nMRCGP : the CCT and new Membership Assessment

Please email any enquiries concerning nMRCGP to nmrcgp@rcgp.org.uk

Latest News

• The RCGP is pleased to announce that Version 3.0 of the ePortfolio is now live, and includes full ARCP functionality. This allows deanery panels to review and sign off trainees’ ARCP (Annual Review of Competence Progression) electronically. Paper forms should no longer be used for this purpose. In addition, trainees can now apply for their CCT recommendation directly from the ePortfolio.  Full details of the changes, and guidance notes for Trainees and Educational Supervisors, can be found here.
• Information about the Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) and Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) has been revised, including dates of assessments through to the end of 2009.
• Prices for registration, associate membership and assessment modules are also shown in the Associates in Training leaflet.
• Registration for nMRCGP is open for those starting specialty training in General Practice and for those transferring from Summative Assessment. 

Guides and Useful Resources

• ePortfolio for nMRCGP: A Guide for Trainees
• ePortfolio for nMRCGP: A Guide for Deanery Administrators
• ePortfolio for nMRCGP: A Guide for Supervisors/Trainers
• Guide for Clinical Supervisors - nMRCGP
• Presentation (PowerPoint) - CSA
• Six Assessment Tools - For those who would like hard copies of the forms used in the eportfolio, or who need to record assessments on paper, the tools have been collected into one MS Word document.  Please note that this document is slow to download.

Revision for AKT

You may have seen the publicity and marketing material for a website called aktrevision.com, which describes itself as “the only website specifically designed for the AKT”. Please be aware that this site is not produced or approved by the College – this is made clear on the site but only if you read through the Terms and Conditions. A genuine college product would always carry the College logo and College web materials would be hosted within the RCGP website.

Trainees and trainers need to be aware that commercial question banks do not accurately reflect the level of difficulty, breadth of content or style of the current AKT questions. The College has produced sample questions for the AKT and these can be found on the AKT page of the RCGP Curriculum and Assessment website.

About the nMRCGP

Since August 2007 there is a single training and assessment system for UK trained doctors wishing to obtain a CCT (Certificate of Completion of Training) in General Practice. Satisfactory completion of the scheme is an essential requirement for entry to the General Medical Council’s GP Register and for membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners. The nMRCGP is an integrated assessment programme that includes three components:

Applied Knowledge Test (AKT)

Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA)

Workplace-Based Assessment (WPBA)

Each of these is independent and tests different skills but together they cover the curriculum for specialty training for general practice. Evidence for the workplace-based assessment is collected in the eportfolio of each GP trainee.

Doctors who are currently in GP training are subject to transition arrangements.

Please email any enquiries concerning nMRCGP to nmrcgp@rcgp.org.uk