Licentiateship of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine

To be eligible to apply, you must

• hold a medical qualification.
• be registered to practice medicine by the relevant body in your home country. You will need to provide evidence of the same during the application process.
• have completed Basic Specialist Training or have two years' full-time equivalent experience.

All applications need to be submitted online.

Upon your first application, you will need to upload:

• a scanned attested copy of your primary medical degree
• a copy of your CV (must be submitted as a single separate document)
• any other relevant documents

Your medical degree can be attested by:

• An Garda Siochana (Irish police force)
• The issuing university or medical school
• A solicitor/ notary public/ lawyer
• A Commissioner for Oaths
• An Irish or British consulate
• Your embassy or high commissioner

Official translations will only be accepted if they have been prepared and/or authenticated by:

• The issuing university or medical school
• An Irish or British consulate
• Your embassy or high commissioner

It's important to prepare for LFOM exams and not to underestimate how long it takes to get ready to sit each component. Having an understanding of how each exam is formatted will help you prepare and develop good answering strategies.

When you're preparing your study plan, make sure to refer to the documents that you can find in the section Information and Resources.

The fee to sit LFOM Written is €600 for Irish students and €1,350 for overseas students.

The method of payment is credit or debit card, taken at the end of the online application process.

Don't forget: if you're in Ireland you can claim a refund of the successful examination fee under the HSE Clinical Course and Examination Refund Scheme.

All applications need to be submitted online via an application form. Please see the  For Exam Candidates page for all exam updates including application links, and our Exam Calendar for upcoming exam dates.

Please refer to our HERE to download our latest exam policies and procedures.

All our written examinations are now delivered by remote invigilation. Instead of travelling to an examination centre and sitting the computer-based examination with other candidates, you do the examination online in a quiet, secure place of your choosing at your own computer, e.g. at home or at work. You will also need a stable internet connection. Candidates are supervised remotely by invigilators throughout the examination.

A quiet, secure environment means:

• A room to which you have exclusive access (single occupancy - not shared)
• A room that does not have integrated security cameras, or any recording equipment, other than the webcam on your PC or laptop
• You are confident you will not be disturbed during the examination, e.g. by traffic, construction work, or people

See Remote Invigilation of Examinations for further details.

Please refer HERE to download the latest versions of our exam policies and procedures.

If you require a visa to sit an exam, it is your responsibility to ensure the visa application is made in sufficient time before the examination date. We have no role in granting or refusing visas.

A refund or transfer will not be given if you are unable to attend the examination as a result of a visa-related problem.

We have a dedicated examinations support team in our Dublin headquarters. They are there to guide you through your full exam journey, from application to LFOM conferring. They are present at every exam and always happy to answer your questions.

Contact us at helpdesk@rcpi.ie or tel: +353 1 8639721 (open Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm Irish time).