International Medical Graduates

RCPsych have produced a guide for International Medical Graduates pursuing a career in psychiatry in the UK. The guide provides a comprehensive overview of working, training and living in the UK as a psychiatrist. 

• A Guide to Living and Working in the UK for International Medical Graduates

• Applying for registration as an International Medical Graduate (GMC guidance)
• Working in the UK (GMC guidance)
• Working and training in the NHS – a guide for international medical graduates (NHS Employers)
• Shortage Occupation List 

• Recruitment into Approved Training Programmes in Psychiatry in England, Scotland & Wales or Northern Ireland
• MRCPsych Examinations
• Core & Specialty Training (College guidance)
• Medical Training Initiative
• "How do you like to learn?" London Deanery e-Modules for Internationally Educated Health Professionals
• A Career in Academic Medicine (Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience)

• "What do your trainees need from you?" London Deanery e-Modules for Supervisors of Internationally Educated Health Professionals

• The Psychiatric Trainees' Committee (PTC)
• Psychiatrists' Support Service (PSS)
• International Affairs Unit
• SAS Doctors Committee/Resources

• Clinical attachment: a guide for doctors
• Good Medical Practice Learning Materials (GMC)
• CPD eLearning
• Trainees Online (online learning resource to support trainee psychiatrists in preparing for MRCPsych exams)
• Guide for doctors new to the UK (BMA)
• Advice for IMG GPs (Health Education Yorkshire and Humber)
• Working and training in the NHS – a guide for IMGs (NHS Employers)
• Health Education England