Box 2.

Absolute curriculum requirements for award of CMT2 ARCP outcome 6

  • A structured ES report covering the whole year

  • A minimum of 10 consultant-supervised SLEs

  • A minimum of four consultant-supervised ACATs with a minimum of five patients in each ACAT

  • 24 outpatient clinics

  • One audit or quality improvement project per training year

  • ES sign off of all essential procedures on the CMT curriculum with DOPS evidence supporting independent practice

  • ES sign off of all ‘emergency’ and ‘top’ presentations on the CMT curriculum with each competency supported by two pieces of evidence, one of which must be an SLE

  • Completion of MRCP

  • Valid ALS certification

  • ACAT = acute care assessment tool; ALS = advanced life support course; ARCP = annual review of competence progression; CMT = core medical training; CMT2 = second year of CMT; DOPS = direct observation of procedural skills; ES = educational supervisor; MRCP = membership examination for the Royal College of Physicians; SLE = supervised learning event (comprising case-based discussion (CbD), mini-clinical evaluation exercise (MiniCEX) and ACAT)