F1 Certificate of Completion (F1CC) and Certificate of Experience (CoE)

F1CC

• F1 doctors who have successfully completed their F1 year and have achieved an Outcome 1 in their ARCP will be issued with a Foundation Year 1 Certificate of Completion (F1CC) document. 
• You must acknowledge your ARCP outcome to allow the certificate to be generated and released. 
• This document is your end of year certificate and is signed-off by the Foundation School Director or other authorised signatory in the Foundation School.
• The F1CC is generated electronically, signed digitally and stored in your Turas Training Portfolio. 
• The F1CC will be released automatically in your portfolio in the last week of July as long as you have signed/acknowledged your ARCP outcome 1.  

There is NO paper copy, but you can download a copy of your F1CC from your portfolio if required. 

CoE

• The F1CC is required by to allow the Foundation School to generate your Certificate of Experience (CoE) for the GMC.  
• The GMC requires your Certificate of Experience (CoE) to allow application for full registration this will not be processed unless you have a F1CC.
• This process usually takes place in July of each year.

Further information about applying for GMC full registration can be found here.

This page was last updated on: 28.08.2025 at 09.40