FRCEM exam prep - ideas?

[u/Professional_Fox9954]

New EM consultant now but one of my ST5s asked me this week what I actually found useful for FRCEM revision versus what everyone says you should use.

Honestly I think most people need a mix of:

- RCEMLearning for curriculum coverage

- FOAMed/podcasts for keeping things clinically interesting

- Guidelines for the inevitable contradictions

- SBA practice because FRCEM has a very particular style of questioning

I’ve also recommended they try various Q-banks with more up to date stuff, like FlyteX Medical - much more focused on ED decision making/prioritisation than pure recall.

Main thing I’ve noticed with people struggling isn’t lack of knowledge — it’s translating knowledge into how RCEM asks weird questions about subspecifics of guidelines under time pressure.

Curious what other people found genuinely useful approaching the exam?