General to Trainee Specialist Division
The Medical Council, in consultation with approved postgraduate training bodies and approved clinical sites for delivery of medical specialist training, maintains a record of postgraduate training posts within the State and their occupancy. Medical practitioners intending to practise in a postgraduate training post must inform the Medical Council of the details of that post and pay the appropriate registration fee in order to be registered, using Application Form TSR1. This form is only applicable for medical practitioners applying for trainee specialist registration, who currently hold general or specialist registration. You can also apply and pay online by clicking here. Only currently registered doctors paying online by credit card or laser card can submit an online TSR1 application.The Council resolution regarding individually numbered, identifiable training posts can be downloaded below;
Council Resolution.pdf
Limitations of Trainee Specialist Registration
Trainee specialist registration in individually numbered, identifiable training posts only permits the practice of medicine within the clinical site/health service setting stated on the Certificate of Registration or clinics/health service settings formally connected with that training post. Trainee specialist registration permits the prescribing of controlled drugs only for those patients of the clinical site/health service setting in which the medical practitioner is employed. These limitations do not apply where a trainee specialist, in the final year of their training, is acting up at Consultant grade in that specialty for a period of up to three months.
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