Core training

Core Psychiatry Curriculum (2019)

Specialty training

• General Adult (2019)
• Old Age (2019)
• Child & Adolescent (2019)
• Forensic (2019)
• Learning Disability (2019)
• Medical Psychotherapy (2019)

Subspecialty training

• Liaison Psychiatry (2019) (please see our statement on theNew Liaison Psychiatry subspecialty curriculum)
• Substance Misuse Psychiatry (2019)
• Rehabilitation Psychiatry (2019)

Broad-based training

• Curriculum for broad-based training programme (PDF)

Dual Training

Trainees interested in undertaking more than one specialty at higher training can apply to undertake one of our dual-training programmes. We currently offer the following dual-training pathways:

• General Adult Psychiatry and Old Age Psychiatry (4 years)
• General Adult Psychiatry and Medical Psychotherapy (5 years)
• General Adult Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry (5 years)
• Forensic Psychiatry and Medical Psychotherapy (5 years)
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychiatry of Learning (Intellectual) Disability (5 years)
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Medical Psychotherapy (5 years)
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry (5 years)

Further information about our dual training pathways including how they are structured can be viewed on ourdual-training webpage.

For further information, please contact Psychiatrytraining@rcpsych.ac.uk.