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REVALIDATION
Webpage updated: 20th January 2010
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What is Revalidation?
Revalidation is a set of
procedures, operated by the GMC, to evaluate
a doctor’s fitness to practice. A positive Revalidation outcome is
a condition of GPs continuing to hold a Licence to Practice. In
December 2008, the GMC started writing to all doctors on the
medical register about the introduction of the new License to
Practice, which will be introduced in Autumn 2009. All registered
doctors will receive a
leaflet which explains what the introduction of
licensing means for them. Revalidation encompasses two
components:
- Relicensure –
As highlighted above, and in line with the Good Medical Practice,
all licensed doctors will need to demonstrate to the GMC (normally
every five years) that they are practising in accordance with the
generic standards of practice set by the GMC.
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Recertification – This applies to doctors included
in the GMC’s Specialist or General Practitioners registers. To
recertify, doctors will demonstrate that they continue to adhere to
the standards that are relevant to their specialist skills or
particular area of practice.
Although relicensing and
recertification are separate components of revalidation, the GMC
intends that they will operate as a single set of processes. For
both components, the evidence supporting a doctor’s revalidation
will be largely generated from within the workplace and brought
together through appraisal. There will be a single recommendation
to the GMC on whether a doctor should be revalidated, and this will
cover both relicensing and recertification. For
further information on Revalidation, please visit the
RCGP Revalidation
webpage.
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Guide to the Revalidation of General Practitioners
The Guide to the revalidation of General
Practitioners is regularly updated in line
with any developments in the systems and processes being developed
for the revalidation of general practitioners. The
latest version of the guide can be accessed by clicking here.
RCGP Guide to the Credit-Based System for CPD
To accompany the Revalidation Guide, the College has also
released guidance on the CPD Credits Based System. Click on
the link to view the latest version of the
RCGP Guide to the Credit-Based System for
CPD
Frequently Asked Questions
In addition to the second version of the 'Guide to the
Revalidation of General Practitioners', the RCGP has also developed
a "Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) page, answering some of the
frequently asked Revalidation questions that have been posed by
GPs. To view the FAQ's, please click here.