Fellowship at CSEM provides exceptional recognition as a fully trained specialist and practitioner in Sport and Exercise Medicine, befitting your high skill set and level of experience.
Your Fellowship enables you to be a key influence at the College and in advancing our SEM specialty. Joining as a Fellow also offers further career progression, networking opportunities and involvement in an engaged and international SEM community.
Use of post-nominal letters to formally recognise your professional achievement and standing.
Participate fully in College governance, including voting rights and eligibility for Council and leadership roles
Contribute to the direction of the College and the wider specialty through committee and working group involvement.
Find and connect with fellow CSEM members while managing your own professional profile in one place.
Receive leading Sport and Exercise Medicine journals and the CSEM Today publication in print.
Enjoy full online access to BJSM and CSEM Today, including current and archived issues.
Access open-access research on SEM from the British Medical Journal
Access an online archive of past editions of the International Musculoskeletal Medicine Journal.
Access CSEM’s monthly newsletter covering the latest news and events at the College and around the wider SEM specialty.
A podcast series from CSEM, speaking to industry-leading experts, exploring some fascinating topics across the multidisciplinary world of Sport and Exercise Medicine.
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Find and connect with fellow CSEM members while managing your own professional profile in one place.
Gain insights into emerging ideas, innovation and thought leadership through the Out of the Blocks group, supporting SEM consultants within the first 5 years of CCT
Access CSEM’s GPwER accreditation service within Sport and Exercise Medicine, aimed at better defining, promoting and protecting GPs working in extended roles.
Maintain your status as an SEM practitioner, with CSEM’s tailored appraisal and revalidation service.
Receive exclusive discounts on CSEM conferences, courses and educational events.
Access a leading online learning platform for Sport and Exercise Medicine, delivered in partnership with ACSEP.
Enhance your practice with expert-led webinars and a library of practical SEM resources.
Explore career advice, opportunities and advertised roles within the SEM specialty.
Apply for funding and recognition to support professional development and research
Receive a practical, annually updated pocket diary.
The CSEM Fellowship requires a Certificate of Complete Training (CCT), which is obtained by successfully completing a higher specialty training programme in SEM that includes an exam. It also requires medical practitioners to be registered with the GMC (General Medical Council).
Obtaining your CCT requires high-level specialist training and a SEM speciality exam. For more information, please go to the Training Pathway
To join the General Medical Council register, medical practitioners must complete their specialist training and obtain the Certificate of Complete Training. Please see Training Pathway for more details.
Fellowship (by Election) is awarded via election to a small number of individuals who demonstrate exceptional contributions to SEM, as assessed by the Standards and Membership Committee.
Fellows nominated by election will receive the same benefits listed as Fellows (by CCT).
However, while they can participate in College governance, including voting rights and eligibility for Council and leadership roles, council eligibility will be retained from the previous membership category (e.g. if you were a Diplomate before becoming an Elected Fellow, you would retain voting rights as a Diplomate; and/or be eligible to sit on Council as a Diplomate).
Overseas Fellowship is awarded to fully qualified Fellows who reside overseas. Overseas Fellows retain all benefits as UK-based benefits, excluding the print journals as an optional extra.
Eligibility / Requirements
From £330 to £495 Annual Fee or £27.50 to £41.25 Monthly Fee (dependant upon LMIC* status)
*LMIC discounts are reduced rates offered to individuals based in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (as classified by the World Bank). The discount will be determined by the country in which the member is residing
Retired Fellowship is awarded to fully qualified Fellows who are fully retired. Standard benefits for retired Fellows are the same as those for Overseas Fellows. However, please note that as a retired Fellow, you will not be eligible to sit on the council.
We offer discounted rates: £137.50 Annual Fee or £11.46 Monthly Fee.
Eligibility / Requirements
A CSEM Retired Fellow is awarded to a fully qualified Fellow who is now retired.
International Fellowship is awarded to individuals who have passed the CSEM Specialty Examinations and reside and work as a medical doctor; not on the UK Specialist Register.
For more information regarding eligibility and benefits, please see the International Fellow page
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