Medical Royal Colleges

Medical Royal Colleges

There are a number of medical Royal Colleges in the United Kingdom. Each is responsible for a different speciality within the medical field. They are general charged with supervising the training of doctors within that speciality, although that responsibility has been somewhat taken over by PMETB in recent years.

The medical Royal Colleges of the United Kingdom include:

* Royal College of Surgeons of England (Established 1800cite web | title = History of the Academy | publisher = Academy of Medical Royal Colleges | url = http://www.aomrc.org.uk/pages/history.htm | accessdaymonth = 17 June | accessyear=2007] )
* Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (Est. 1505)
* Royal College of Physicians (Est. 1518)
* Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (Est. 1996)
* Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (Est. 1930)
* Royal College of General Practitioners (Est. 1952)
* Royal College of Anaesthetists (Est. 1992)
* Royal College of Radiologists (Est. 1975)
* Royal College of Psychiatrists (Est. 1971)
* Royal College of Pathologists (Est. 1970)
* Royal College of Ophthalmologists (Est. 1988)

The Medical Royal Colleges are represented by the [http://www.aomrc.org.uk Academy of Medical Royal Colleges] .

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