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Hello, everyone. I hope you can hear me. We're still waiting for more people to join before we start. Let me know if you can see the slides or if you can't see the slides as well. We'll maybe wait like maybe four minutes more, then we'll start. All right, I think we will not read any further. So we will start. So my name is Chloe. Um I'm currently in F one in Northern Ireland. So today we'll talk about the application process, how it goes and how F one looks like in different places. So I have um my colleagues and so will talk about their experience in Wales and Oxford specifically. So, um just to let you guys know we're also doing like we're planning to do 12 sessions. So I think it would be really helpful for you guys to attend those sessions because when I started transitioning from a final year student to a medical junior doctor in the NHS, it was quite stressful, I would say especially for the first months because there are a lot of things that we do in Poland that we do not do here and there are things that we do here that we do not do in Poland. So yeah, anyways, so first of all, when it comes to application, this will be the most important website or I'm not sure if you guys have heard of it, but this is the website where you would do most of your application. So what you need for your applications for F one, your L. So basically for international medical graduates, you need to have your eligibility application. So it's kind of like a preapplication process that usually happens in July. So it is to make sure that oh like you're eligible for the um F one. So they'll check whether you're from a European university or you're from somewhere outside because if you're from some university outside of the eu you might have to do an extra exam called PL. But specifically for Poland, you do not need to do PL or maybe you have heard of the latest exam that they want to do the UK MLA but it does not apply to us yet. And also you need the medical degree cert or proof of primary medical qualification. So I know when um all of us graduated, it took a while for the university to give us the cert. So in that case, we usually will just send this template of letter to the dean to sign and they will usually confirm that. Oh yeah, we're gonna get our medical degree, but this is the 2025 template and they do tend to change the template every year. So it's better to always look for it on the UK FP O website and download the latest one. So then back to this, you also need to prove your English proficiency. So this is a debate that I always see happening every year, which one is better, whether Ielts is better or o ET is better. But in my honest opinion, do whatever that's comfortable for you. I personally did Ielts and I thought it was fine. Uh People mostly struggle in the writing part, but I'll talk about that later. So also you need your ID proof passport, usually just a passport or maybe even your permanent residence. Uh and then you would have to apply for a GMC provisional registration, which I will also talk about later in detail. So about IE L. Well, I know some people tend to say like, oh, you just need 7.0 but actually you need 7.5 in every section, an overall score of 7.5 or more. And this has to be done in one sitting. This is quite important. So you can repeat the test as much as you want, but well, just make sure you get it done in one sitting. They do not allow you to take retake a particular section of the exam itself. So then usually when you apply in oral, they'll give you like a test report form. Number or a candidate number that you will just put it in there. And like I said, the writing section is the part where most people struggle with. So I would say do a lot of practice. Um you know, there's a lot of resources online. So just look for that and honestly just read the guidelines of and the marking schemes. So importantly, if you hit on the marking schemes, you will get your 7.5. And also I do highly recommend you to take the exam earlier like 6 to 8 months earlier before application date in July. Because then if you didn't get the pointy one, you can redo it again. And also you can take O ati personally have never done this before. But if you prefer this, you can do it too, but you will need 400 points in each section and also do it in one sitting and again, um writing section is where people complain about most of the time and also take it earlier 6 to 8 months earlier. Now, regarding provisional registration, this is one of the tricky parts of getting into the UK. I think. So it's very time sensitive and it can be quite stressful. So you will have to go to this website, the General Medical Council and just read through all of these things about provisional registration. Now, the difficult part is that part of this uh registration thing, you will have to do a separate verification. So it's called the epic verification. So it is on this website called F MG. So it's for international medical graduates. So basically what this thing is is that, well, you will put in your primary qualification there, they'll ask about, you know, where you're from and everything and then they will go to your university. They will lia with your university to verify that you are actually indeed a medical graduate of that university. So this is very important because after you've done the verification process and everything, they will send like the credentials to the General Medical Council directly. And I have to note that because if your diploma is in Polish, you have to upload an English version as well. So the university will offer you eventually whether you want your certificate to be translated to multiple languages. So definitely get an English version of it. And yeah, it costs about 100 and $30 to establish just the epic account and to verify your identity as well as $100 for each credential. So it is quite costly. But, well, I'll just let you know that's the price for now. They might increase it in the future. I never know. But you can always check the website.