM Learning – UK College EM
• The Resus Room – EBM
• Mastering Intensive Care – non-technical elements of critical care medicine
• RebelEM – EBM
• EMRAP – Excellent monthly summaries but $$$
• EMCRIT – Fortnightly podcasts – Scott Weingart – $

Websites that provide good reviews of current literature:

• Critical Care Reviews
• Adelaide EP Journal scan
• Journal Feed – sign up to learn one EM article a day in 30 seconds?
• Emergency Medicine Literature of Note
• Evidence Alerts
• The NNT – Quick summaries of evidence-based medicine.
• The SGEM

Apps  / Web Pages

Most web pages can be saved onto your phone home page like an “App”.

General / Adult Emergency Med Websites / Apps

• FOAMed education resources – SCGHED review
• Inkling App – great place to purchase Medical Textbooks and have them available on your phone (some hard copy text books come with online access)
• SCGH Library Web page – Point of Care & Medication Resources Available free (Contact SCGH Library for sign in details, then you can add to home screen as above)
  • eMimms
  • eTG
  • AMH
  • Up to Date
• SCGHED.com  – for all things Charlie’s ED & much more (CME, local Guidelines, Newsletters, Covid, etc)
• LITFL  – Life in the Fast lane – for all things #FOAMED in Emergency Medicine & much more
• Diagnostic Imaging pathways WA
• Eye Manual  (App or PDF)
• Emergency Procedures App
• Clinical Tools ECI
• MDCalc – Medical calculators, equations, scores, and guidelines
• Austin Toxicology (App for iOS and Android as well as the web)
• Ortho Bullets
• ENT Know how – Accessible ENT know-how for health professionals
• iResus
• Anso (Sonoanatomy)
• palmEM – Emergency Medicine Essentials App For iPhone and iPad
• Eye Chart
• DrugDoses (subscription)

Paediatric Specific Web pages

• CAHMS / KEMH  Neonatology Guidelines
• RCH Clinical Guidelines
• PCH Paed’s drug Calculator
• PCH Emergency Department Guidelines
• RCH paediatric Fracture Management
• PCH – Baby Common Presentations
• DFTB – How to do… (practical procedures)
• APLS Algorithms
• ChAMP Guidelines