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Registration

IBMS qualifications provide a structured pathway to
demonstrate your HCPC Standards of Proficiency,
enabling you to qualify for HCPC registration as a
biomedical scientist or a clinical scientist

IBMS qualifications for HCPC registration 

Certificate of Competence

Demonstrate the HCPC Standards of Proficiency and qualify for HCPC registration as a biomedical scientist by completing an IBMS Registration Training Portfolio and obtaining an IBMS Certificate of Competence

Certificate of Competence by Equivalence

If you are working at the level of a HCPC-registered biomedical scientist but are not yet registered, you can achieve HCPC registration by completing the IBMS Certificate of Competence by Equivalence

Certificate of Attainment - Clinical Scientist

An experiential pathway to HCPC registration as a clinical scientist for professionals working in UK healthcare science

 

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