Postgraduate education publications
Contents
Continuing professional development
This guidance explains what we expect doctors to do to keep their knowledge and skills up to date throughout their working life through continuing professional development. It aims to help doctors as they reflect on their practice and prepare for their annual appraisal and revalidation.
Download: Continuing professional development: guidance for all doctors (pdf)
Published: June 2012
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The Trainee Doctor
We set the standards for medical education and training that doctors should receive during foundation and specialty including GP training. The Trainee Doctor sets out these standards for all providers of foundation and specialty training and for deaneries.
Download: The Trainee Doctor (pdf)
Published: March 2011, updated July 2011
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Standards for curricula and assessment systems
This publication sets out the standards and requirements that medical royal colleges, faculties and specialty associations must apply when developing curricula and assessment systems.
Download: Standards for curricula and assessment systems (pdf)
Published: April 2010
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Download (supplementary guidance):
Quality Improvement Framework
This is a single overarching quality improvement framework that links together all of our quality assurance activities for specialty including GP training.
Download: Quality Improvement Framework (pdf)
Published: March 2011
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National training surveys
The national training surveys are a core part of the work that we carry out each year to monitor the quality of medical education and training in the UK.
Download: National training survey 2012: key findings (pdf)
Published: July 2012
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You can also find reports from the national training surveys done since 2006 on our survey results page.