Faculty of Public Health Medicine General Division Scheme

Helping You Maintain Professional Competence

If you meet the entry requirements, the Faculty of Public Health Medicine General Division Professional Competence Scheme allows you to maintain your professional competence.

Once your enrolment is complete, we will give you access to exclusive resources and advice tailored for doctors in Public Health Medicine.

You can also browse our wide range of CPD-approved courses and educational programmes suitable for doctors in your specialty.

Entry Requirements

You must be on the General or Supervised Division of the Irish Medical Council register and hold one of the following qualifications:

Membership of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of Ireland
Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of Ireland
Membership of the Faculty of Public Health, UK
Fellowship of the Faculty of Public Health, UK
MPH RCSI/NUI (or equivalent) and at least 50% of practice in Public Health Medicine.

If you are on the General or Supervised Division and do not meet the entry requirements for this Scheme, you can enrol on the Institute of Medicine General Division Scheme.

If you are on the Specialist Division, you should enrol on a Specialist Division Professional Competence Scheme.

If you’re not sure which Scheme you should enrol on, contact us and we will be glad to help.

Enrolment Fee

The enrolment fee for a Professional Competence Scheme is €250.

If your an annual subscription fee for membership of RCPI or one of our faculties is up to date, you will be entitled to a discount.

The method of payment is credit or debit card, taken at the end of the online application process.

3D security on credit card payments in Europe: It is now a requirement that City and Postcode (Eircode) are contained in an address. When completing your application, please make sure you have entered your full address and PostCode before you proceed through to payment of your enrolment fee. You can check your Eircode here.

Direct Debit: Click through this link to submit a direct debit mandate. If you choose this method, it is important that you complete the application form as far as the payment stage, and then email professionalcompetence@rcpi.ie to notify us you have submitted a direct debit. We will then be able to complete the last step of the application for you.

Ready to Apply for 2022-2023?

You will be asked to login to our website. If you already have login details for our website, you should log in using that username and password. Please do not create a new account for our website if you already have existing login details.

Want to Renew for 2022-2023?

If you were enrolled on a Professional Competence Scheme during 2021-2022, you don’t need to complete another application for 2022-2023. You are required to renew your enrolment each year. You can find information about how to renew here

Professional Competence

Tel: +353 1 863 9739

We have a highly experienced Professional Competence support team. They are always happy to answer your questions and advise you on how to maintain Professional Competence. As the team are presently working at home, the fastest way to contact this department is by logging in to our support desk here

If you need help with your ePortfolio, we can arrange a convenient time to work with you to ensure your records are up to date.
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Contact the Professional Competence Team at professionalcompetence@rcpi.ie . If you would like a callback, please let us know the best time and phone number to call you. .
Alternatively, you might like to visit Professional Competence FAQs

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