Certificate of Completion of Training
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CCT or Certificate of Completion of Training is the certificate that physician
s in the United Kingdom
receive to indicate that they have completed training in their chosen specialty and are eligible to apply for a post as a consultant
or a general practitioner
(GP).
This certificate is awarded by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board
(PMETB). This is a self-funding statutory body independent of the government
and the Royal Colleges of the various medical specialties.
PMETB took on its role on 30 September 2005. Prior to this date, hospital doctors' training was assessed and deemed to be complete by the Specialist Training Authority (STA), which was formed by the combined Royal Colleges. The STA awarded a certificate called a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training, or CCST. Currently these two certificates are considered equivalent; however, PMETB has the authority to change the requirements for acquisition of a CCT so that in future they would not be regarded as equivalent.
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
s in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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receive to indicate that they have completed training in their chosen specialty and are eligible to apply for a post as a consultant
Consultant (medicine)
In the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and parts of the Commonwealth, consultant is the title of a senior doctor who has completed all of his or her specialist training and been placed on the specialist register in their chosen specialty...
or a general practitioner
General practitioner
A general practitioner is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. They have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues and comorbidities...
(GP).
This certificate is awarded by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board
Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board
The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board was the non-departmental public body responsible for postgraduate medical education and training in the United Kingdom . PMETB is no longer in operation, following its merger with the General Medical Council on 1 April 2010...
(PMETB). This is a self-funding statutory body independent of the government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
and the Royal Colleges of the various medical specialties.
PMETB took on its role on 30 September 2005. Prior to this date, hospital doctors' training was assessed and deemed to be complete by the Specialist Training Authority (STA), which was formed by the combined Royal Colleges. The STA awarded a certificate called a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training, or CCST. Currently these two certificates are considered equivalent; however, PMETB has the authority to change the requirements for acquisition of a CCT so that in future they would not be regarded as equivalent.