Doctors - your revalidation questions answered

Web news item dated 3 June 2009 about a new online resource for doctors relating to revalidation.

The GMC has published its first, comprehensive set of frequently asked questions for doctors on revalidation.

The FAQs cover a wide range of issues including the timetable for implementing revalidation, the information that doctors will have to collect as part of the process, how revalidation will work for doctors in different types of medical practice, and the role of the Responsible Officer.

The information has been developed in partnership with a wide range of organisations – including the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and several of the medical Royal Colleges.

The first revalidations will not happen before 2011. From there, the roll-out of revalidation will be incremental.

The new frequently asked questions on revalidation are available to read on our licensing and revalidation web pages. They can also be downloaded in a single document:

Revalidation: Information for Doctors and Frequently Asked Questions (Issue 1 / June 2009)(154Kb, pdf)