Bangladeshis now may sit for MRCP exam in Dhaka

24 June 2009, 17:00 PM

Bss, Dhaka

Bangladeshi doctors, who were until now required to visit the UK to appear at MRCP examination, could now take part in the world standard professional test sitting in Dhaka, the Post Graduate Doctors Association said in a statement yesterday. The statement asked the intending doctors to visit www.mrcp.uk.org for the application forms and online registration, saying they could apply for the test from June 5 to July 3 for the Part 1 written examination while the examination date was September 22, 2009. The opening date for the part II written examination for Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (MRCP, UK) is August 28 and the closing date for application is September 25 while the examinations will be held on November 25 and 26, 2009. The applicants could appear in the examination paying an amount of British Pound 521 (approximately Tk 55,000) for each part while examinations of both the parts would be held at the British Council in the city. "The arrangement would now offer our doctors to attain the world class professional excellence staying in the country . . . this would help regain the people's trust and save a huge foreign currency," Secretary General of Post Graduate Doctors' Association Rakibul Islam Litu said. He said earlier one had to spend about Tk 4 lakh to appear at the examination in London while under the current system they would now need to spend only about Tk 55,000. MRCP is a postgraduate medical diploma and the Federation of the Medical Royal Colleges of Britain runs the examinations. The three Royal Colleges of Physicians share this common three-part assessment in general medicine, which consists of two written parts and one clinical examination.