International Affiliate

Criteria of category

Registered medical doctor working and residing outside the UK working in anaesthesia, critical care or pain medicine who does not hold the Primary or Final FRCA examination or any other equivalence noted under the Member category.

Membership fee(s)

£150.00 (High Income Countries – according to World Bank Definitions)

£115.00 (Middle Income Countries (Lower-middle and Upper-middle) – according to World Bank Definitions)

£75.00 (Low Income Countries – according to World Bank Definitions)

How membership supports the work of the College

Membership of the College directly contributes to advancing the specialty by supporting important work in clinical standards, patient safety and research. This includes:

• Development of Training the Trainer resources
• Development of, and advocating for, safe anaesthesia provision internationally
• Providing support for delivery of anaesthesiology training outside of the UK
• keeping our NICE accredited anaesthetic standards setting document, Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthetic Services (GPAS), up to date
• development and distribution of patient information resources, with translations into other languages available.

Benefits of International Affiliate membership

Please see the list of some top benefits for this membership category below:

• Access to online academic publications: British Journal of Anaesthesia and BJA Education - with access to its CPD material
• 20% discount on all medical books by tfm publishing - contact the Membership Engagement team for the exclusive discount code
• Online College publications: College Bulletin and the President's News 
• College mailings to keep you up to date, including news of all future educational courses and events and the College’s Annual Review
• access to the College’s e-Learning system at a reduced rate 
• access to our My RCoA portal
• discounted rates for events and courses
• the quarterly international members e-newsletter The International Anaesthetist
• provision of e-Learning resources suitable for a variety of contexts
• access to the College’s e-Learning system at a reduced rate

For a full list of benefits the College provides its membership, dependent on categories, please click here.