ACCS-EM · Emergency Medicine
Surviving to Thriving
ACCS-EM · Emergency Medicine
About Us

The Story
Behind STT

Built by a doctor who lived it. Now we help you do more than just survive.

Dr. Alex Ip
Dr. Alex Ip
A&E ST4 · Emergency Medicine
Founder & Lead Educator

I was once
where you are.

My name is Dr Alex Ip, an A&E Higher Speciality Trainee in Emergency Medicine. I live and breathe EM. I strive to be the master of chaos, and the still calm in anarchic conditions. I live by many adages, but top among these is the following: if you cannot explain it simply enough, you do not understand it. If you do not understand it, you cannot justify it. If you cannot justify it, why are you doing it?

Education is my passion. Chief among my talents is seeing things from other people's perspectives. How do specialities see us? And indeed, how to make speciality knowledge more EM-friendly. This series is testament to that idea.

Every course, resource, and tool on this platform is built from real clinical experience: what actually helps you win at 04:00 in the morning, not just what looks good in a textbook.

8+
Years navigating NHS emergency medicine training
Our Mission

More than exam prep.

STT is a movement. We're closing the gap between medical school and becoming a genuinely excellent emergency physician: technically, emotionally, and professionally.

Close-up of a cardiac monitor heartbeat trace
Clinical Excellence
Knowledge and mastery that separates the good trainees from great ones. Remember: guidelines are written by those who think they understand, and are followed by people who by definition do not understand. EM has the widest breadth of any speciality. The depth is up to you.
Interview panel seated at a table
Career Strategy
ACCS-EM application coaching, portfolio building, and interview preparation that actually works, informed by what selection panels are really looking for.
Person sitting calmly by water
ST3+ Ready
"HALO": High Acuity, Low Occurrence. A complex, high-fidelity sim series for those who wish to become ST3+, built within the psychological safety of an environment where risks are encouraged and the boundaries of understanding are explored.
The Origin

Why this
had to exist.

Emergency Medicine is one of the most demanding specialties to enter. The ACCS pathway is competitive, the interviews are gruelling, and the imposter syndrome is real, even for the best candidates.

Most resources are fragmented. YouTube videos, random WhatsApp groups, expensive revision courses that feel disconnected from actual EM training. Nobody had built the single coherent hub that ACCS applicants actually needed.

"I want every ACCS-EM applicant to walk into their interview knowing they've prepared better than anyone else in that waiting room."
— Dr. Alex Ip, Founder
2017 · FY1
Surviving begins.
2020–2022 · F3–F5
The locum years. Working in various departments allowed an interesting comparative perspective.
2023–2025 · ACCS 1–3
The official journey began. The view from inside the programme: all its quirks, good and bad.
2025 · ST4+
STTM is founded.
2026
ST3+ Ready conceived. The Code Blue app is being developed alongside it.

Ready to stop
just surviving?

Join the next event, grab a 1:1 session, or get on the Code Blue waitlist. Your career in EM starts here.

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