Reference guides and GMC documents

• A Reference Guide for Postgraduate Specialty Training in the UK (the “Gold Guide”) sets out the current arrangements agreed for core and/or specialty training programmes.
• The GMC's pages onPostgraduate standards and guidance, includingPromoting excellence: standards for medical education and training.
• The GMC's advice onDual CCTs
• The GMC'sNational training surveys
• GMC position statementsless than full time training (including academic training in a less than full time setting)
• GMC guidance onRaising and acting on concerns andleadership and management for all doctors
• Trainer Guide to Professional Development Sessions (Special Interest Sessions)
• Resident Doctor Guide to Professional Development Sessions (Special Interest Sessions)

Guidance and FAQs

• Guidance for flexibility in postgraduate training and changing specialties (AoMRC - June 2020)
• Recommendations of RCPSYCH Annual Review of Competency Progression (ARCP) Working Group
• Acting Up Consultant (AUC) Guidance (April 2019)
• Capabilities in ECT Core and Higher Training
• Sub-specialty Endorsements - Guidance and FAQs
• Sustainability in Psychiatry

Useful links

• General Medical Council (GMC)
• Medical Specialty Recruitment
• Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)
• Northern Ireland Medical & Dental Training Agency
• Scottish Medical Training
• Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans in the UK (COPMeD).
• Guidance for Detaining Authorities about medical evidence for First Tier Tribunal
• A guide for trainees observing tribunals