The Emergency Medicine Certificate - International (India)

This highly structured program will build on your formal training in emergency medicine (DNB/MD/MEM/MRCEM). It is an opportunity to take your knowledge and experience to an international level and give you skills and confidence for your practice of emergency medicine in India and beyond.

Registration

Date

March 31 - October 5, 2025

Mode

Online

Format

Course

The Society for Emergency Medicine India (SEMI) has partnered with The Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre (The Alfred E&TC) and Monash University in Australia to deliver an internationally certified emergency medicine training program for India.

KEY LEARNING TOPICS

Resuscitation
Critical care
Trauma
Cardiovascular emergencies
Respiratory emergencies
Gastrointestinal emergencies
Neurological emergencies
Infectious disease emergencies
Paediatric emergencies
Psychiatric emergencies
Fast track/minor emergencies
Obstetric & gynaecological emergencies

Students will be required to complete online studies over a six-month period. Learning elements include online self-directed readings, podcasts and discussions, live online tutorials and a portfolio of assessments run by expert faculty from Australia and India.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course is relevant to MDs wishing to extend their current emergency medicine training via an international program and achieve mastery in this specialty. To be eligible to attend this program, you must:

Hold MBBS / MD or equivalent in Allopathic Medicine
Have a minimum of two years full-time work experience in the Emergency Department (EMO/CMO) (or) currently pursuing EM (Resident in emergency medicine - MD/DNB/MCEM/MEM)
Hold Registration with the Society of Emergency Medicine India

DATES

Monday, March 31 to Sunday October 5, 2025

CERTIFICATION

Graduating students will receive a certificate of successful completion from Alfred Health and Monash University. This certificate will indicate competency in the learning objectives described in the course overview. Credit towards Master programs can be obtained subject to the requirements of the awarding institution.

The Emergency Medicine Certificate is a six-month university program.

Students are required to:

Participate in self-directed online learning based on the 12 modules. Learning elements include online self-directed readings, podcasts and discussions.
Attend 12 online tutorials.
Students must also complete a portfolio of assessments, which includes responding to fortnightly online discussion questions, reflective cases and multiple-choice questions.
The course will also culminate with a final case presentation and OSCE.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Implement specialist medical diagnostic skills during the acute phase of illness or injury.
Apply specialist emergency medical knowledge and skills to resuscitation.
Critically apply an evidence-based approach towards the implementation of medical procedural and technical skills required in emergency settings.
Integrate emergency medicine theory with practical experience across a range of patient cases and situations.
Apply a critically reflective approach towards the management of the emergency patient.

CORE TEXTS

Cameron P, Little, Mitra B, Deasy C, Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine, 5th Edition, Elsevier, London, 2019

ASSESSMENT SUMMARY

Assessment portfolio:

Completion of module-based online discussion questions
Completion of module-based prescribed clinical reflective cases
Completion of module-based multiple-choice questions
Attendance at online tutorials
Workplace-based case review presentation
Clinical assessment (Observed Structured Clinical Examination – OSCE)

COURSE EXPECTATIONS

Students must score a minimum of 50% in theory and 50% in the practical exams.
Attendance of 80% is compulsory to sit for the final exam.

Students will be expected to:

Attend a minimum of 80% of all tutorials; attendance will be taken 15 minutes past the start of the session.
Attend all sessions of the multi-day intensive virtual workshop.
Review all content provided and identified as essential by the course instructions.
Complete the multiple-choice questions for each topic.
Complete the group discussion for each topic.
Abide by Monash University plagiarism and other policies in the representation of existing sources as part of their learning and assessment activities.
Proactively contact course faculty when experiencing academic, personal or other difficulties which may impact their course completion.

FEES

Fees approx. ₹105,000 Indian rupees (INR)

₹18,000 (INR) payable to SEMI
$1,500 Australian dollars (approx. ₹87,000 INR) payable to The Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre

Fees include:

The Emergency Medicine Certificate: a 6-month online course
Registration to EMCON, 26th Annual National Conference of Society for Emergency Medicine India
Attendance at the Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre Masterclass (a pre-conference workshop as a part of EMCON)

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

In very rare cases, due to clinical demand or other unforeseen, unavoidable reasons, courses or course elements may need to be cancelled. In this instance, registrants will be advised urgently and will receive a full refund for registration fees.
If you enrol and can no longer complete this course, you may defer the fees to the next available commencement date if you do so within the first four weeks of study. Deferrals after this date will be at the discretion of the course faculty.
All deferral requests must be made in writing.

REFUND POLICY

Cancellation more than 30 days before the course commencement: 70% refund.
Cancellation 30-10 days before the course commencement: 50%,
Cancellation 10 days prior to the course commencement: Nil refund (refer to deferral policy)

Prof Peter Cameron

Professor Peter Cameron serves as the Academic Director of Alfred Emergency Academic Centre and holds the position of Professor of Emergency Medicine at Monash University. He has previously served as the President of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and the International Federation for Emergency Medicine. With a global focus, Peter has provided consultation and published extensively on trauma and emergency system development. His impressive research portfolio includes over 700 peer-reviewed publications. In his role, Peter leads teaching, research at Alfred Health, aligning with the organisation's strategic priorities and values.

Dr Arun Ilancheran

Dr Arun Ilancheran holds Specialist Fellowships from the College of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, and a Bachelor of Medicine- Bachelor of Surgery with Honours. He is an Adjunct Lecturer at Monash and Notre Dame Universities and is dedicated to improving the education of medical students at public hospitals.

Dr Saravana Kumar

Dr Saravana Kumar is the National President of the Society of Emergency Medicine India and General Manager and Group Unit Head at Dr Mehta’s Hospitals, Chennai. Dr Kumar has a passion for Quality and Patient Safety and Implemented a Fellowship in Emergency Medicine certification course under SEMI in 2009.

Dr T S Srinath Kumar

Dr T S Srinath Kumar is the Chair of Academics at the Society of Emergency Medicine India and was President from 2014-16. He is currently the National Academic Coordinator for all DNB specialities with ANBAI, an Association of NBE-accredited Hospitals in India.

Dr David McCreary

Dr David McCreary is an Emergency Physician at the Alfred Hospital and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Monash University. He completed his undergraduate training in the UK at the University of Liverpool and completed his MSc in Trauma Science from Queen Mary’s University, London.

Dr Sai Surendar

Dr Sai Surendar is a Senior Consultant and Head of Emergency Medicine at Kamakshi Memorial Hospitals in Chennai, India. Dr Surendar is also the Vice President (South) of the Society of Emergency Medicine India. Having worked both in India and abroad, he is fluent in Tamil, Hindi, French, Arabic and English.