2014 GMC approved curricula (ending August 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These curricula are superseded by the new GMC-approved curricula, implemented from August 2022.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.
- General Adult (2019) (PDF)
- Old Age (2019) (PDF)
- Child & Adolescent (2019) (PDF)
- Forensic (2019) (PDF)
- Learning Disability (2019) (PDF)
- Medical Psychotherapy (2019) (PDF)
- Liaison Psychiatry (2019) (PDF) (please see our statement on the New Liaison Psychiatry subspecialty curriculum)
- Substance Misuse Psychiatry (2019) (PDF)
- Rehabilitation Psychiatry (2019) (PDF)
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 Psychiatrytraining@rcpsych.ac.uk.
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