Acute Medicine Home Page

Welcome to the Acute Medicine section of the ACCS Website.

During the two years of the ACCS programme you will normally spend between six and nine months in acute medicine depending on the deanery in which you are working. During this time all trainees should attend the specific acute medical tutorials and education sessions as required by your deanery.

For ACCS (Acute Medicine) Trainees:

Trainees applying to ACCS with acute medicine as their stated parent speciality will, after successful completion of 2 years of ACCS training, be required to compete for an ST3 training post. In most deaneries this applies whether the trainee is on a run-through or core training programme. Depending on your deanery, some candidates may be eligible to compete for ST3 posts in specialities other than Acute Medicine. Please see the relevant contact within your deanery.

eportfolio

From 2007 trainees on Core Medical Training (CMT) and Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) programmes will be expected to use the JRCPTB e-portfolio. This web-based portfolio will provide a record of progress through training and the acquisition of competencies, based on the relevant curricula. The e-portfolio includes facilities for direct recording of workplace based assessments, records of appraisal and ARCP outcomes. Details can be found in the assessment forms page.