Registration Applications

Higher qualifications recognised for the purpose of exemption from the PRES

Doctors who meet the criteria set out at 1 and 2 below:

  • 1. Awarded one of the higher qualification listed below: And also
  • 2. Have either:

a) Undertaken an internship of at least twelve months which comprised of a minimum of three months in medicine in general and three months in surgery in general

OR

b) Completed a minimum of three years in an accredited training programme. The applicant should provide a letter from the body responsible for overseeing the training, confirming satisfactory completion of a three year programme eg a postgraduate training body.

Anaesthesiology

  • Fellowship of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland (FCAI), (formerly FCARCSI and FFARCSI)
  • Membership of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland (MCAI), formerly Primary Fellowship Examination of the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland
  • Overseas Qualifying Examination of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland (OQE)
  • Fellow of the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine of Ireland (FJFICMI)
  • Diploma in Pain Management, College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland
  • Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, College of Anaesthesiologists of Ireland
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthesiologists UK (FRCA)
  • Primary Examination of the Royal College of Anaesthesiologists (UK)
  • Fellow of the Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthesiologists (FANZCA)
  • Fellow of the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand
  • Fellow in Anesthesiology of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
  • Fellow of the College of Anaesthesiologists of South Africa (FCA(SA))
  • Diploma of American Boards in Anesthesiology (DABA)
  • Diploma of American Boards in Critical Care Medicine
  • European Diploma in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (EDAIC, formerly EDA)
  • European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine (EDIC)
  • Fellow in Anaesthesiology of the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Pakistan (FCPS (P) taken after 1998)
  • Doctor of Medicine in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of the West Indies

Emergency Medicine

  • Membership/Fellowship of the College of Emergency Medicine (MCEM/FCEM) (UK) [Irish trainees are required to sit these BST/HSE exit exams]
  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (in Accident and Emergency Medicine and Surgery) (FRCSEd (A&E))
  • Fellowship of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (FACEM)
  • Diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM)
  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC)
  • Exit examination in Emergency Medicine of the Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine

General Practice

  • Membership of the Irish College of General Practitioners (MICGP)
  • Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP)
  • Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP)
  • American Board Certification in Family Medicine
  • Certification in Family Medicine (College of Family Physicians of Canada)

Medicine

  • Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (MRCPI)
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (FRCPI)

MRCP (London)
MRCP (Glasgow)
MRCP (Edinburgh)
MRACP (Australia)
FRCP(C) (Canada)
FCP(SA) (South Africa)
American Board in General (Internal) Medicine

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

  • Member of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (MRCPI Ob&Gyn)
  • Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (MRCOG) (UK)
  • Membership of the Royal Australian and/or New Zealand College(s) of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (MRACOG / MRNZCOG / MRANZCOG)
  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (O&G)
  • Fellowship of the College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of South Africa (FCOG (SA))
  • Current Certification by the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Occupational Medicine

  • Member of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland(MFOM)
  • Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (FFOM)
  • Licentiateship of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (LFOM)
  • Membership of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians (London)
  • American Board Certification in Occupational Health
  • American Board of Preventive Medicine
  • Certificate of the Canadian Board of Occupational Medicine
  • Fellow of the Australasian College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine

Ophthalmology

  • MRCSI (Ophth)
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Australia & New Zealand (FRANZCO)
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons & Physicians of Glasgow
  • American Board of Ophthalmology
  • FRCOphth (London)
  • Canadian Board

Paediatrics

  • Member of the Faculty of Paediatrics of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (MRCPI Medicine of Childhood)
  • Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH)
  • American Board in Paediatrics

Pathology

  • Fellow of the Faculty of Pathology Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (FFPath RCPI)
  • MRCPath (UK)
  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (FRCPA)
  • American Board Certification in Pathology (ASCP)
  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists (UK) (FRCPath)

Psychiatry

  • Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (UK) (MRCPsych)
  • The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry

Radiology

  • Fellow of the Faculty of Radiologists Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FFR RCSI)
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) (UK)
  • American Board of Radiology
  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC) - Division of Radiology or Radiation Oncology

Surgery

  • Fellowship of European Board of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
  • Joint Surgical College’s Fellowship Examination (JSCFE)
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FRCSI)
  • Collegiate Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (MRCSI(C))
  • Intercollegiate Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (IMRCSI) (must be accompanied by an original/certified copy Certificate of Completion of Basic Surgical Training (CCBST)).
  • Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (MRCSI)
  • Associate Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (AFRCSI)
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons & Physicians of Glasgow
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (London)
  • Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • Member of the Royal College of Surgeons & Physicians of Glasgow
  • Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (London)
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Medicine of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (Surgery)
  • American Board Certification

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