Associate Membership

Associate Membership is available to fully qualified doctors who do not possess MRCP(UK) or MRCPCH, Physician Associates and Advanced Nurse Practitioners. Discover our education events, online resources and ways you can get involved with College activities and develop your career in the process. We offer reduced rates to new joiner and your Collegiate Member subscription fees are tax deductible.

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Keeping up to date with the latest knowledge and skills

We bring together expert physicians from around the world to help us deliver our renowned programme of professional development.

Free and discounted access to our programme of specialty and general medical education, including Symposia, Evening Medical Updates, International Medical Updates and Courses
Discounted access to our non-clinical Courses, including Clinical Research and Systematic Review
Free attendance at our Medical Trainees’ Conference
Access to hundreds of hours of clinical and non-clinical content and resources through our Education Portal, a virtual learning environment which provides a rich programme of online continuing medical education – new material is added each month
Free quarterly digital access to The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Opportunities to get involved: UK members can stand for election to the Trainees & Members’ Committee

Contribute to the development of our education programme including Evening Medical Updates and Symposia, through our Trainees & Members’ Committee

Host local and international sites for webstreaming our Symposia and Evening Medical Updates

Influence the College and external policy through our Trainees & Members’ Committee
Value for money: Receive free and discounted access to our programme of specialty and general medical education, including Symposia, Evening Medical Updates and Courses

Fellows and Members in the UK: Access to the Physicians’ CPD Diary and app, value £165

Join Enhance: Mentoring for Medics, our fully funded mentoring programme as a Mentor or as a Mentee

Explore our online learning portal, which provides articles, lectures, interactive cases, self-assessment, and approved distance-learning CPD

Tax relief: The College has been approved as a professional body by HMRC; UK tax payers who are not retired may be able to claim tax back on their subscriptions. RCPE Guide - Claiming back professional expenses for UK doctors

Reduced subscription if you work less than full time hours (LTFT) or if you are on maternity/paternity leave - we offer up to 50% discounts on subscription fees
Making your life easier: Discounted rates if you’re working less than full-time (LTFT) (25%) or on maternity leave (50%)

Receive exclusive offers on a range of goods and services through our Lifestyle Rewards(link is external)

Pay JRCPTB training fees (if applicable) in annual instalments alongside your membership subscription

Representing your voice

Representation by our Trainees & Members’ Committee – one of the most active trainee groups in the UK
Regular Presidential Overseas Visits, allowing us to hear what matters to you
Representation through the College with UK Government, JRCPTB, Scottish Government, NICE, NHS and other organisations, with the opportunity to contribute to surveys and policy papers on topical issues

Specialty Training in Medicine

First hand perspectives on different medical specialties

Networking Events

Network with and learn from like-minded colleagues through attending events

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Top Tips for Consultants

Access resources created by our Recently Appointed Consultants Committee to support your transition to becoming a consultant

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Join as an Associate Member

How to apply

The Membership Department will check and process your application as soon as possible. Please allow a few working days for this. When the checks have been carried out, you will be sent an email with instructions for activating your website account and securely paying your joining fee by card or paying by telephone.

How to re-join as a Associate Member

We welcome former Associate Members who wish to re-join the College. However, please note that the ‘joining fee’ is only applicable to new Associate Members. Members who have already benefited from similar introductory rates will be classed as standard members when re-joining.

Please complete the online application form to re-join - the Membership Department will check and process your application as soon as possible. Please allow a few working days for this. When the checks have been carried out, you will be sent an email giving you information on how to securely pay the standard subscription online or pay by telephone.

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Refugee Doctors in the UK

Refugees who are currently living in the UK and who have trained as doctors or who began studying medicine in their home country may apply to become an Associate Member of the College free of charge. We hope this will help them to keep up to date until such time as they are able to practice medicine or study medicine again, by:

giving refugee doctors/students access to the College’s educational programme of symposia
providing updates in general and acute medicine and across the medical specialties
allowing refugee doctors to obtain CPD points through attendance at these events
giving access to the College’s Education Portal, including online specialty modules and archived presentations from the education programme
giving access to the secure section of the website, offering regular College news and items of interest to the profession

Refugee doctors in the UK who are not currently practising medicine and refugee medical students in the UK are asked to apply to join the College as an Associate Member.

Sharing our Heritage

By becoming a member, you can access our Library services at the College or online, borrow items from our modern collections, as well as free entry to history of medicine talks and tours organised by our Heritage Team. Visit our Physicians Gallery today.