Specialty specific guidance for the Portfolio pathway in Emergency medicine

Published 20 October 2026

The 2021 Emergency medicine curriculum was updated in August 2025.

For a transition period you can make your Portfolio Pathway application against either the August 2025 curriculum update, or the previous version of the curriculum.

This option is available until the transition deadline of 30 April 2027.

Specialty specific guidance

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine and GMC have produced guidance for the expected evidence for each update version of the curriculum:

When you apply, please make sure you clearly indicate which curriculum update version that you wish to be assessed against – March 2021 or August 2025. Please include a clear statement within the CV section of your application.