Welcome to the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine

About the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine

IAEM is a limited company (incorporated under the Companies Acts 1963 to 2009 with Registration Number 499633) and a Charity (CHY 17751) recognised by the Revenue Commissioners under Sections 207, 266 and 609 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. It aims to: 

• Educate clinicians in all aspects of Emergency Medicine through organisation of an Annual Scientific Meeting, other academic fora and through support of the Basic Specialist (BSTEM) and Higher Specialist Training (HSTEM) programmes in Emergency Medicine.
• Promote the highest standards of emergency care for patients of all ages in the diagnosis and management of acute and urgent aspects of undifferentiated illness, injury and behavioural disorders.
• Advocate for and seek the best quality and quantum of suitably trained staff and other resources so as to meet and maintain the highest standards of emergency care.
• Support, advance and monitor sustainable training and research in emergency care for all patients.
• Provide expert guidance and advice on matters relating to optimum emergency care, both to the public and relevant national health-related bodies.
• Support and advise groups interested in advancing emergency care, both at home and abroad.

While the Association's remit is Ireland, IAEM plays an international role through membership of the European Society for Emergency Medicine and the International Federation of Emergency Medicine. Fuller details are provided in the IAEM Constitution. 

Who may join?

Membership is open to doctors interested in or working in the specialty of Emergency Medicine. See our Membership page for fuller details of categories of membership, application forms and instructions as to how to join.

The Association is always pleased to receive applications from would-be members and particularly welcomes applications from doctors early in their Emergency Medicine careers. Medical Student membership of the Association is possible since October 2011.

Annual Scientific Meeting

This year's Annual Scientific Meeting will take place at Carton House, Maynooth, Co. Kildare in October 2012. The meeting will be shortened from its normal length on acount of the Association's hosting of ICEM 2012 in June 2012.   

ICEM 2012

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The 14th ICEM will take place at the Convention Centre, Dublin from 27th to 30th June 2012. A record number of abstract submissons (over 1,000) were received by the closing date for submissions and over a thousand delegates had availed of the Early Bird registration rate by its close on 14th March 2012 leaving the conference well on course to be the biggest ICEM yet.

Why don't you come and join us?

Full details are available at the Conference Website.

For special arrangements for trainees in EM currently on the Irish BSTEM and HSTEM programmes and PDP doctors in EM registered with RCSI, please see here