Resources for course leaders

Ordering portfolios

Digital copies of the Registration portfolio can be requested from registration@ibms.org. 

Physical copies can be purchased for £30.

To order, once the students are sent on placement, please complete and submit our Student Placement Spreadsheet to registration@ibms.org. This will enable the Education team to register the students and aid prompt delivery of certificates at the end of the process.

Completing the portfolio

The training laboratory’s training officer should sign off standards met through course assignments. Portfolio verification should be arranged by the university by one of their trained portfolio verifiers.

Following verification of students' portfolios, course tutors should send a pass list of students to registration@ibms.org

Once the IBMS Registration Team has notified the HCPC, students will be able to contact the HCPC to apply to register as a biomedical scientist.  

Ordering the portfolio

The IBMS accredited laboratory, where a student undertakes their placement, is responsible for ordering the IBMS Registration Training Portfolio for them.

The laboratory manager or training officer will need to complete the Registration Training Application Form and send to registration@ibms.org along with:

• £125 payment
• a copy of the candidate's birth certificate, or a scan of the personal details page of their passport
• confirmation of the student's enrolment on an IBMS accredited degree course. 

Application forms and payment can also be posted to:

Registration Team
IBMS
12 Coldbath Square
London
EC1R 5HL

Completing the portfolio

The laboratory training officer should sign off standards met through course assignments. Portfolio verification should be arranged by the laboratory training officer.

To request a portfolio verification, the laboratory training officer should complete and submit a Verification Request Form to registration@ibms.org. 

Once the IBMS Registration Team has received the verifier's report (completed and sent by the IBMS verifier) and the  Verification Laboratory Feedback Form (completed and sent by the laboratory manager or training officer) students should send a copy of their degree certificate and a cover letter to registration@ibms.org

Alternatively, they can post to:

Registration Team
IBMS
12 Coldbath Square
London
EC1R 5HL

The Registration Team will then send the student an IBMS Certificate of Competence and they will be able to contact the HCPC to apply to register as a biomedical scientist.