The Certificate and Diploma in Geriatric Medicine (CGM and DGM): dates, format, curriculum and how to prepare.
The RCP opens the CGM to any regulated healthcare professional and the paper can be sat worldwide; the DGM clinical exam is in Liverpool. What the rules say for overseas-registered doctors and nurses, and what the diploma does and does not do.
Four live stations in Liverpool are rehearsed, not revised. How to run a mock station with two colleagues, a six-week plan from CGM results to exam day, what to practise saying aloud, and the logistics.
The written paper is now the CGM, twice as long and a credential in its own right; the DGM is the clinical exam alone; and a new RCP curriculum applies from 1 January 2027. What each change means for 2027 candidates.
Two applications, months apart, both through Orzone. The eligibility check, the CGM window of 14 December 2026 to 18 January 2027, the DGM windows and the £668 fee, refunds, and the slips that catch people.
For a GP who does a lot of older-people medicine, the DGM examines exactly that work. Who can sit it, what the CGM and clinical exam test, where it helps a GP career, and where it does not.
The CGM written paper is on 24 February 2027 and most candidates are working full time. An eight-week plan built around five to seven hours a week, with the RCP application window in the middle of it.
The Certificate in Geriatric Medicine: 200 best-of-five questions in four online papers on 24 February 2027, the new January 2027 curriculum, exam day and a plan to prepare.
The DGM clinical exam station by station: who is in the room, what you do in 15 minutes, the three domains each examiner grades, 2026–27 dates and how to prepare.
Nurses can sit the CGM and DGM. Who is eligible, what the two stages test, where the diploma helps a nurse or ANP, and where it does not.
Pharmacists can sit the CGM and DGM. Who is eligible, how the curriculum covers polypharmacy and deprescribing, where it stretches you, and whether it is worth it.
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