MRCGP International
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The MRCGP [INT.] South Asia is an accredited program of Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), London and runs the International membership exam (MRCGP [INT.]) of RCGP in south Asian member countries which includes Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. A large number of candidates originally from south Asian member countries, working in Middle East and KSA also apply for the exam.
Success in both parts of the MRCGP [INT.] South Asia exam will make a candidate eligible for International Membership of the RCGP.
There are two parts of the MRCGP [INT.] exam, which are:
Applied Knowledge Test (AKT)
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
Applied Knowledge Test (AKT) Exam Information:
There are only two exams one is AKT which has 200 questions and the duration is 3 & 1/2 hours, the venues of the exam is in Abu Dhabi, Chennai, New Delhi, Karachi Lahore Colombo, and the fee for the courses is £ 530 in Jeddah, Abu Dhabi and £ 450 in other places.
Approximately 90% of items are on clinical medicine and 10% on research or evidence-based practice.
The online AKT exam is currently available twice a year, in June and November, and can be taken in Abu Dhabi and Karachi centres at the available Pearson VUE test venues.
OSCE(Objective Structured Clinical Examination) Information:
There are 14 stations, each station will be allocated 10 minutes with five Rest sections in between which will have 10 minutes each. So in the rest sections, the room will be empty and one has to spend 10 minutes on the room doing nothing. There will be a 1.5-minute break between each station.
Sites for OSCE are Karachi, Chennai, New Delhi, Colombo, Lahore, Dhaka, Jeddah, Abu Dhabi.
Training program along with MRCGP international is mandatory in Egypt, Kuwait, Kosovo, and Malta. However, the training programme along with MRCGP international is not mandatory in Southeast Asia, Dubai, and Cyprus.
Eligibility Criteria for MRCGP[INT] South Asia
Internship is mandatory plus any of:
Two-year training course or 2-year diploma in family medicine.
or
1-year training program or 1-year diploma in family medicine +2 years clinical experience one of them at least should be family medicine or general practice.
5-year clinical experience of which a minimum of 3 years should be in family medicine/general practice and the other years in specialties allied to Family medicine/General practice...
You can apply for part 1 after 18 months of experience, but cannot take an OSCE exam till you finish 5 years experience. Regardless of when you passed your Part 1.
There are two exams AKT, OSCE
Dates: Twice yearly
Fees: $ 1450.00
Eligibility Criteria for Dubai:
Have completed a three-year, full-time vocational training course for family medicine.
OR
Have practised for a minimum of three years full-time or equal and part-time as an independent primary care(Family medicine practitioner) in a primary care setting.
There are three exams AKT, written MEQ (essay type), CCSA
Dates: Twice yearly
Fees: $4288.00
Scheduling your test centre:
Once the registration for the upcoming exam is confirmed by the MRCGP [INT.] South Asia admin office, you will be provided with a personalized link through email for logging on to the Pearson VUE website to choose and book a seat at the centre where you wish to sit the exam.
Rescheduling or cancelling your test:
Please note that all requests for deferring or cancelling the exam must be done according to the application withdrawal deadlines mentioned in the exam calendar available on the MRCGP [INT.] South Asia website, through email to the MRCGP [INT.] South Asia Admin office.
Exam Timings (ALL LOCAL TIMINGS):
Reporting time – please report to the testing centre 30 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time, the exact exam start time can be found in your order confirmation email.
Exam timings – the exam will last for 210 minutes and your exact exam start time can be found in your order confirmation email.
Feedback questionnaire – 10 minutes at the end of the exam.
Candidates reporting after 15 minutes from the start of the exam will not be allowed to sit the exam.
