Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme
Over the last two years, the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme (ISCP) has worked towards reforming and modernising surgical training in line with changing societal, political and professional expectations.
The ISCP aims to improve surgical training and to offer better support to surgical trainees and trainers in order to uphold the world-renowned standard of surgical care provided in the United Kingdom.
To achieve these aims, changes to surgical training will include the introduction of a new, transparent, nationally-standardised curriculum which is underpinned by clearly defined standards and competency-based assessments for each stage of surgical training.
The ISCP benefits from the input of Specialist Advisory Committees, representing each of the nine surgical specialties.
It also forms a collaboration between the Surgical Royal Colleges of Great Britain and Ireland and other professional bodies responsible for surgical training, including postgraduate deaneries and the newly formed Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB).
Page last updated: 28 May 2008
