Exams to be introduced for BCAM membership

Doctors or dentists who want to become full members of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine (BCAM) may be required to sit exams from October 2019. 

Currently, practitioners must meet set criteria and be an associate member for a minimum of two years before they can apply to be a full member. 

However, BCAM announced at a recent press conference that it has plans to re-instate an exam process to assess applicants’ academic knowledge and practical skills in a broad range of aesthetic treatments and modalities. 

BCAM previously developed an assessment in association with the University of Leicester, which was a requirement for membership a decade ago. As such, members who sat the original assessments will not need to re-sit the new exam. 

BCAM director and appraisal clinical lead Dr Paul Myers said, “In the future, you will only be a BCAM full member if you have taken the exam, which is being processed at the moment. We think that this exam will be what differentiates BCAM from other organisations. Ultimately, unless you have an exam, then in my opinion the organisation doesn’t have legitimacy.”