Certification Home
The RCGP's certification unit
evaluates general practice training on behalf of the
Postgraduate Medical Education and
Training Board (PMETB).In addition to evaluating
training programmes the unit can give informal advice and
information about general practice training to those already on a
GP training programme as well as to doctors who are considering
undertaking training for general practice.
PMETB is the independent
regulatory body responsible for postgraduate medical education and
training in the UK. PMETB are the competent authourity
and are responsible for certifying doctors for entry onto the GMC
GP register.
There are two routes to inclusion
on the GP register:
This is awarded to doctors
who have completed a full PMETB GP approved training
programme.
This is awarded to doctors who
have not followed the standard CCT route and would like to include
training undertaken overseas or non approved GP training
posts.
Further
Information
Are you completing your GP training programme
in summer 2008?
General Practice CCT
Applicants
Approximately 2,000 doctors are
due to complete GP registrar training between now and the end of
July. This busy period may mean that it takes slightly longer than
usual for PMETB to complete its administrative checks, award CCTs
and submit those doctors' names to the General Medical Council
(GMC) for entry to the GP Register.
Therefore, if you're a GP trainee
expecting to complete your programme of training on or around the
31st July 2008, you should act as soon as possible to ensure that
you are entered onto the GP Register, in order that you may take up
an offer of employment.
- Make sure that you are registered
with the RCGP - either online as an AiT if you are completing
nMRCGP, or by submitting a Registration Form for a CCT (available
on our website) if you are completing Summative Assessment.
- Ensure that you send any relevant
VTR forms to the RCGP Certification Unit (for people completing
nMRCGP this will be for posts that commenced before August 2007).
These should be completed correctly and endorsed by the relevant
deanery.
- If you are taking nMRCGP and have
an ePortfolio, please ensure that once you have accepted your final
ARCP form through your ePortfolio that you click the 'apply for a
CCT' button once, this will send your application for a CCT to the
RCGP Certification Unit.
- Make sure you also complete a
PMETB CCT application form and submit it to PMETB at the address on
the form (this form will have been sent to you by the RCGP
Certification Unit in your final 6 months of training).
For further information on the
steps you need to take, please visit:
www.pmetb.org.uk/gptrainees
Article 11 (CEGPR) Applicants
If you are
applying for a Certification Confirming Eligibility for General
Practice Registration (CEGPR) you must send your application form
and supporting evidence directly to PMETB as soon as possible.
PMETB do not accept ARCP forms electronically, these must be
printed off (together with any evidence from your ePortfolio that
you wish to submit with your application) and validated. ARCP forms
must be stamped by the Deanery and ePortfolio material validated as
described in the CEGPR Guidance.
Further
information can be found on PMETB's website:
www.pmetb.org.uk/certification
How do I apply
for GP training?
Can I
apply for a shortened GP training scheme?