PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lawrence McAlpine
AU  - Elona Selamaj
AU  - Colleen Shannon
AU  - Liliana Chis
AU  - Jane Dacre
AU  - Andrew Elder
TI  - UK postgraduate medicine examinations: opportunities for international candidates
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-5-500
DP  - 2014 Oct 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 500--505
VI  - 14
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/14/5/500.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/14/5/500.full
SO  - Clin Med2014 Oct 01; 14
AB  - 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.