Enrolment with JRCPTB
On entering higher training programmes in the medical specialties all trainees must enrol with JRCPTB within 3 months of being appointed. The JRCPTB has responsibility for monitoring the progress of trainees throughout their training and ultimately for recommending to the Postgraduate Medical Education Training Board of their CCTs. Without enrolment monitoring cannot proceed and the CCT award will be put at risk. Those applying in excess of 3 months after appointment risk having their CCT date put back.
PLEASE NOTE: The Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK has been obliged to increase the fees charged for enrolment with the JRCPTB. This decision has not been taken lightly but has been necessary to support the Colleges’ role in setting the standards for, and supporting trainees through, specialist training to the award of CCT. The advent of new patterns of training, revised curricula, quality assurance and assessment demanded by the PMETB, have meant that the amount and complexity of work the JRCPTB will have to do in key areas has substantially increased. At the same time the grant money received annually from the Department of Health to underpin this work has declined significantly, and the Colleges have to take account of this in their financial planning. Please see below for details of the increase.
SpRs are asked to complete an SpR enrolment form and return it to the JRCPTB office at the address shown.
In order to complete this form, you will need to contact the Postgraduate Dean's office responsible for your appointment. You will need to obtain from them: a signed copy of your RITA form A, your National Training Number and either the Postgraduate Dean's/Regional Specialty Advisor/Medical Personnel's signature. These act as confirmation of your appointment.
Entry Requirements for Higher Medical Training
To apply for HMT in the UK you must have the MRCP(UK) or its equivalent and a minimum of two years General Professional Training (GPT).
Recognition of Postgraduate Qualifications as Equivalent to the MRCP(UK) and General Professional Training (GPT)
JRCPTB considers the following qualifications in Medicine as having the equivalent content to the MRCP(UK):
FCPS Pakistan (Medicine)
FRACP Part 1
MHKCP
MD Colombo (Medicine)
FCP South Africa
M.Med Singapore
M.Med Malaysia
FRCP Canada
US Boards of Internal Medicine
If you hold one of these qualifications and have done all or part of your GPT abroad, please download a HMT Eligibility Application Pack.
If you do not hold one of the above qualifications, you can apply to have the qualification recognised by JRCPTB . To do this please go to the International Queries section.
If you hold a qualification, apart from the MRCP (UK), please enclose a photocopy of the certificate. When completing the section on your posts, please ensure that you state the exact dates that you held each post. This information is essential in calculating your CCT date. We will also ask you to send in copies of your CV. We provide guidance on how we would like you to set out the Perfect Training CV.
Collegiate Membership
You will note that within this enrolment form there are details on Collegiate Membership and the JRCPTB fees. Please read this information and indicate on the relevant form which option you would like to chose:
- Collegiate membership of one of the three Physician Colleges
- Affiliate Membership
- or to pay the one off fee. The one off fee has increased to £875 for SpRs whose enrolment form arrives with us on or after 01/08/07. Forms arriving before 01/08/07 will pay £600.
FEE INCREASE: The fee for enrolling with JRCPTB by paying through Collegiate Membership will increase from £100 to £125 from 01/08/07. This sum is additional to the CM fee charged by the College. Those of you enrolled as Collegiate Members will see this take effect in the next Direct Debit.
Notes:
1. The Collegiate Membership Fees are allowable against income tax. You should claim the full amount (College fee plus the enrolment fee) from HMRC on your tax return.
2. The fees are subject to modest annual increases from 2008 onward
If you would like Collegiate Membership and are not already a subscribing member you will also need to complete the appropriate application form. More information on Collegiate Membership is available here:
Collegiate Membership (129K pdf)
Current application forms are available as follows:
Royal College of Physicians of London (134K pdf)
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (152K pdf)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (64K pdf)
You will be sent your personal Training Record within 6 weeks of receipt of your completed enrolment form and payment. Please note that the Training Record is sent by recorded delivery, so it will be necessary to give an address where someone will be available to receive it. The Training Record then becomes your property but must be produced at each annual RITA assessment.
Incomplete forms, including failure to submit a RITA form A, will be returned and will delay the despatch of the Training Record.
You will receive, from the JRCPTB , written notification of your enrolment in due course
If you have any queries please contact us on 020 7935 1174 ext 443/244