Page 1 of 1: FAQ: What is the Procedure for MRCPsych exam after DPM?

mugilakil · Credits: 2757 My Scrapbook

i have completed DPM at tanjavure medical college 2002. what is the procedure to take part 1 exam

RxPG_Team · Credits: 19657308 My Scrapbook My Reading List 5 Books

well to do part 1 of MRCPsych exam, you must have 12 months of UK experience in Psychiatry at post graduate level. The only way you can appear for part 1 MRCPsych is to come to UK after clearing PLAB and find a training grade job in Psychiatry for one year.

The other way is to look for international recruitments for psychiatrists (which is becoming rarer day by day). For that you need to have a post graduation degree with a thesis (MD) and three to five years of post post -graduation experience at a teaching hospital (SR level). If you get a job offer in UK in this way and get registered with GMC, then you can apply to royal college of psychiatrists for recognising you post graduation degree at par with MRCPsych . You would not need to take MRCPsych then.

Having said that, you do not qualify for the second option (as you seem to have only a diploma), and the first option is long and tedious. There might be better prospects in Australia if you start looking (at least better than UK), but there also the process is quite ill defined.

All the best.

sami-1978 · Credits: 116 My Scrapbook

is training grade job in Psychiatry is easy to find and is it payed ?

psychiatrist4u · Credits: 112 My Scrapbook

hi, Rajaram
Where are you. What are you doing. I am dr. Ragu who took DPM exam with you in Tanjore. I was graduated in Madurai.
Write to my mail psychiatrist4u at gmail.com[b][/b]

drhanniballecter · Credits: 333 My Scrapbook

hi doc....i just joined my DPM from MMC chennai sir...can u kindly advice me howz life n options after dpm????

mugilakil · Credits: 2757 My Scrapbook

really intresting and very bright

voldemort · Credits: 122 My Scrapbook

Hi I am doing M.B.B.S from kolkata .Can anyone plz tell me whats the procedure of doing MRCPsych after doing my MBBS and how are the chances...plz write in a bit detail

docpurvesh · Credits: 203 My Scrapbook

unfortunately as things stand anyone not in the system currently in the uk will not be able to do any training jobs which are a requirement for the MRCPsych .
given this why do you want to do MRCPsych . there are myriad options in india after dpm. hell if you want to get a foreign degree go to the us. at least its in your face fair and they dont change the rules every month
cheers and best of luck

pujalix · Credits: 155 My Scrapbook

Stepswould be-
Pass MBBS
You can give IELTS during your intenship and PLAB 1 in india after intersnhip- 3-6months
come to uk, give PLAB 2- 6 months
After passing, apply for attachments and do an attachment- applying and getting takes few months if you havent applied from india.
After getting an attachment- Feb and Aug are times when rotations start.
Rotataion is a 3 yrs basic specilisst training prog. The whole thing, depending on your luck and grit , can take anything upto 2 yrs till u start your training.

I agree with others in this post, that this is a difficult and uncertain time for medical careers in UK. If you are commited to doing psyhciatry- you will have to maximise and do more than most people do.
What I did was-
Even though I didnt have a post grad qualificatin from india, I worked in a psych clinic untill 5 days before I flew. Please attned psychology sessions (tsesting nd cbt) as they are an useful experience in India.
Read british journal o fpsych to develop your areas of interest. Its important to know what is happening in the Psychiatry feild in UK. This will enable you to devlop your whole CV in a particular direction right from the start.
Be serious during the attachemnet. I use to attend all oncalls - day and nights- with the SHO I was shadowing. So muh so that the cnsultant started asking me instead about patients and patinets recognied me more than their SHO. Ask to do an audit with someone. Try to attand any free courses , teaching in the attachment.
talk to people. Theres no point doing 3 months attachmenet in one dep waiting to get a job. If you dont get a job, use your consultant to introduce you to toher peopel. Adult,substance misuse, child, old age. 1 motnh each makes ur cv look better than 4 mnths in adult. Be proactive and ask to go and attaned vrious things- cmht meeting, CPAs, out pt clnic.

People like independent thinking and initiaters. All siad and done, motivation is a hard thin to susutain, when you are in a friengn country, away from your supportive network and insecure due to lack of money, security etc.

Thats when RXPG come s in right?

fatsofarty · Credits: 367 My Scrapbook

Hi Pujalix,

Are you still in the UK and if so, what have you been doing? Is it difficult to get training posts in Psychiatry in the UK?

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