The new Immunology curricula comprises six generic and six specialty-specific Capabilities in Practice (CiPs), linked to the nine domains of the Generic Professional Capabilities Framework.
Trainees in Allergy and Clinical Immunology (clinical pathway) will be required to attain progress in all of the CiPs below. Trainees in Allergy, Clinical and Laboratory Immunology (combined pathway) will also be required to attain progress in these CiPs, with the addition of two extra CiPs specific to the combined pathway:
1. Able to function successfully within NHS organisational and management systems.
2. Able to deal with ethical and legal issues related to clinical practice.
3. Communicates effectively and is able to share decision making, while maintaining appropriate situational awareness, professional behaviour and professional judgement.
4. Is focussed on patient safety and delivers effective quality improvement in patient care.
5. Carrying out research and managing data appropriately.
6. Acting as a teacher and clinical supervisor
7. Managing, developing, and delivering allergy services in all appropriate service settings
8. Managing, developing, and delivering clinical immunology services in all appropriate service settings
9. Providing advice to colleagues on selection, interpretation and limitations of laboratory and other investigations for common immunological and allergic conditions
10. Supporting the management of patients with allergy, immunodeficiency and autoimmune disease, and auto-inflammatory disease, in liaison with other specialties including primary care
11. Delivering and supporting both immune-mediated and other therapeutic interventions in allergic and immunological conditions
12. Understanding the needs of adolescents and young adults with immunological and allergic diseases transitioning to adulthood
The additional CiPs specific to the combined pathway are below:
1. Able to deliver a clinical laboratory liaison service to support investigation and management of allergic and immunological disorders across primary and secondary care
2. Able to lead, supervise and deliver immunology laboratory diagnostic services
