ABSTRACTStudy objective: To describe current undergraduate teaching of emergency medicine in Australasia and analyse the structural features of this teaching.Design: Cross sectional mail survey.Setting and participants: Fellows of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.Intervention: Questionnaires were sent requesting details of undergraduate teaching of emergency medicine at Fellows' parent institutions.Measurements and results: Australasia has 30 undergraduate programs in emergency medicine. Teaching is occurring across the clinical years with concentrations in years 4 and 6. Seventy‐seven percent of programs employ a combination of structured and opportunistic learning experiences. Contact hours per student vary greatly, averaging 13 hours structured and 41 hours unstructured contact. Content of programs is highly variable. Input into assessment of programs is suboptimal. Program distribution across Australasia is uneven.Recommendations: An undergraduate strategy and learning objective guidelines for emergency medicine should be developed. Pressure must be placed on medical schools for the inclusion of emergency medicine in curricula with appropriate input into st
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