Table 1.
Medical curricula and nursing documents included in the analysis.
| Type | Specialty (abbreviation) | Year of publication/implementation | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical | Foundation Programme7,8 | 2016 | UK Foundation Programme Office (UKPO) |
| ACCS Core Training9 | April 2012 | Intercollegiate Committee for ACCS Training (ICACCST), comprising Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA), the Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians (FedRCP), and the Intercollegiate Board for Training in Intensive Care Medicine (IBTICM) | |
| Clinical Radiology10 | December 2016 | Curriculum Committee, a subcommittee of the Specialty Training Board of the Faculty of Clinical Radiology of the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) | |
| Core Medical Training11 | August 2009, amendments in 2013, Administrative change in May 2016 |
Core Medical Training subcommittee under the direction of the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board (JRCPTB) | |
| Core Training in Psychiatry12 | July 2013, updated in March 2016, May and June 2017 | Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) | |
| General Practice13-15 | May 2015, August 2019 | Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) | |
| General Paediatrics16,17 | August 2018 | Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) | |
| Core Surgery18 | August 2017 | Royal Colleges of Surgeons (RCS) through the Joint Committee on Surgical Training (JCST) | |
| Obstetrics & Gynaecology19-21 | 2016, new curriculum in June 2019 | Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists | |
| Nursing | The Code – Professional Standards of Practice and Behaviour for Nurses and Midwives22(Code) | January 2015, updated in October 2018 | NMC |
| Standards for Competence for Registered Nurses2 (Competency) | October 2018 | NMC |
Abbreviations: ACCS, Acute Care Common Stem; NMC, Nursing and Midwifery Council.