Exam reassurance for doctors in specialty training

The General Medical Council (GMC) has issued a statement to reassure doctors in specialty training that marks awarded for previous exams can count towards their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT).

The statement, which was issued jointly with the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the BMA, COPMeD and Remedy UK, is directed at doctors who may be preparing for, or have already undertaken, exams as part of their medical training.

It states that doctors who are already in specialty training or who enter by 31 October 2011 will be able to have any valid passes in GMC-approved national professional examinations counted towards a CCT, even if they were not obtained within an approved training programme.

By the end of October 2010, the GMC will issue guidance on recognition of examinations for doctors who may enter a CCT programme after 31 October 2011.