This study plan has been reproduced and modified from TJDogma. It is suggested as a roughly 6 month programme. Other candidates have used 9-12 month programmes.
Before beginning, discuss with your DEMT regarding your campaign and your timing as individual strategies will vary.
Before beginning, collect past papers and revise the ACEM learning and processes document to note ‘expert level’ topics to prioritise your learning.
| Week | Subject | Topic |
| Intro | FE process, texts. Collect past papers. Check curriculum | |
| 1 | Resuscitation | Resuscitation |
| 2 | Medicine 1 | CVS 1 (ACS, failure, syncope) |
| 3 | Surgery 1 | Trauma 1 (head and neck, chest, abdomen) |
| 4 | Anaesthesia | Anaesthesia / procedural sedation |
| 5 | Toxicology 1 | General Toxins |
| 6 | Medicine 2 | CVS 2 (Arrhythmia, TED, HT) |
| 7 | Surgery 2 | Trauma 2 (Pelvis, spine, limbs) |
| 8 | Psychiatry | Psychiatry |
| 9 | Medicine 3 | Respiratory |
| 10 | Surgery 3 | Chest + abdo / Urology |
| 11 | Toxicology 2 | Medical Drug abuse |
| 12 | Medicine 4 | Neurology Immunology |
| 13 | Revision 1 | |
| 14 | Disaster / Opthal | Disaster/Pre-hospital / Eye |
| 15 | Surgery 4 | Orthopaedics 1 (Fractures) |
| 16 | Medicine 5 | Renal, metabolic Endocrinology |
| 17 | Surgery 5 | Orthopaedics 2 (Dislocations) Rheumatology |
| 18 | Break week | |
| 19 | Revision 2 | warm up OSCEs |
| 20 | Medicine 6 | ID GI |
| 21 | Paediatrics | General |
| 22 | ENT O+G | ENT O+G |
| 23 | Medicine 7 | Haematology Oncology Environmental |
| 24 | Administration | Administration Education |
| 25 | Surgery 6 Med 8 | Burns + wounds Neuro Vascular Dermatology |
| 26 | Revision 3 | |
| 27 | Revision 4 | ACEM FE Written examination |