What happens on the day and what to bring Taking the MSRA

Before travelling to an assessment centre, it's important that you familiarise yourself with the health and safety guidelines implemented at all Pearson VUE owned centres to help prevent the spread of coronavirus and protect staff and other applicants. 

If you fail to comply with the guidelines, you will be denied access to their testing services.

In line with the Pearson VUE ID Policy you are required to present one form of original (no photocopies or digital IDs), valid (unexpired) government issued ID that includes your name, recent recognisable photograph, and signature.

The accepted forms of ID are:

• international travel passport
• driver’s license
• military ID (including spouse and dependents)
• identification card (national, state or province identity card)
• alien registration card (green card, permanent resident, visa)
• local language ID (not in Roman characters) – accepted only if issued from the country you are testing in

All forms of acceptable IDs must be issued by the country in which you are testing.

If you do not possess qualifying ID issued from the country you are testing in, an international travel passport in Roman characters from your country of citizenship is required. If you are European Union (EU) candidate testing within the EU zone, you may also provide a valid, unexpired EU identity card as primary ID.

ID issued by sanctioned countries will not be accepted. Please refer to the Pearson Vue website for further information.

Expired forms of ID will not be accepted, unless accompanied by valid renewal papers. A government-issued ID missing a visible signature, or one that has an embedded signature, must be supplemented with an original, valid ID that has at least a matching name and recent recognisable photo, or a matching name and signature.

The first and last name you used on your application form, and thus your Pearson VUE account, must match exactly the first and last name on the ID that is presented on the day of your MSRA appointment.

Correcting name discrepancies

If there is a name discrepancy between your registered Oriel account, and thus your Pearson VUE account, and your government issued ID, for example, due to typographical or transposition error, or missing middle names and so on, you can update your personal details with the required corrections via the My profile section in your Oriel account.

Any changes made to your personal details in Oriel will be reflected in Pearson VUE account.

Alternative identification documents

If you are unable to present any of the documents listed above, or your first name and last name does not match exactly with the one on the documents that you intend to present on the day of your assessment, you must contact the MSRA team at the earliest opportunity at [email protected] for further advice and instructions on suitable alternatives.

Failure to notify the GP National Recruitment Office (GPNRO) of any discrepancies will result in you not being permitted entry to sit the assessment.

You will not be allowed to take any personal items with you into the testing room. This includes all:

• bags
• books or other materials not authorised for the MSRA
• notes
• phones
• pagers
• watches
• wallets

There is an optional short 5-minute scheduled break between the Professional Dilemmas and the Clinical Problem-Solving paper. In instances where a break of longer than 5 minutes is taken, the excess time will be automatically taken off the available time for the Clinical Problem-Solving paper when you commence it.

If you chose to take the optional scheduled break, your computer will be locked by the invigilator for security purposes. Once you have completed your break, you will need to ask the invigilator to unlock your computer before you can continue with the MSRA.