Licentiate Membership
Equivalence route
Applicants who are HPC-registered with a non-IBMS accredited qualification may apply to join as a Licentiate member via an individual assessment against the Institute's Code of Conduct.
How to do this
Non-standard route
Applicants who are not HPC-registered and who hold an honours degree or equivalent can join as a Licentiate via an assessment of their qualifications and professional experience.
How to do this
Licentiate is the initial class of corporate membership for a person who has been awarded the Institute's Certificate of Competence or demonstrated equivalence as determined by the Institute through an individual assessment.
The Institute's Certificate of Competence has two elements:
- an Institute accredited honours degree in biomedical science or equivalent,
- completion of an IBMS registration portfolio that provides evidence that the standards set by the Health Professions Council for statutory registration have been met.
Licentiates of the Institute have the opportunity to work towards an Institute Specialist Diploma, a qualification that after at least two years professional experience in the class of Licentiate will allow individuals to apply for the next class of Institute membership, Member.
If appropriate to their employment circumstances, Licentiates may alternatively undertake a dissertation and obtain a Diploma of Specialist Practice.
Licentiate members are entitled to use the designatory letters LIBMS.
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