Dear
IMC NO
On reviewing your Professional Competence annual Statement of Participation our records indicate that you have recorded the required PCS requirements for the PCS Year 1st May 2021 – 30th April 2022 - 25 CPD credits and completed one clinical/practice audit and are therefore ON TARGET. Please note this information is based on an automated report on a given date /time from your PCS portfolio).
We wish to highlight that the PCS portal has not been updated / changed to reflect the above PCS interim requirements and therefore when you record the minimum requirement (25 cpd credits) and complete one clinical / practice Audit for this PCS year, your portfolio will indicate that you are ‘not on target’. However, please note that by recording 25 CPD credits and one clinical /practice Audit you are ON TARGET with interim requirements for this PCS year.
It is important to be aware that this year, RCSI may be required to provide the Medical Council with the registration numbers and names of all registered Medical practitioners (RMPs) who have not met the minimum requirements in the year ending 30th April 2022.
As it would appear from our report that you have met the minimum requirements, your name / IMC number will not be on this list going to the Medical Council in June 2022.
We would advise you that we have not reviewed the activities which you have uploaded to your ePortfolio and have not verified your account. If your portfolio was subject to a verification audit you will be required to provide evidence for the minimum requirements in terms of CPD credits accrued (total of 25 credits). Doctors for this verification audit will be selected before the end of June 2022.
If you have:
- uploaded (or have available) all the appropriate evidence to support your CPD credits for the completed PCS year (which ended 30 April 2022),
then it would be appropriate, when you complete the Annual Retention Form (ARF) with the Medical Council, to tick YES to statement 2 “I have achieved the annual minimum CPD requirements for the Scheme Year 2020/2021 [YES/NO] “
Please note that you must also re-enrol in PCS for the current year 2022-2023 and pay the appropriate fee before you complete the Annual retention of registration process with the Medical Council.
If you have been appointed to a Postgraduate Training Scheme commencing July 2022, please click here to complete the form to confirm that you are going on to a Training Programme.
If you were absent from practice for a period of three months or greater due to illness or maternity leave during the year ended 30/04/2022 and have not already notified us and had your statement annotated, please complete the declaration available here and we will annotate your Annual Statement of Participation.
If you require further advice on the operation of the Professional Competence Scheme or support in meeting the requirements, please contact us at (pcs@rcsi.ie) or consult our website. If you have any queries about the annual retention process or other matters relating to your registration, you should contact the Medical Council directly.
If you are no longer on the Irish Medical Council’s Register, please notify this office by email pcs@rcsi.ie as this will allow us update our records and ensure that you do not receive unnecessary communication in relation to the PCS.
Yours sincerely
Professor Sean Tierney BSc MCh FRCSI
Dean of Professional Development and Practice | 
