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Specialties Introduction

Welcome to the Specialty section on the JRCPTB website.  In this section you will find:

ST1/ST2 in Core Medical Training and Acute Care Common Stem

Information for trainees at the beginning of specialty training.

ST3+/SpR Specialties

Visit these pages for information on every medical specialty and sub specialty from Acute Medicine to Tropical Medicine.  Each specialty page contains an overview of the specialty, information and downloadable documentation on the curriculum and assessments as well details of the Specialist Advisory Committee (SAC) for the specialty. 

Out of Programme/Acting Up/Less than Fulltime Training

Information and application forms for trainees who are planning a period out of their training programme to do either research or clinical training.  Additional information for trainees who are looking to act up as a consultant in their final year of training or who are converting to less than full time training

Penultimate Year Assessment

Guidance, including information on the roles of the JRCPTB and the Deanery, and documentation for trainees who are approaching their Penultimate Year Assessment.

Completing Specialist/Specialty Training

Guidance on how to be be recommended for a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) once a trainee is within 9 months of their confirmed CCT date.

Certificate of Equivalence to the Specialist Register (CESR)

Information and links to the General Medical Council (GMC) website for applicants who wish to apply to the Specialist Register via the Equivalence Route.

International Queries

Information for Doctors from outside the European Union who wish to undertake specialty training in the UK.

Forms and Guidance

A list of all JRCPTB documents found on this site.