Applying for entry onto the Specialist Register or GP Register

Specialist or General Practitioner

I wish to apply for entry on to the register as:

1.  1. a specialist
2.  2. a General Practitioner

Academic specialists

If you intend to join the Specialist Register after following a career in academic medicine in posts that have not been approved*, you may apply be eligible to apply for entry onto the Specialist Register with a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) (academic medicine).

1.  3. an academic specialist

*Approved by one of the following organisations

Period	Organisation
Before September 2005 (for specialists)	The relevant medical Royal College or Faculty
Before September 2005 (for GPs)	The Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice (JCPTGP)
Between September 2005 and March 2010	Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB)**
From April 2010	The GMC
**Before 31 July 2007	Some training posts that were completed before 31 December 2006 may have been approved retrospectively by the Royal College or Faculty for that specialty (including General Practice). This approval will have been granted before 31 July 2007 and the doctor will have a letter from the Royal College or Faculty confirming this.