Examination for Membership (MRCGP)
Regulations for 2008
Introduction
This booklet contains information on the examination for
Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners
(MRCGP). Please keep it for reference at all stages of the
examination process. It is particularly important that you
read the section ‘Applying to sit the examination’ before
submitting your application.
The information given in this booklet is valid
only for the examinations in 2008.
Please address all enquiries or correspondence to:
Examination Department
The Royal College of General Practitioners
14 Princes Gate
Hyde Park
London SW7 1PU
The examination is subject to continuous scrutiny, review and
development. Details of its format, content and marking, and
of the examination Regulations, may change without prior
notification. You should ensure that you have a copy of the
Regulations current at the time you apply for each module of the
examination, particularly if you extend your taking of the
examination over more than one year.
You should note that it is a condition of entry for the
examination that you agree to be bound by the terms of the
Regulations in force at the time you apply to take the respective
modules.
This booklet also contains information designed to give you a
general idea of the examination, and to help you prepare for
it. However, you should not assume that the actual questions
which you see if you take the examination will be as described
here.
The assessment of consulting skills by video is described in a
combined Workbook and Instructions which is downloadable from this
website and also available on request from the Examination
Department. Further information relating to the assessment of
consulting skills by CSA can be found under the nMRCGP section of
the website.
The answers to many frequently asked questions are contained
in these Regulations. Please familiarise yourself with them
before asking the Examination Department for information or
advice.
Information and news about the examination, which may be of
interest to candidates, is posted periodically on the College’s
internet website.
The information we hold about you will be processed in
accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
The Royal College of General Practitioners is committed to a
policy of equality of opportunity for its Members in accordance
with the Race Relations (Amendment) Act and other
legislation. Information given by examination candidates in
relation to ethnic group, gender and disability will enable the
College to analyse examination results, and thereby ensure that all
candidates are assessed solely on the basis of their
abilities.
The examination for Membership of the Royal College of
General Practitioners is conducted in accordance with the
principles set out by the General Medical Council in its guidance
Good Medical Practice.