2. Getting Started with GMC Connect

To access GMC Connect, you need to complete either an:

• APA1 form if you are working at a PA course provider
• APA2 form for AA course providers.

Email the completed form to PAAAregistration@gmc-uk.org. We’ll then send you email instructions for how to sign up for a GMC Connect account. You’ll need to complete an online registration form and request access to the ‘Registration - PA & AA Students’ group.  

It can take up to five days for a new user request to be approved. Once your user account has been approved we’ll send you an email with a link to the GMC Connect login page. We’d recommend you save this webpage as an internet favourite. 

If you are responsible for submitting information for more than one course provider or you also administer information for medical students  you can request access to additional organisations (see section 2.3 Requesting access for multiple course providers including medical students).

We support a wide variety of internet browsing software. If you have any problems logging in to GMC Connect, or using GMC Connect when you've logged in, please try a different internet browser or contact Associate Professions Applications team for help.

To add a new user to your organisation you’ll need to complete the following steps. 

• Add the names and email addresses for the additional users using an APA1 form if you are working at a PA course provider or an APA2 form for AA course providers .
• Email form to the GMC Connect administrator (PAAARegistration@gmc-uk.org)
• New user(s) will be emailed a sign-up link (please allow up to five working days)
• User to click on the sign-up link
• The GMC Connect administrator will verify the requests submitted against the list you provide and grant access
• Once we’ve approved their account they will receive an automated password email and additional information about their GMC Connect account.

If a member of staff who has access to GMC Connect leaves your organisation you must email us immediately (PAAARegistration@gmc-uk.org)  with the user’s details so that we can remove their GMC Connect access.

If you are responsible for administration of multiple course providers, or you manage multiple groups of students, for example both PAs and medical students, and would like to see lists of students associated with your location course provider, you can request access to them using your existing username.

We’ll email you a link to webpage where you’ll access an online sign up form. Select the right option for you at the bottom of the webpage ‘already a GMC Connect user?’. Complete the steps selecting the ‘Registration - PA & AA Students’ group.

When you’ve submitted your details, your request for access to another organisation will be sent to the GMC Connect administrators for approval. Once your user account has been approved we’ll send you an email to confirm that.

If you are an administrator for medical students please see UK Medical Schools - GMC Connect user guidance for UK registration: managing your students as some of the screens will be slightly different.

At the login page:

• enter your username (if you have one) or email address
• enter your password
• click the 'Sign in' button.

Once we’ve approved your access to an additional organisation, you’ll be able to login to GMC Connect.

If you have access to multiple groups, these will appear when you first log on, please tick the 'Registration – PA & AA students' user group.

Once you’ve selected the User Group you will go to the ‘Select organisation’ view. 

You’ll then see a screen where you can click the link to select the organisation you want to view.

• Your home screen will tell you which organisation you are viewing (1).
• You can switch between your organisations by clicking ‘change organisation’ (2).
• You’ll then go back to the ‘select organisation’ screen (above).