When should a doctor join a Professional Competence Scheme?

All doctors registered on the general or specialist divisions of the Irish Medical Council must enrol on a professional competence scheme(PCS). When you are completing your annual retention of registration for the Medical Council, you will be asked to provide the name of the PCS you are enrolled with and the date you enrolled on the current year of the PCS.

If you are currently a trainee, you do not need to enrol on a PCS, however you will need to do so within 30 days of completing your training scheme.