Become a Foundation Doctor Associate
The Foundation Doctor Associate grade is free to join and open to all UK foundation doctors.
As an Associate, you will receive great benefits including:
- Network: You’ll be invited to free events designed for foundation doctors, and get discounted rates to the College’s International Congress, the biggest psychiatry event in the UK attended by psychiatrists worldwide.
- Learn: You get free electronic subscription to some fantastic journals (BJPsych, BJPsych Bulletin, and BJPsych Advances) and a 10% discount on all other RCPsych publications.
- Stay up to date: You’ll receive an e-newsletter from the College, aimed at foundation doctor Associates. You'll also receive copies of the biannual Associate magazine, Future Psych.
- Practice: Get free access to MRCPsych eLearning, our online training modules.
- Good value: It’s free to all UK foundation doctors.
How to become an Associate
Please register as a new member and follow the instructions.
International doctors
If you are a doctor working outside the UK in a grade equivalent to the UK foundation programme (graduated medical school, pre-specialisation) and are not eligible for the Foundation Doctor Associate membership, you can;
- View our resources for international medical graduates
- Read past editions of FuturePsych magazine, the associate magazine
- Read past editions of RCPsych Insight magazine
- Watch free webinars
- Find out about foundation training in the UK, including webinars on applying to psychiatric training in the UK
- Consider contacting or joining your local International Division of the College
- Consider applying for Pre-Membership Psychiatric Trainee membership when you have started psychiatric training