Overview of Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Emergency Medicine Training

Acute Care Common Stem Emergency Medicine

An overview of Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) Emergency Medicine ST1/CT1.

Applies to: England, Scotland and Wales. See guidance for Northern Ireland.

Important: Accuracy

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained on this page. The information presented is accurate at the time of publication.

These pages aim to provide you with information regarding the 2024 ACCS Emergency Medicine recruitment process.

Working alongside The Royal College of Emergency Medicine we manage a centralised process aimed at delivering a fair and consistent process for all applicants. For more information about ACCS Emergency Medicine training, please visit the college’s website.

For careers advice please visit the Health Careers Website.

General information regarding recruitment to all specialty training posts and detailed information including person specifications, competition ratios and the national medical specialty recruitment applicant handbook are available here.

Non-urgent advice: Important

Please note that all communication with applicants will be via Oriel, or via the contact details you provide as part of your original Oriel application. You must ensure that your contact details are correct and kept up to date throughout the recruitment process. You will be responsible for checking Oriel messages for any updates regarding the status your application.

2024 Recruitment

The recruitment process details are provided throughout these pages in conjunction with central guidance that applies across specialties.

You must read these pages and the guidance on the Medical Specialty Recruitment pages before beginning your application.

Acute Care Common Stem Emergency Medicine (ACCS EM) recruitment model for assessing applications in 2024.

  1. If you are eligible, you are required to sit a Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MSRA).
  2. Your MSRA score will be used to short list should interview capacity be exceeded.
  3. If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to take part in an online interview, which will be scored.
  4. Your MSRA score will be scaled and combined with the online interview scores to produce a total score and final rank.

Page last reviewed: 25 October 2023
Next review due: 25 October 2024