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Training in Geriatric Medicine and the Curriculum Dr Oliver J Corrado

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Specialty Certificate Exam<strong>in</strong>ations (SCEs)<br />

• SCEs <strong>in</strong>troduced by <strong>the</strong> Federation of Royal Colleges of<br />

Physicians for larger medical specialties <strong>in</strong> 2008<br />

(Cardiology organis<strong>in</strong>g its own exam)<br />

To ensure that certified specialists have sufficient<br />

knowledge of <strong>the</strong>ir specialty to practice safely <strong>and</strong><br />

competently as consultants<br />

• SCE is taken after MRCP (UK) generally 3 rd /4 th year of<br />

Registrar tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

• Gastroenterology first specialty to hold exam <strong>in</strong> 2008,<br />

<strong>Geriatric</strong> Medic<strong>in</strong>e <strong>the</strong> second March 2009

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