F1 Abroad

Please note that not all UK medical schools facilitate the completion of F1 abroad.  Please contact your local medical school for further details.

F2 Abroad

It may be possible for Foundation Doctors to complete their F2 year outside of the UK. The process is lengthy and success not guaranteed, as overseas programmes can only be approved if they meet rigorous UK training requirements : The Foundation Doctor will need to arrange a placement abroad which will give them the training in the F2 competences they need.

STFS has an obligation to ensure that service delivery within NHS trusts is not compromised by the approval of any F2 abroad applications and reserves the right to decline all applications on this basis if it is deemed necessary. A maximum of 4 F2 abroad applications for F2 programmes commencing in August 2012 will be approved.

The Foundation Doctor must get the proposed training programme agreed by the Foundation School before taking up the placement and demonstrate how they will achieve Foundation competences. The overseas institution must agree to use the competency-based assessment programme and to assess the Foundation Doctor in line with the requirements of the UK Foundation Programme Curriculum.

Guidance for F1 Doctors and Host Institutions and an application form is available to download from the bottom of this page. You must notify STFS by no later than 10 January 2012 if you wish to undertake F2 abroad during 2012/13 by e-mailing F2allocations@stfs.org.uk.

STFS had hoped to be able to offer some pre-approved overseas F2 programmes, but unfortunately, despite a considerable number of e-mails to different centres in Australia and New Zealand, we have not managed to do so. This is for a number of reasons including: the fact that the number of medical graduates in Australia is increasing, so there are fewer vacancies; the timing of their year is different from ours; and that some posts include periods of activities such as rotating night cover, which are not approved for training However, a small number of doctors have successfully arranged and completed their F2 abroad in both New Zealand and Australia in the last 2 years and we are able to provide further details of these placements if required.

The latest edition of the STFS e-update (30 January 2012) is now available on the e-updates/bulletins page of the STFS website.

STFS wishes to support foundation doctors with disabilities which may affect their training, for example by facilitating reasonable adjustments to training programmes. Additional careers support can also be arranged where appropriate.  Trainees are welcome to make an appointment to see one of the directors in confidence to discuss their training further.

Please contact us here.

The latest edition of the STFS e-update (13 December 2011) is now available on the e-updates/bulletins page of the STFS website.

A PDF version of the STFS Prospectus for August 2012 is now available at http://www.stfs.org.uk/student/prospectus.  An interactive version will be made available shortly.

Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is currently running its annual F2 regional audit competition.

F2 Doctors are invited to submit their Abstracts before Monday 31st October 2011.

A panel of Clinicians will shortlist applications and invite a maximum of 14 Doctors to present their Audits and a further 8 to display posters on 15th November 2011.

All entries selected for the day will receive a certificate and prizes will be awarded to the winners.

STFS trainees now have access to a password-protected area on this site and this area now gives trainees access to some videos which will help trainees to understand the processes they may go through in selection centres into ST1/CT1. An email with the password and log-in details was sent to STFS trainees' email accounts on 31st August 2011.

STFS trainees can now log-in and access this area via the following link: http://www.stfs.org.uk/enter/secure

KSS SimNet will be holding a Simulation in the Foundation Years seminar on Tuesday 4 October 2011 from 10.00 - 16.00 at Laerdal Medical Limited, Goodmead Road, Oprington, Kent, BR6 0HX.

The seminar will include:

• Workshops
• Presentations
• Resources
• Networking

Space is limited so please use the webform available in the SimNet webpage to book a place - www.kssdeanery.ac.uk/simnet

See flyer below.

The latest edition of the STFS e-update (16 November 2011) is now available on the e-updates/bulletins page of the STFS website.