title: UK postgraduate medicine examinations: opportunities for international candidates.
abstract: The medical profession is global, and ambitious trainee physicians around the world are eager to attain internationally recognised postgraduate medical qualifications. The MRCP(UK) and specialty certificate examinations of the Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom provide such qualifications, and between 2002 and 2013, the number of international candidates attempting these examinations grew substantially. Delivering these proven and reliable UK-based examinations in other countries has many local benefits: it enhances careers, strengthens medical training and improves standards of patient care. In collaboration with international colleagues, the Federation is committed to continued growth that extends these benefits to all physicians, wherever they work and live.
authors.affiliation: MRCP(UK), London, UK Lawrence.McAlpine@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McAlpine
authors.affiliation: MRCP(UK), London, UK.
authors.forename: Elona
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Selamaj
authors.affiliation: London, UK.
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shannon
authors.affiliation: MRCP(UK), London, UK.
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chis
authors.affiliation: University College London Medical School, London and president, Royal College of Physicians, London, UK.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dacre
authors.affiliation: MRCP(UK), London, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elder
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: MRCP(UK) examination; Part 2 clinical examination (PACES); Royal College of Physicians’ examinations; Specialty certificate examination; international postgraduate medicine examinations