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F1 Certificate of Completion (F1CC)

F1 trainees 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 document. This document is your end of year certificate and will be signed-off by the Foundation School Director or other authorised signatory in the Foundation School.

Your Certificate of Experience (CoE) is required by the GMC 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.

The F1CC is generated electronically, signed digitally and stored in your e-portfolio. 

There is NO paper copy but you can download your this from your portfolio if required. 

The F1CC will be released automatically in your portfolio in the last week of July as long as you have signed/acknowledged your ARCP.  

You must acknowledge your ARCP outcome to allow the certificate to be generated and released.

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



This page was last updated on: 24.01.2024 at 15.48


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