At some point in their career/working lives, all doctors will need to call on specialty-specific knowledge that they may not have covered in their training. The Academy and the GMC have produced a high-level template that can be used to help support and signpost doctors in these situations.

There are currently three areas of clinical practice that have developed materials to guide doctors in the best way to manage a specific clinical situation.

The template and material are not part of a specialty curricula or assessment. They are designed to be relevant to all clinical knowledge areas and align to the GMC’s Generic Professional Capabilities and Good Medical Practice.

Please see the letter attached.