PMETB certification replaces JCPTGP certification

While the length and broad content of GP vocational training in the UK is determined by Parliamentary Regulations, the supervisory body responsible for overseeing GP training and for issuing certificates of GP training is the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB). PMETB took over the role of supervisory body overseeing GP training on 30 September 2005 and the JCPTGP ceased to exist. As a result, the PMETB Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), becomes the legal licence to work in UK general practice. The RCGP will gather documentation for the certification process. GP registrars continue to be responsible for making their own application for certification. PMETB certification FAQs BMJ Career Focus certification article New VTR forms can be found here on the certification part of the RCGP site. Applying for the PMETB Certificate of Completion of Training Check the PMETB and RCGP sites for details and updates. What follows is a summary. Applicants should request a PMETB GP CCT (Certificate of Completion of Training) application form within the final six months of their training from the RCGP. Applicants will need to send this form along with a photograph, full current CV and the certification fee of £250 directly to PMETB.  Once PMETB has received their application along with the information sent by the RCGP, (following submission of VTR forms), then an application will be processed. Applicants will need to be registered with the RCGP and have provided them with evidence of their registration with the GMC, their GP training and proposed training. If you had already applied to the JCPTGP and are still undergoing training then your file and attendant paperwork will have been passed to the Royal College of General Practitioners. If you have already applied to the JCPTGP and have completed training then your file and attendant paperwork will be passed to PMETB when it assumes its powers at the end of September; before then you should contact the JCPTGP. What evidence will the RCGP require? Applicants must provide details of current GMC registration. Periods of Training as a GP Registrar must be recorded on a VTR1 form and periods of training in hospital medicine on a VTR2 form. Training that is based in general practice with day release to hospital and community medicine should be recorded on a VTR1 form and the signature of the GP trainer should be informed by the views of the trainee’s other educational supervisors. A VTR form can be signed and submitted to the RCGP four weeks before the final day of training in that post but no earlier than this. It is advisable to obtain a VTR form at the end of each appointment.  All incomplete and/or inaccurate forms will be returned to the applicant for amendment. If you plan to work immediately after your GP registrar year, prompt certification will be critical. .

Summative Assessment to be replaced From 2008 the end-point of GP training will be the nMRCGP (new MRCGP) which will replace Summative Assessment and the current examination for membership of the RCGP. Click here for details of how candidates will be assessed and the timetable. Overseas doctors The PMETB web site gives information on the requirements for doctors from overseas who wish to work in UK general practice.