Specialty Training Guide
Welcome to the KSS Deanery Specialty Training Guide.
This guide will be a living document subject to regular updates. It is produced to assist all who work in the delivery of specialty programmes in KSS Deanery and its partner organisations. It is complementary to publications from the Foundation and General Practice (GP) Programmes. It is a sign post to the correct policies and procedures to ensure the very best of postgraduate medical education delivery. The guide should be read in conjunction with the Gold Guide for Postgraduate Specialty Training in the UK. This guide largely uses the third edition of the Gold Guide. Where possible we have ordered our entries in the same order as in the Gold Guide, for ease of referencing. We welcome contributions and suggestions for the enhancement of this guide from its users.
Dr Kevin Kelleher
Deputy Dean Secondary Care
Use the left navigation or links below to find resources and information about Specialty Training in KSS Deanery.
Specialty Training
- The Role of KSS Deanery
- The Role of the Specialty Workforce Team
- The Role of the Specialty School
- The Role of STEAG
- The Role of the GMC
- The Role of the Head of School
- The Role of External Advisers
Structure of Specialty Training
Setting Standards
- Post Approvals Process
- The Role of the TPD
- The Role of a College Tutor
- Time Allocations for Staff
- Quality Management - GEAR
- LABs and LFGs
- LEP Visits
- Annual School Reports
Types of Training
Recruitment to a Specialty Post
- Career Management
- Panel Members Information
- Timing
- Prospectus
- Out of Programme
- Less Than Full Time Training
- Inter-Deanery Transfers
- Deferments
- Academic Training
Progressing in a Specialty Programme
Being in a Specialty Post
- Inductions
- Maternity / Paternity
- Study Leave
- Regional Training Days Funding
- Simulation
- Trainees in Difficulty
- Dress Codes for Trainees