Approved specialty and subspecialty training curricula by Royal College

Approved, definitive specialty and subspecialty training curricula, and the associated assessment systems, can be found by clicking on the links below.

The annual college summary must be read in conjunction with the approved curriculum and assessment system.

The word NEW denotes that the specialty/subspecialty curriculum and/or associated assessment system have been formally reviewed (in line with the Quality Framework Operational Guide) and the approved documentation has been uploaded.

Royal College of Anaesthetists

Specialty Curriculum unless stated

• Anaesthetics 

Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine

• Intensive Care Medicine

College of Emergency Medicine

Specialty Curriculum unless stated

• Emergency Medicine (also known as Accident and Emergency Medicine)

Sub-specialty unless stated

• Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Royal College of General Practitioners

Specialty Curriculum unless stated

• General Practice

Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board

Specialty Curriculum unless stated 

• Acute Internal Medicine (NEW)
• Allergy
• Audio vestibular medicine
• Cardiology
• Clinical Genetics
• Clinical Neurophysiology
• Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• Dermatology
• Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus
• Gastroenterology  (including sub-specialty Hepatology)
• General (Internal) Medicine 
• Genitourinary Medicine
• Geriatric Medicine
• Haematology
• Immunology 
• Infectious Diseases 
• Medical Oncology 
• Medical Ophthalmology 
• Neurology 
• Nuclear Medicine 
• Paediatric Cardiology 
• Palliative Medicine 
• Pharmaceutical Medicine 
• Rehabilitation Medicine
• Renal Medicine
• Respiratory Medicine
• Rheumatology
• Sport and Exercise Medicine
• Tropical Medicine

Subspecialties of more than one specialty:

• Stroke Medicine
• Metabolic Medicine

Joint Committee on Surgical Training

Specialty Curriculum unless stated

• Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Subspecialty: Congenital Cardiac Surgery
• General Surgery 
• Neurosurgery 
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 
• Otolaryngology
• Paediatric Surgery 
• Plastic Surgery 
• Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery 
• Urology

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Specialty Curriculum unless stated

• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Subspecialty: Gynaecological oncology (pdf)
  • Subspecialty: Maternal and fetal medicine (pdf) 
  • Subspecialty: Reproductive medicine (pdf) 
  • Subspecialty: Sexual and reproductive healthcare (pdf) 
  • Subspecialty: Urogynaecology (pdf)
• Community Sexual & Reproductive Health

Faculty of Occupational Medicine  

Specialty Curriculum unless stated

• Occupational Medicine

Royal College of Ophthalmologists

Specialty Curriculum unless stated

• Ophthalmology

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Specialty Curriculum unless stated

• Paediatrics

Subspecialties

• Community child health (pdf)
• Children's mental health (pdf)
• Neonatal medicine (pdf)
• Paediatric clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (pdf)
• Paediatric diabetes and endocrinology (pdf)
• Paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition (pdf)
• Paediatric immunology, infectious diseases and allergy (pdf)
• Paediatric intensive care medicine (pdf)
• Paediatric palliative medicine (pdf)
• Paediatric nephrology (pdf)
• Paediatric neurodisability (pdf)
• Paediatric neurology (pdf)
• Paediatric oncology (pdf)
• Paediatric respiratory medicine (pdf)
• Paediatric rheumatology (pdf)
• Paediatric inherited metabolic medicine (pdf)       
• Paediatric emergency medicine (pdf) 

 

Royal College of Pathologists

Specialty Curriculum unless stated

• Chemical Pathology
  • Subspecialty: Metabolic Medicine (pdf)
• Histopathology
  • Subspecialty: Cytopathology
  • Subspecialty: Forensic Pathology
  • Subspecialty: Neuropathology
  • Subspecialty: Paediatric Pathology
• Medical Microbiology (NEW)
• Medical Virology (NEW)
• Medical Microbiology and Virology

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Specialty Curriculum unless stated

• General Psychiatry
  • Subspecialty: Liaison Psychiatry
  • Subspecialty: Rehabilitation Psychiatry
  • Subspecialty: Substance Misuse Psychiatry  
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 
• Forensic Psychiatry 
• Old Age Psychiatry 
• Psychiatry of Learning Disability 
• Medical psychotherapy

Faculty of Public Health

Specialty Curriculum unless stated

• Public Health Medicine

Royal College of Radiologists

Specialty Curriculum unless stated

• Clinical Oncology (formerly known as Radiotherapy)
• Clinical Radiology