Long Term Leave Long Term Leave cannot be counted towards your training and will therefore extend your certification date. If you have undertaken a period of long term leave, you must let the...

Located in Irish Trainees / Out of Programme / Long Term Leave

Less Than Full Time Training If you are considering undertaking less than full time (LTFT) training you will need to: Discuss your intention with your Training Programme Director and gain...

Located in Irish Trainees / Less than Full Time Training

Acting Up as a Consultant Under supervision ‘acting up’ provides final year trainees the transitional experience from trainee to consultant. A period of ‘acting up’ offers trainees an opportunity...

Located in Irish Trainees / Acting Up as a Consultant

Exceptional Leave The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) or your Training Programme Director (TPD) may allow an interruption to your training for a total of three months throughout the...

Located in Irish Trainees / Exceptional Leave

UK Trainees The Joint Committee on Surgical Training (JCST) is an intercollegiate body which works on behalf of all four Colleges in the UK and Ireland to support surgical training throughout...

Located in UK Trainees

StR Trainees Those who started approved surgical training in the UK on or after the 1st August 2007 are known as Specialty Registrars (StRs)*. The change in title was part of the Modernising...

Located in UK Trainees / StR Trainees

Enrolment All trainees must enrol with the JCST/SAC* via the ISCP website by completing the Core/LAT/FTSTA placement details or the Specialty Enrolment Form. *Gold Guide, section 2.47 which...

Located in UK Trainees / StR Trainees / Enrolment

Counting Previous Training There are certain circumstances in which it may be possible for you to have previous training recognised towards your certification, especially if: It was undertaken...

Located in UK Trainees / StR Trainees / Counting Previous Training

Less Than Full Time Training If you are considering undertaking less than full time training you will need to: Discuss your intention with your Training Programme Director (TPD) and Deanery to...

Located in UK Trainees / StR Trainees / Less than Full Time Training

Acting Up as a Consultant ‘Acting up’ under supervision provides final year trainees with experience to help them make the transition from trainee to consultant. A period of acting up offers...

Located in UK Trainees / StR Trainees / Acting Up as a Consultant