• training
• cost
• cost effectiveness
• emergency department
• education

Dear Editor,

I was very pleased to have completed the final part of the Membership of the College of Emergency Medicine (MCEM) examination. On the four-hour drive home with emotions of relief and exhaustion, I reflected upon the obligations of the last 12 months: the difficulties of balancing revision with exhausting shifts, the precious annual leave days used for study and the kindness of senior colleagues who stayed late …