TY - JOUR T1 - UK postgraduate medicine examinations: opportunities for international candidates JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 500 LP - 505 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-5-500 VL - 14 IS - 5 AU - Lawrence McAlpine AU - Elona Selamaj AU - Colleen Shannon AU - Liliana Chis AU - Jane Dacre AU - Andrew Elder Y1 - 2014/10/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/14/5/500.abstract N2 - 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. ER -