Key Documents for Foundation Training

1. Curriculum
2. Reference Guide
3. Learning Portfolio
4. The New Doctor (GMC)
5. Good Medical Practice (GMC)
6. Standards for Training for the Foundation Programme (GMC)
7. Dress code for postgraduate medical and dental recruitment, training and assessment

Curriculum

Published March 2010

This curriculum reflects a developmental approach to postgraduate medical education. Under the curriculum, foundation doctors have to demonstrate that they are competent in a number of areas including communication and consultation skills, patient safety and team work, as well as the more traditional elements of medical training.

The framework for the structured two-year training programme gives foundation doctors exposure to a range of career placements across a broad spectrum of specialties, including accident & emergency, obstetrics & gynaecology and anaesthetics.

The foundation programme curriculum is currently being revised and a new edition will be introduced from August 2012.

The Foundation Programme Curriculum 2010 is available to download from http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/pages/home/key-documents.

Reference Guide

Published March 2010

The Reference Guide provides guidance to deaneries and foundation schools about the structures and systems required to support the delivery of the third edition of the FP Curriculum.

It is a companion document to the FP Curriculum and should be used in conjunction with it. A revised edition will be produced to accompany the 2012 edition of the FP Curriculum. 

The Reference Guide is available to download from http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/pages/home/key-documents.

Learning Portfolio

Foundation doctors within STFS use the UK Foundation Medicine e-Portfolio developed by NES (NHS Education Scotland). F1s are issued with a username and password on entry to STFS.

The e-portfolio is the record of a foundation doctor’s achievements and evidence demonstrating completed outcomes as specified by the GMC. It is essential that foundation doctors populate the e-portfolio with supervised learning events, achievements and other evidence as it will be used to inform the end of year report to enable the foundation achievement of competency document to be completed. 

The e-portfolio may also be used during interviews for appointment to core or specialty training.

See http://www.nhseportfolios.org for further details. 

The New Doctor (GMC)

The GMC document The New Doctor sets out the standards for training for Foundation Year 1 and is available to download from http://www.gmc-uk.org/New_Doctor09_FINAL.pdf_27493417.pdf_39279971.pdf.

Good Medical Practice (GMC)

Good Medical Practice sets out the principles and values on which good practice is founded; these principles together describe medical professionalism in action. The guidance is addressed to doctors, but it is also intended to let the public know what they can expect from doctors.

Good Medical Practice (GMC) can be downloaded from http://www.gmc-uk.org/static/documents/content/GMP_0910.pdf.

Standards for Training for the Foundation Programme (GMC)

The GMC Education Committee has agreed the Standards for Training for the Foundation Programme. The standards have been incorporated within the Generic Standards for Training, with two additional specific standards for the foundation programme where necessary to reflect the requirements in this period of training.  The GMC undertook a consultation programme to ensure the standards were appropriate for the whole of the Foundation Programme (F1 and F2 years).

The GMC Standards for Training for the Foundation Programme are available to download from
http://www.gmc-uk.org/Standards_for_Training_for_the_Foundation_Programme.pdf_26989973.pdf.

Dress code for postgraduate medical and dental recruitment, training and assessment

The dress code for postgraduate medical and dental recruitment, training and assessment is available to download at the bottom of this page.