Requirements
Degree Verification - EPIC
Good Standing Certificate - PMDC
English Language Proficiency Tests - OET, IELTS, etc
Degree Verification
Process:
Guidance:
Good Standing Certificate
Process:
Guidance:
English Language Tests
English Language Proficiency Tests
Occupational English Test (OET)
International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
Occupational English Test (OET)
Learning Resources:
Local Tutors: Hafiz Sher Ali - booking 2 months in advance
OET Guide - How to give access to GMC to verify our OET report before GMC registration
Application
Process:
Guidance:
Identity Check
Steps:
Confirm Your Digital ID Check on GMC Online
Log in to GMC Online, select 'My ID checks', then click on 'Digital ID checks'.
Indicate that you are ready for the ID check. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process.
Create an Account on Digidentity
Open the app and follow the prompts to create your account.
Upload Your Identity Document
Navigate to the document upload section and submit one of the following valid and original documents:
Passport (recommended)
Driving License
Take a Photo Within the App
Ensure the photo must fulfil the following GMC requirements
Be passport-style.
Be clear and in focus.
Exclude other people.
Be taken against a plain light-coloured background.
Show you facing forward and looking straight at the camera.
Not have anything covering the face.
Guidance:
Complete the Digital ID check within three months after receiving the notification email from GMC upon application completion. This ensures your application proceeds without delays.
Video Guide: Digidentity App Tutorial
Reviewer:
Dr. Muhammd Subhan: dr.msubhan@gmail.com
Discounts
Registration Via USMLE
Steps
Make a MyIntealth Account and establish your EPIC portfolio: You will need a valid passport and a passport-size photo. A new account costs 110 dollars and the EPIC portfolio costs 35 dollars.
In about 3 days, your account will be created. You'll get an email from Notarycam to verify your email ID. Fill up the subsequent form. Within a week, you will be contacted by notarycam for ID verification. Make sure you have the ID with you that you used to create the EPIC account. It'll be a short video call.
If you had your med school diploma verified by ECFMG when you were applying for your USLMEs, they will review it within 10 business days of establishing your EPIC portfolio and, if the verification is acceptable, add it at no extra charge (this saves you the $110 credential verification fee; sending a report for a previously verified credential costs $60). If they don't, shoot them an email
For your USMLE scores, visit the FSMB website, and pay 70 dollars to send your transcript to GMC.
Have a more than 6-month-valid passport ready
Have your internship certificates ready. Have your experience certificates of the last 5 years ready.
Have your valid IELTS academic test report ready
Have your certificate of good standing ready. This is easily obtainable from pmdcs website. They'll email it to GMC.
Once the above are ready, WhatsApp GMC (no available on their site under Contact Us). They will ask you a few questions and if you meet the criteria (especially Step 2 CS passed on or before 13 March 2020), they will email you a form. Fill it, scan your documents and email it to img@gmc-uk.org. Keep in mind this is only for those who did their step 2 CS before they had cancelled it
Then call GMC on the number in the fees section and pay your fees
They may ask for additional docs. In my case they asked that I get a doctor who had supervised me for 3 of the past 5 years including 6 of the last 12 months to fill a consultant report form. I got 2 docs (one who fulfilled the 3/5 year category and the other who had fulfilled the 6/12 months category) to fill the forms and send them in from their official email ids. If you have one doc who fulfills both requirements then that works as well
Once the application is approved, GMC will invite you for an identity check. Complete that. You will then have to wait upto 10 days for them to manually confirm the identity check. In my case, it was done in a day.
You're now on the GMC register!
Dr. Faysal Subhani: comradefaysy@gmail.com
Tips
Apply for GMC within 3 years of passing MRCEM OSCE, otherwise you will be asked for submission of additional documents to prove your experience
Arrange EPIC verification and send the required reports in time for your GMC application. Check report access with the GMC; if a report must be resent after recipient access expires, a further report fee applies.
Try avoiding any gaps in clinical practice, or you should have strong explanation for all gaps
Appear for OET or IELTS as soon as possible within 2 years of GMC application as it is the key to all the opportunity doors
Income discount can be applied for from 3 months before your registration year begins, at any time during that year, or within 3 months after it ends.
Moeed Ahmed: drmoeedahmed@gmail.com
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Educational guide, not clinical advice. Check current official guidance before acting.