Australian emergency medicine training interview: 2026 dates, format and scoring

Emergency department registrar and trainee positions are advertised by hospitals and networks, mostly in June and July for the following year. Interviews run in July and August, with offers in September.

Updated 27 October 2026

When to apply
  • Emergency department registrar and trainee positions are advertised by hospitals and networks, mostly in June and July for the following year.
  • ACEM does not interview centrally; the employing department does.
When interviews run
  • Interviews run in July and August, with offers in September.
The format
  • A department panel of about thirty minutes, the same questions to every candidate, or an MMI where the department runs stations.
  • Resus scenarios, department flow and ethics, and criterion mapped questions.
Who is on the panel
  • Two or three FACEMs and a nurse manager.
How it is scored
  • Each question scored against a rubric mapped to the selection criteria and the ACEM curriculum domains.
What to prepare
  • The ten resus scenarios as team leader with the retrieval conversation where it applies.
  • The access block and ramping scenario with the escalation pathway for your state.
  • An honest answer on burnout.
  • The ethics scenarios with the next step ready.

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