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Curriculum for the foundation years in postgraduate education and training

  • Document type:
    Guidance
  • Author:
    The Foundation Programme Committee of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, in co-operation with Modernising Medical Careers in the Departments of Health.
  • Published date:
    1 June 2007
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Gateway reference:
    2007
  • Pages:
    149
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

This curriculum sets out the educational content of the two-year Foundation Programme to be pursued by all newly-qualified doctors in the UK from August 2005. It has been devised as a UK-wide strategy supported by the Health Departments in all four home countries within the UK and was revised in 2007.

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