Primary Exam

The ACEM Primary Exam is a basic science exam covering anatomy, physiology, pathology and pharmacology.

I’d suggest taking 6 months to 1 year to prepare, and as with all things exam; do it right and do it once!

There are a wealth of free resources out there so choose a study program and approach that works for you.

I used the Gold Coast primary exam 22 week plan which you can find now at erexam.org

Suggested reading and reference material:

• ACEM exam page
• Charlies ACEM Primary Resources
• LITFL as always has a good primary exam section
• Emergencypedia Primary Resources

ANATOMY

• Instant Anatomy
• ERexam
• Clinical Anatomy from LITFL

PHYSIOLOGY

• LITFL physiology
• West’s Respiratory Physiology
• ERexam

PHARMACOLOGY

• ERexam
• LITFL pharmacology
• Pharmacopeia

PATHOLOGY

• ERexam
• Emergencypedia Primary Resources

EXAM MCQs and VIVAs

Do as many of these as you can find, and make sure to understand as well as learn the answers!

• ED Vivas
• Rocky hospital primary questions
• iMeducate
• Doctors Writing