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MRCP is the Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians. The MRCP is an internationally recognized medical postgraduate degree. It’s a postgraduate medical diploma in UK.

It offers postgraduate medical qualifications for doctors preparing for higher specialist training on behalf of the Royal College of Physicians. The MRCP is considered and acknowledged as an essential degree in the academic experience of postgraduates on a global scale.

The Royal College of Physicians (MRCP UK) administers internationally renowned specialty exams to gauge candidates' proficiency in the clinical abilities and specialized medical knowledge required for disease diagnosis and treatment. Medical professionals can practice as consultant physicians in India, the UK, and Commonwealth nations with an MRCP certificate.

MRCP is a three-level examination consisting of MRCP Part 1, MRCP Part 2 Written, and MRCP Part 2 Clinical (PACES). Part 1 consists of two papers, each three hours long. Each paper contains 100 questions in a ‘best of five’ format. The two papers are taken on the same day, at a specified exam centre in the UK or abroad, doctors in training are entitled to take the exam after they have been qualified for 12 months. MRCP Part 1 needs to be cleared before appearing for Paper 2 and PACES.
Part 2 consists of two, three-hour papers each with 100 questions that test your ability to apply clinical understanding, and make clinical judgments.
The MRCP Part 2 Clinical Examination (Practical Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills - PACES) is designed to test the clinical knowledge and skills of trainee doctors who hope to enter higher specialist training.

As per the current information given by the RCP, the fee structure for
-MRCP Part 1 is £460 for UK candidates and £616 for International candidates
-MRCP Part 2 is £460 for UK candidates and £616 for International candidates -MRCPI Part 2 PACES is £1202
The application process/fee for Hong Kong and Singapore centers are different.

To be eligible for MRCP Part 1 examination, candidates must have a GMC-recognized primary medical qualification and a minimum of 12 months post-graduate experience in the medical field.
To be eligible for the Part 2 examination, you must clear Part 1 first

MRCP Part 1 is conducted as a single-day examination. It consists of two papers of 3 hours. In the same way, MRCP Part 2 is conducted in a single day with two papers of 3 hours. MRCP PACES is a clinical examination and it takes about half a day.

The exam timeline is published a few months prior to the exam on the official website, mentioning all exam dates and opening and deadlines for application procedure etc. Keep an eye on the official website https://www.mrcpuk.org/mrcpuk-examinations to know more about the same.

Applications for the MRCP part 1 exam open three months before to each exam date, and as per the current exam timeline provided in the official website, exams are scheduled to be conducted on January, April, August and October 2023.
And Part 2 exams are scheduled to be conducted on February, May, September and November.
The clinical examination PACES are conducted 3 times in a year.

You are only permitted a maximum of six attempts each attempt at the MRCP exam, which is the medical entrance exam. You can thus show up for parts 1 and 2 six times each. However, you have seven years from finishing part 1 to pass part 2, as well as the PACES course.

Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (UK) conduct MRCP exams and it is designed to test the skills, knowledge and behaviour of doctors in training.

Membership of Royal College of Physicians (UK) : https://www.mrcpuk.org/
Royal College of Physicians : https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/mrcpuk-examination