Completion of Training

The Faculty monitors the progress of all trainees within the training programme. The purpose of doing this is to ensure that trainees receive a balanced programme and that on completion of the GMC approved programme, a recommendation for the award of a CCT or CESR-CP can be made to the GMC.

If you are eligible to apply for entry to the Specialist Register with a CCT or a CESR-CP, your respective Royal College (for Dual or Joint ICM trainees)/Faculty (for Single ICM Trainees) will notify the General Medical Council (GMC) of your completion of training date during your final year of training.

Please note that the award of a CCT and inclusion on the Specialist Register are NOT automatic procedures. You are required to apply for your CCT or CESR-CP certificate. 

It is a legal requirement for you to be on the Specialist Register before taking up a substantive or honorary NHS consultant post.

Click here for guidance on CESR-CP (Combined Programme) and CCTs.

Step 1: Final assessment and ARCP

For Single/Dual Trainees

Towards the end of the CCT/CESR-CP training programme, trainees will undergo a final summative assessment and, if successful, will be issued with an ICM ARCP Recommendation for Completion of Training (Outcome 6) by their assessment panel. The ARCP recommendation will be logged in the ICM e-portfolio by the assessment panel or deanery administrator.  Although there may be slight variations between regions, the assessment panel should be convened about three months before a trainee's provisional date for completion of training.

For Joint Trainees

Trainees will be given a paper copy of the ICM ARCP Outcome 6 Recommendation that you will need to send to the Faculty at: contact@ficm.ac.uk. Please then see Steps 4, 5 and 6.
 

Step 2: Final local sign-off

For Single/Dual Trainees

Once trainees have achieved an Outcome 6 for their ICM ARCP Recommendation for Completion of Training, the trainee’s ICM Regional Advisor will complete the Stage 3 Certificate on their ICM e-portfolio.
 

Step 3: Notify the Faculty

For Single/Dual Trainees

Trainees who are within four months of their completion date should complete the FICM Notification of Completion of Training Form (available to download below), obtain all the necessary signatures and then EMAIL the completed form to FICM at contact@ficm.ac.uk.

Paper forms will not be accepted. Please include your core training posts as this forms part of your Stage 1 training.

Step 4: Faculty recommendation to GMC

For Single Trainees

Once the Notification Form, Stage 3 Certificate and the ARCP Outcome 6 have been received, the Faculty will sign off the trainee’s ICM training and will formally make a recommendation to the GMC for the award of a CCT or CESR-CP. The trainee will also receive an e-mail  from the Faculty, advising them of the recommendation for the CCT/CESR-CP.

For Dual Trainees

Once the Notification Form, Stage 3 Certificate and the ARCP Outcome 6 have been received, the Faculty will sign off the trainee’s ICM training and inform the respective Royal College who will then formally make a recommendation to the GMC for the award of a CCT or CESR-CP. The trainee will also receive a letter from the respective Royal College’s Training Department, advising them of the recommendation for the CCT/CESR-CP.

For Joint Trainees

Once the ARCP Outcome 6 has been received, the Faculty will sign off the trainee’s ICM training and inform the respective Royal College who will then formally make a recommendation to the GMC for the award of a CCT or CESR-CP. The trainee will also receive a letter from the respective Royal College’s Training Department, advising them of the recommendation for the CCT/CESR-CP.
 

Step 5: GMC Online

At this point, trainees will receive an email from the GMC inviting them to complete the GMC online application for certification. Certification applications are now completed on a secure web portal, GMC Online, which has made it easier to enter information and pay the relevant fees.
 

Step 6: Addition to the Specialist Register

Once the Faculty/respective Royal College has made the recommendation to the GMC, there is no further involvement by the Faculty/respective Royal College in the process and it becomes a trainee/GMC relationship. The GMC add the trainee’s name onto the Specialist Register; the trainee must have indicated that they would like to go on the Specialist Register on their certification application. Failure to do this by the trainee will delay specialist registration and being able to take up a consultant post.