Paediatric Emergency Medicine in Europe

Paediatric Emergency Medicine is still not recognized as a formal subspecialty in many European Countries. We are constantly working to update and enrich the European Paediatric Emergency Curriculum. This document serves as a guide for paediatricians who wish to work in emergency departments, as well as for general emergency physicians who have to deal with paediatric emergencies and require further training.

The last version of the European PEM Curriculum can be found here.

Status of Paediatric Emergency Medicine in the European Countries represented in the Section:  

Belgium – PEM not recognized

France – PEM not recognized (comment to be added by national representatives)

Hungary – PEM not recognized (comment to be added by national representatives)

Italy – PEM not recognized. The 5 years paediatric training program allow residents who want to become PEM specialist to spend the last 2 years of their training program in the PED.

Portugal – PEM not recognized (comment to be added by national representatives)

Spain – PEM not recognized (comment to be added by national representatives)

The Netherlands – PEM not recognized (comment to be added by national representatives)

Turkey – PEM not recognized (comment to be added by national representatives)

UK – PEM formally recognized

Israel – PEM formally recognized