Applying to the General Medical Council (GMC) under Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)

Category: SAS Doctors - Other

Date: June 11th 2012 9:30am until 4:30pm

Location: Education and Training Centre, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG

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How to successfully gain a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)

...a one day training course for Psychiatrists

This one day course will give an introduction and guide to the CESR processes with special emphasis and guidance on how to prepare the application and how to succeed. The course will be presented by a team of Royal College of Psychiatrists experts.

Content

  • Introduction to CESR, including the roles of the GMC and the College.
  • What will a CESR mean for you? What are your chances? Analysis of applications to date.
  • How was it for me? Personal experience of the application process.
  • Where to from here? The GMC application process. Getting advice and getting started. The College curricula.
  • How to do it? Organising your application. Workshop on what and how much goes into your application.
  • How can the College help you? The role of the College office.
  • Open forum for discussion.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the day participants will:

  • Be familiar with the application process
  • Know the implications of possession of a CESR
  • Have heard personal accounts of successful applicants
  • Have received details of the characteristics of successful and unsuccessful applications
  • Have advice on how to prepare their own application
  • Have a guide to how the College can support them in their application
  • Know how to access College publications on the curriculum and specialty-specific guidelines, which must frame their applications
  • Have had the opportunity to raise their own personal questions and concerns regarding the application process, with senior College Officers, clinicians and administrative staff who regularly process and scrutinise applications

Who should attend

  • All SAS Psychiatry doctors who are intending to submit a CESR Application

Course Fee

  • £150.00 including all materials, refreshments and buffet lunch.

Accreditation

  • This course is eligible for 6 CPD hours subject to your peer group approval.

Registration

  • Please visit www.rcpsych.ac.uk/cetc to register online or telephone our Programme Administrators on 020 7977 6652/57 for assistance.