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.
ARE YOU COMPLETING YOUR
GP TRAINING PROGRAMME IN THE NEXT 6
MONTHS ?
General Practice CCT Applicants
If
you are a GP trainee expecting to complete your programme
of training in the next 6 months, 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. Please check that your forms have
been completed correctly by looking at our CCT Application
Checklist. Your recommendation for a CCT could be delayed if
the VTR forms that you send to us are not complete. If you do not
send any VTR forms for your training that commenced before August
2007 we will be unable to process your application for a CCT.
- 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 the PMETB online CCT application form. The
details of this will have been sent to you by the RCGP
Certification Unit in your final 6 months of training.
- The Certification Unit will take
15 working days to process your CCT application and forward a
recommendation to PMETB.
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
Swine Flu and GP Training Programmes
The RCGP and
COGPED have issued a joint statement outlining the basic principles
on the roles of GPStRs and the potential impact on GP Specialty
Training Programmes.