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...

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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...

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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...

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Review of an SAC decision If you are not happy with a decision made by the SAC in relation to an outcome of an application, you may wish to have it reviewed further. Further review of the decision...

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Out of Programme Pause (OOPP) Time out of programme for a pause (OOPP) is applicable to postgraduate doctors in training in NHS England only. OOPP is a new form of “out of programme” (OOP)...

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*Please note the information below is now historic. Current information for StR trainees is available under “UK Trainees>StR Trainees”* SpR Trainees Those who are undertaking approved surgical...

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*Please note the information below is now historic. Current information for StR trainees is available under “UK Trainees>StR Trainees”* JCST Fee As an SpR trainee you will not have to pay the JCST...

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*Please note the information below is now historic. Current information for StR trainees is available under “UK Trainees>StR Trainees”* Acting Up as a Consultant ‘Acting up’ under supervision...

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*Please note the information below is now historic. Current information for StR trainees is available under “UK Trainees>StR Trainees”* Review of an SAC decision If you are not happy with a...

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JCST Trainer Survey The JCST Trainer Survey was developed by the JCST QA Group and introduced in 2019 to explore topics of particular importance to surgical trainers. The survey follows two pilot...

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