Starting is the beginning

Evolution of an old specialty of EM

in the UK
From a Faculty to a College
Gautam G. Bodiwala,

CBE, DL
DSc (Hon), MS, FRCS, FRCP, FCEM, FIFEM

President
International Federation for Emergency Medicine

500 YEARS AGO

PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN THE UK
WAS CARRIED OUT BY
PHYSICIANS
SURGEONS
APOTHECARIES
QUACKS

First Casualty Department Opened in 1869

at St Bartholomews Hospital

Casualty Surgeons Association

The Senior Medical Officers working in
Casualty Department were so incensed
that they established the Casualty
Surgeons Association on 12th October
1967.
OBJECTS:
To promote for the public, high standards in
Science and art of Casualty Medicine and
Surgery

FROM CAS TO A&E TO EM

1967 Casualty Surgeons Association (CSA)
1972 First experimental consultants appointed
1975 SAC in Accident and Emergency Medicine
1977 First Senior Registrar appointed
1983 FRCSEd (A&E) started
1986 First International Conference on Emergency
Medicine, London
1990 First Professorial Appointment
1990 CSA became British Association for Accident
and Emergency Medicine (BAEM)
1991 International Federation for Emergency Medicine
1993 Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine

FROM CAS TO A&E TO EM (Contd.)

1996 FFAEM (Exit Examination) Started
2003 MFAEM (Entry Examination) started
2005 Name changed to Emergency Medicine
2005 British Association for Emergency Medicine
2006 International examinations started
2006 Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine
became College of Emergency Medicine(CEM)
2006 Merger Board established to create a merged
College of CEM and BAEM
2008 The College of Emergency Medicine

BAEM and FAEM

BAEM clinical services and

membership benefits
FAEM Training, Examinations and
Research

BAEM and FAEM

Recognised the need for a single

Body to represent the specialty of
EM in the UK

College of the Faculty of Medicine

The Royal College of Physicians, London

Barber and Surgeons Company

Company of surgeons
Royal College of surgeons, England

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Society of Apothecaries
Royal College of General Practitioners

1518

1540
1745

1745

1748
1950

Currently 17 Colleges and 4 Faculties

Majority favoured a move to

establishing a College by merging
two organisations in a survey of
Members of BAEM and FAEM 2002
Change the name of Faculty to the
College of Emergency Medicine
Sept 2005

Progress

Merger Board established to create a

College Early 2006
Moved to a new accommodation Aug
2006
Merger Board met 25 times
13 drafts of Bylaws, Ordinances and
Charter
Royal Charter granted to establish
the College Feb 2008

The College of Emergency Medicine

Established 20 February 2008

The College of Emergency Medicine

Shadow Board Mar 08 to Sept 08

First College Council Sept 08
Formal Inauguration of the College
and presentation of the Royal
Charter on 1 October by HRH
Princess Royal
HRH Princess Royal became the
Royal Patron of the College

The Next Step

Royal Appellation
Application to become
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine

in July 2009

Journey of a thousand miles

begins with a simple step
A Chinese proverb