Royal college curricula
We approve the curricula and assessments created by the royal colleges for 65 specialties and 32 sub-specialties.
We make sure these curricula meet the standards we set in order to deliver high quality training.
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Child and adolescent psychiatry
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
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Community sexual and reproductive health
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Endocrinology and diabetes mellitus
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Oral and maxillofacial surgery
Paediatric and perinatal pathology
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- Child mental health
- Community child health
- Neonatal medicine
- Paediatric allergy immunology and infectious diseases
- Paediatric clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
- Paediatric diabetes and endocrinology
- Paediatric emergency medicine
- Paediatric gastroenterology hepatology and nutrition
- Paediatric inherited metabolic medicine
- Paediatric intensive care medicine
- Paediatric nephrology
- Paediatric neurodisability
- Paediatric neurology
- Paediatric oncology
- Paediatric palliative medicine
- Paediatric respiratory medicine
- Paediatric rheumatology
Psychiatry of learning disability
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Note on the 'Accreditation of Transferable Competences Framework'
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) has developed the 'Accreditation of Transferable Competences Framework' (ATCF). The ATCF recognises that many specialties have core competences that are common across curricula and is aimed at doctors in training who have gained competences in one specialty but then wish to change career direction. If some of the previous training is relevant to the new CCT specialty it will not need to be repeated.
The specialties that currently accept ATCF are: Anaesthetics, core psychiatry, general practice, clinical oncology, core medical training, and emergency medicine.
Please note that doctors in training who wish to take advantage of this route aim to achieve the Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT). Our existing system for the recognition of previous competencies (CESR/CEGPR), suitable for some doctors, is not affected by ATCF. For more information and FAQs, please see the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges website.
Changes or additions to curricula
If you're proposing a new curriculum, or have a change to make to an existing one, please visit our dedicated section on our curricula quality assurance procedures. It gives information on our curricula quality assurance procedures and how you can secure approval for your changes.
