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  2. General Medical Council - Wikipedia

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    The General Medical Council (GMC) is a public body that maintains the official register of medical practitioners within the United Kingdom.Its chief responsibility is to "protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the public" by controlling entry to the register, and suspending or removing members when necessary.

  3. Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board - Wikipedia

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    PLAB is a two part assessment that overseas doctors (or international medical graduates), from outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland, usually need to pass before they can legally practise medicine in the UK. [1] It is conducted by the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom. The test is designed to assess the depth of ...

  4. General Practice Vocational Training Scheme - Wikipedia

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    Selection consists of a long-list and a short-list. To be eligible for long-listing a candidate must hold a recognised primary medical qualification, to be registered with the General Medical Council and to have membership of a suitable medical defence organisation such as MPS (Medical Protection Society). Further details can be found on the ...

  5. Medical education in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    This arose due to the decision of its exam delivery partner, Pearson Vue, to close their UK centres on September 19, 2022, following the UK Government's announcement of a bank holiday to mark the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Affected UK candidates were offered a resit; the examination will proceed as planned outside of the UK.

  6. Certificate of Completion of Training - Wikipedia

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    This certificate is awarded by the General Medical Council (GMC), a self-funding statutory body independent of the government and the Royal Colleges of the various medical specialties. The GMC took on its role on 1 April 2010 following its merger with the former Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board.

  7. Medical Training Application Service - Wikipedia

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    The completed application forms were used for selection for interviews. Candidates who were not eligible (for example, not having practised medicine for a number of years, or not being registered with the UK General Medical Council) were rejected at the 'longlisting' stage, with the 'shortlisting' stage designed to pick out the best applicants.

  8. Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board - Wikipedia

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    The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB, also PGME) was the non-departmental public body responsible for postgraduate medical education and training in the United Kingdom (UK). [1] The General Medical Council (GMC) took over the functions of PMETB on 1 April 2010 when the two organisations merged.

  9. Specialty registrar - Wikipedia

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    A specialty registrar (StR), previously known as and still commonly referred to as a specialist registrar (SpR), is a doctor, public health practitioner or dentist who is working as part of a specialty training programme in the UK. This is known as a training grade as these doctors are supervised to an extent, as part of a structured training ...