MyGDCHow to apply: specialist lists
Please read this section and Key facts about registration before you start the online application process to join a specialist list.
Clinical references
You must provide at least two clinical reference letters from senior colleagues who are registered and practising in the relevant specialty. The letters should confirm your knowledge and experience in that specialty.
Certifying documents
The person certifying your documents should be one of the professionals listed below:
- Notary public
- Commissioner of Oaths
- Justice of the Peace
- Lawyer
- Solicitor
- An authorised official of an embassy or consulate
The person certifying the photocopies of your documents will need to see your original documents before they certify a photocopy. Photocopies must be copies of the original document.
The person certifying the photocopies of your documents must write (in English) ‘I have inspected the original document and I certify that this is a true copy’. They should then write their name, address and, if they do not have an official stamp, their professional status. They must then sign the photocopy.
The person certifying the documents cannot be the applicant, their partner/spouse or a relative, even if they are one of the professionals listed above.
We will accept either a handwritten signature or a scanned signature. Once the form is completed, it can be printed, signed, and scanned. Alternatively, a scanned signature (for example a JPEG or PNG image file) can be inserted into the electronic document.
Typed signatures will not be accepted.
Qualifications
There are different routes to joining our specialist lists – please read our Guidance for assessed applications. Depending on your route to join the specialist lists Register, you may be asked to upload:
- A certified copy of your specialist qualification certificate
- A certified, validated copy of the training course/syllabus or curriculum specific to your training period, authenticated by the dean, head of school or programme director of the educational institute or hospital where the course took place
- Certified evidence of academic or research work/projects
- Certified clinical casework logbook (anonymised)
- Certified evidence of supervised learning events
- Your CV
Fees
The fee to join the specialist lists is £345 per specialty.
There is also an annual retention fee of £72 per specialty. Please visit the registration fees section of our website for more information.
Please note: an administration charge of £10 will be added to the registration fee if you wish us to return any original documents you have submitted.