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Post-registration
Post-registration education should be patient-centred, and improve the practical skills of the staff member undertaking more learning. The training should also be of benefit to the clinical team.
Continuing professional development
Health care staff such as doctors, nurses, therapists and scientists undertake Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to maintain their professional competence. A key development is the move among the regulatory bodies to develop CPD strategies for the revalidation/re-certification of their members.
Modernising postgraduate medical and dental education
Principles behind the modernisation of postgraduate medical and dental education, and guidance documents.
Refugee health professionals
Detailed guidance for non-UK doctors and their employers is available; specific work is being undertaken for refugees who are qualified health professionals.
GP training
Overview of the GP registrar scheme, and Directions as to rates of pay, allowances and complaints procedures.
Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB)
The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) was established in 2003. PMETB assumed its statutory powers on 30 September 2005. It took over the responsibilities of the Specialist Training Authority of the Medical Royal Colleges and the Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice.
Other documents
A guide to specialist registrar training
This Guide replaces the March 1996 edition of A guide to SpecialistRegistrar training, has been prepared for use by specialist registrars (SpRs ), those aspiring to enter the grade, and by those who are involved in managing the grade and its training programmes. The Guide applies equally to EEA and overseas doctors (unless otherwise stated). Its aim is to explain in detail exactly what trainees can expect at various stages of their SpR training programmes, from entering the grade, through the assessment process to the conclusion of training and then leaving the grade.
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Modernising medical careers
This document has been prepared jointly by the four UK health departments and indicates how, in response to the consultation ('Unfinished Business'), modernisation of post-graduate medical education will be taken forward in the context of wider workforce reforms.
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