Training in Geriatric Medicine and the Curriculum Dr Oliver J Corrado
Training in Geriatric Medicine and the Curriculum Dr Oliver J Corrado
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