The Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration – via Article 14, PMETB: an application guideby Dr Amanda Owen and Dr Satha Manoharan

The Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration – via Article 14, PMETB:The United Kingdom’s Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) is responsible for all postgraduate medical education and assessment of Doctors completing final postgraduate training. It is in charge of establishing, maintaining and monitoring standards relating to medical training, primarily in the National Health Service. Major responsibilities include:

 

  1. certification role
  2. medical regulation in the UK
  3. standard setting for academic and International developments.

 

Doctors completing core and specialist training receive a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT). However, doctors who are unable to enter a specialist training programme but meet the requirements of equivalence may apply via Article 14 to PMETB for a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR); and for their name to go on the Specialist Register held by General Medical Council.

 

This module is designed to enable the applicant to successfully complete the onerous task of submitting an Article 14 application.

 

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