How to become an Emergency Medicine Specialist
Also called: Emergency Physician
Provides diagnostic medical services and manages patients with acute and urgent illness and injury.
Main tasks
- Examines and assesses patients with acute and urgent illness or injury
- Requests laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures, and interprets the results
- Provides safe and immediate care to resuscitate and stabilise patients, and manage their conditions
- Performs various life-saving procedures in operating and procedure rooms
- Refers patients to, and exchanges medical information with, relevant Medical Practitioners
- Monitors patients' progress and response to treatment, and documents patient records
- May participate in emergency responses and disaster management activities
Ways in
- University: Medicine & Dentistry degrees, Offered by 34 universities in Australia
- Licence or registration: Registration or licensing is required.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Typical full-time pay: $260,676 a year
- About 21,700 people work in this job group now, and about 28,900 are projected by 2035. (+33%)
- AI is more likely to help with parts of this job than to do it. Jobs and Skills Australia rates its automation exposure as low.
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Questions people ask
How do I become an Emergency Medicine Specialist?
Ways in include: Medicine & Dentistry degrees.
How much does an Emergency Medicine Specialist earn in Australia?
Median full-time pay is $260,676 a year (Jobs and Skills Australia).
Is an Emergency Medicine Specialist a growing career in Australia?
Yes. Employment is projected to grow 33% by 2035, from about 21,700 to about 28,900 people (Jobs and Skills Australia).
Do you need a degree to become an Emergency Medicine Specialist?
Usually. 97% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Will AI change the work of an Emergency Medicine Specialist?
AI is more likely to help with parts of this job than to do it. Jobs and Skills Australia rates its automation exposure as low.
Sources
- Jobs and Skills Australia: Occupation data (ANZSCO), from ABS Labour Force and Census (February 2026), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-04
- Jobs and Skills Australia: Generative AI Capacity Study, interactive table data (September 2025), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-04
- Jobs and Skills Australia: Employment Projections (Victoria University) (May 2025 to May 2035), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-04
- Australian Taxation Office: Taxation Statistics, Individuals Table 15A (2023-24), CC BY 2.5 AU, retrieved 2026-10-04
Updated 2026-10-04