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2. Guiding Principles2.1 The Foundation Programme is designed to equip doctors with the generic medical andprofessional competences necessary for safe and effective patient care in the nationalhealth service. The two-year programme provides a bridge between medical schooland specialty training.2.2 The specific objectives of foundation training are for the new medical graduate to:• develop and gain confidence in their clinical skills, particularly when they aretreating acutely-ill patients so that they can reliably diagnose and care for seriouslyillpatients;• display professional attitudes and behaviour in their clinical practice;• demonstrate their competence in these areas through a thorough and reliablesystem of assessment;• have the opportunity to explore a range of career opportunities through workingin different settings and in different areas of medicine; and• complete the requirements for eligibility to apply for full registration with theGeneral Medical Council (GMC) at the end of the first year of the FoundationProgramme.Quality Assured2.3 Quality assured by the GMC, the Foundation Programme is curriculum-driven. TheFoundation Programme Curriculum (the Curriculum) and the assessment system wasapproved by the GMC and the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board(PMETB) prior to the merger of these two bodies.2.4 Foundation doctors are assessed against defined competences. Training is set withina two-year structured and supervised programme which is primarily based in theworkplace.2.5 Deaneries are responsible for ensuring that they meet or exceed The Standards forTraining for the Foundation Programme in The New Doctor as set by the GMC.Curriculum-driven2.6 The Foundation Programme is both time and outcome-based. The Curriculum buildson the requirements of the GMC’s The New Doctor and describes the outcomes thatfoundation doctors need to demonstrate, before they can complete the first year (F1)and the second year (F2) satisfactorily. It supports professional development and seeksto promote life-long learning.2.7 Foundation doctors should demonstrate that they have met the defined outcomes inthe workplace using structured assessment tools.2.8 To complete F1 satisfactorily, a foundation doctor must be able to demonstratethe outcomes for F1 on different occasions and in different clinical settings. Theseoutcomes must be demonstrated as a professional in the workplace, showing theyhave progressed from the competence required of a medical student. To satisfy theapplication requirements for full GMC registration, provisionally registered doctorsmust also pay a fee, complete a declaration of fitness to practise and have anacceptable primary medical qualification.The UK Foundation Programme: Reference Guide 3
2. Guiding Principles2.9 To complete the Foundation Programme satisfactorily, a foundation doctor must beable to perform consistently well and have taken increasing levels of responsibility.This will prepare the foundation doctor for the next steps in their medical career asthey enter specialty training.Structured and time-based2.10 The two-year Foundation Programme comprises a series of clinical placementsconfigured to enable foundation doctors to acquire and demonstrate the outcomesset out in the Curriculum.2.11 Deaneries/foundation schools must prospectively approve each rotation and mustmonitor that they are fit for the purpose of foundation training i.e. meet or exceedthe requirements set by the GMC.2.12 Foundation doctors must complete 12 months in approved F1 placements and meet theother requirements to be considered for the Attainment of F1 Competence Documentand completion of the Certificate of Experience needed for an application for fullregistration with the GMC [see 10.1 – 10.3 (& section 10: table 1]. Similarly, foundationdoctors must complete 12 months in approved F2 placements and meet the otherrequirements to receive a Foundation Achievement of Competence Document (FACD)(see 10.14 & section 10: table 2).Supervised training2.13 All foundation doctors must be appropriately supervised with ready availabilityof support in the workplace by a clinical supervisor (see 5.37 - 5.41). Foundationdoctors in an academic programme will also have an academic supervisor or equivalent(see 5.42 – 5.44).2.14 Each foundation doctor must have an educational supervisor who is responsible forthe educational agreement, overall supervision and management of their educationalprogress during a training placement or series of placements (see 5.32 – 5.36).2.15 Educational supervisors are accountable to a Foundation Training Programme Director/Tutor (FTPD/T), who is responsible for the rotations and training that make up F1, F2or a two-year Foundation Programme (see 5.24 – 5.31).The UK Foundation Programme: Reference Guide4
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