MRCGP[INT] accredited sites
Oman
The College has worked with the Department of Family &
Community Health in Oman since 1998 with the Development of Family
Medicine programme.
Oman achieved MRCGP[INT] accreditation in October
2001.
Working with University Brunei Darussalam and the St George’s
Hospital Medical School’s Family Doctor vocational training
programme, leading to the Masters Level Diploma in Primary Health
Centre with accreditation for MRCGP International.
Brunei achieved MRCGP[INT] accreditation in November
2002.
The College has worked with the Ministry of Health in Kuwait for 15
years developing the RCGP Diploma Kuwait.
Kuwait achieved MRCGP[INT] accreditation in April
2005.
The College signed an MoU with The Primary Health Care
(PHC), Department of Health & Medical Services (DOHMS) of
Dubai in August 2004. Since then they have been
working towards MRCGP[INT].
Dubai achieved MRCGP[INT] accreditation in April 2006.
We started to look at the South Asia region
almost 6 years ago, to see whether we could develop a similar
process there. At a conference at the Aga Khan University in
February 2003 we sat with representatives from a number of the
South Asian countries, and the general consensus at that time was
that no one country could support an MRCGP[INT] process but that
collectively the region could develop its own exam, leading to the
award of MRCGP[INT] for successful candidates.
South Asia achieved MRCGP[INT] accreditation
in April 2007. Administered by the British Council, the
written exam (Part 1) is currently available in five centres:
Dhaka (Bangladesh), Kolkata (India), Lahore
and Karachi (Pakistan) and Colombo (Sri
Lanka). The first written exam was held in November 2006
followed by the OSCEs in April 2007.
In addition to the sites that are already accredited
with MRCGP[INT], several other countries are working towards
accreditation.