| Term |
Definition |
| ACF |
Academic Clinical Fellow(ship) |
| ACL |
Academic Clinical Lecturer |
| ARCP |
Annual Review of Competence Progression |
| BMA |
British Medical Association |
| BMJ |
British Medical Journal |
| CCT |
Certificate of Completion of Training |
| CESR |
Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration |
| Capabilities in Practice (CiPs) |
Learning outcomes for internal medicine |
| COPmed |
Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans |
| Consultant |
A senior doctor who takes full responsibility for the clinical care of patients. Most head a team of junior doctors. |
| CPD |
Continuing Professional Development |
| CS |
Clinical Supervisor |
| Deanery |
UK bodies responsible for the delivery of education and training for doctors |
| Deanery Reference Number (DRN) |
An identifier allocated to trainees on core training programmes |
| DME |
Director of Medical Education |
| EEA |
European Economic Area |
| ES |
Educational Supervisor |
| Flexi Training |
Working part time |
| Foundation Programme |
A two year generic UK programme which forms the bridge between medical school and specialist/general practice training |
| GMC |
General Medical Council |
| Gold Guide |
Reference guide for postgraduate specialty training |
| GP |
General Practitioner |
| HST |
Higher Specialty Training |
| Inter Deanery Transfer (IDT) |
A process to enable trainees to move between regions |
| IMT |
Internal Medicine Training (replaces CMT as of 08/19) |
| JRCPTB |
Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board |
| LAS |
Locum Appointment for Service (not a training post) |
| LAT |
Locum Appointment for Training (can count toward CCST) |
| LTFT |
Less than full time |
| MRCP |
Member of the Royal College of Physicians |
| MRCP(UK) examinations |
Diploma and specialty certificate examinations to test skills, knowledge and behaviour |
| National Training Number (NTN) |
Mechanism to identify trainees in dual-CCT and subspecialty training programmes |
| PYA |
Penultimate Year Assessment |
| RA |
Regional Advisor |
| RCP |
Royal College of Physicians |
| Revalidation |
An evaluation of a UK doctor's fitness to practice |
| SAS doctors |
Staff grade doctors, associate specialists and specialty doctors |
| SAC |
Specialist Advisory Committee |
| ST |
Specialist Training/Trainee |
| STC |
Specialist Training Committee |
| SuppoRRT |
Supported return to training |
| TPD |
Training Programme Director |
| WTE |
Whole time equivalent (working hours) |
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