Nepal Mediciti hospital successfully conducted third Member of Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) UK Practical Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills (PACES) exam on Friday. The examination was conducted under the global standards laid down by the Federation of the Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom. The exam was held from 19th to 21st March.
Nepal Mediciti has been conducting PACES examination since last two years. It is the only hospital in Nepal as the examination center for PACES examination. MRCP (UK) is a globally recognized qualification for Physicians. Acquisition of this qualification certifies that a trainee physician has acquired appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes to serve their patients as the best qualified physicians. The standard of this examination will be exactly the same as it is in the United Kingdom.
Currently, many aspiring physicians have to travel to the UK in order to take this examination and complete attainment of MRCP (UK) qualification. Opening of a center for this examination in Nepal will help all such physicians to complete it locally.
This year 43 candidates from Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Australia took part in the examination. Similarly, five examiners from UK and 11 examiners and two trainee examiners from Nepal were present to conduct the examination.
Dr. Roderick Harvey, Dr. Ban Al-Saffar, Dr. Vedamurthy Adhiyaman, Dr. Latana Munang, and Dr. Adam Stone are the representative Examiner of the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom.
Similarly, on behalf of Nepal, Dr. Neeraj Joshi, Dr. Dhiraj Manandhar, Dr. Sanjeet Krishna Shrestha, Dr. Arpana Neupane,
Dr. Sudip Shrestha, Dr. Rabindra Shrestha, Dr Shital Adhikari, Dr. Yadav K. D Bhatta, Dr. Budhi P Paudyal, Dr. Mahesh Raj Sigdel, and Dr. Rakshya Pandey participated as examiner.