2014 GMC approved curricula (ending July 2024)

These curricula are superseded by the new GMC-approved curricula, implemented from August 2022.

All curricula, with the exception of Child and Adolescent, were remapped to Good Medical Practice in August 2016.

Trainees interested in undertaking more than one specialty at higher training can apply to undertake one of our dual-training programmes. We currently offer the following dual-training pathways:

  • General Adult Psychiatry and Old Age Psychiatry (4 years)
  • General Adult Psychiatry and Medical Psychotherapy (5 years)
  • General Adult Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry (5 years)
  • Forensic Psychiatry and Medical Psychotherapy (5 years)
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychiatry of Learning (Intellectual) Disability (5 years)
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Medical Psychotherapy (5 years)
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry (5 years)

Further information about our dual training pathways including how they are structured can be viewed on our dual-training webpage.

For further information, please contact curricula@rcpsych.ac.uk.

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