Training pathway pilots

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Specialty curricula must specify the training pathways that doctors follow to enter the GMC specialist register.

  • A run through training pathway guarantees that doctors, after a single competitive selection process and satisfactory progress, will receive training covering the entire specialty curriculum.
  • Uncoupled training pathways require a second stage of competitive recruitment following the first two or three years of 'core' training in order to progress to higher specialty training.

A royal college/faculty or statutory education body may make a proposal for a new run through or uncoupled training pathway, however it must be piloted for an agreed period first in order to assess its impact. Please contact quality@gmc-uk.org for more information about how to make a proposal for a training pathway pilot. 

Approved training pathway pilots

We have approved the following training pathway pilots.

Psychiatry of learning disability

Psychiatry of learning disability run through effective from August 2022 for four years in the following regions:

  • East Midlands
  • Kent, Surrey and Sussex
  • London
  • North West
  • Scotland
  • Severn
  • Thames Valley
  • West Midlands
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