Postgraduate Training Pathway
Specialty curriculum
The GMC-approved postgraduate training
curriculum for pharmaceutical medicine, is available
online.
Training pathway
Trainees enter pharmaceutical medicine
training at ST3 level following the completion of two years of
either core medical training or the acute care common stem in acute
medicine.
The JRCPTB has detailed information on
Pharmaceutical Medicine
Length of training
The length of the Pharmaceutical Medicine
Specialty Training (PMST) programme is indicatively four
years.
Qualifications
To enter PMST applicants must meet the
essential criteria outlined in the person specification below,
including:
- hold a medical degree (MB BS or equivalent),
- have completed four years of postgraduate clinical training in
approved posts
- hold Associate (Trainee) membership of the Faculty of
Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians.
Person specification
The person specification is included as an
appendix to the training curriculum on the Joint Royal Colleges
of Physicians Training Board website.
* This information is correct at the time
of writing. Full and accurate details of training pathways
are available from medical royal colleges, deaneries or the
GMC.