Yes. It is a GMC requirement for all trainees to transfer to the most recent curriculum. The only exception is trainees who are in their last year of training when a new curriculum is

introduced. The College will produce transitional guidance in the coming months.

ST1 should not be re-interviewed as ST1 to transfer to another Deanery as trainees are recruited through central recruitment. Trainees would only be re-interviewed if applying for Diagnostic Neuropathology, Forensic Pathology or Paediatric Pathology at ST3 level, which would move them onto a new training programme.

They can be found under the particular topics related to the activity on the College website. The monthly president e-newsletter also contains additional links. Trainees can contact Dr Clarke, the TAC Chair, directly for further information.

Your Deanery issues your NTN and not the College. If you don't already have it, please speak to your Educational Supervisor or contact your Deanery.

Because gynae cytology services have been centralised to eight laboratories in the UK it has made training difficult. The current plan was that local training programmes would have slide sets from their existing compliment of gynae cytology cases which could be used and should provide sufficient experience for trainees at ST1 level and also for some of ST2 level.

There were ongoing discussions with the centralised laboratories with regard to providing training and also with the Digital Now project team on how remote learning would be incorporated into gynae cytology training.

Trainees wishing to pursue gynae cytology training and obtain the certificate you should communicate this with your Educational Supervisor and Training Programme Director to ensure that a suitable placement is found.

The Deanery set the dates for the ARCPs and this would be communicated well in advance to allow the trainee adequate time to prepare. The ARCPs are normally held in spring time. It was noted that for Oral Pathology, the ARCPs were in September each year.

It was note that if there is a second peak or anything else that interrupts your training where affects lots of trainees some of the derogations that were put in place last year this year would continue this year. There is guidance on the website about what is required for each year in terms of the minimum requirements around assessments and exams. The College is keeping an eye on the situation

This is a conversation you should have with your Educational Supervisor/Training Programme Director and Deanery as when you change number of sessions your provisional CCT date is amended and this will be discussed and agreed at your ARCP.

No. The College will shortly be issuing guidance to trainees on what would be required instead of the Stage A examination.

Part 1 generally tend to be paper exams in form of MCQs and essays but you should go to specialty pages on the College website to see what the different formats are: https://www.rcpath.org/trainees/examinations/examinations-by-specialty.html

The Part 1 exams are moving online this autumn examination session.

The specific resources depends on the specialty. Trainees should ask their peers and senior trainees for recommendations.

Once the College is satisfied that the exams can be sat online, then this would remain in place, but the delivery might change. For example, trainees might be asked to sit the exam online at a test centre rather than at home.

Sessions for the Part 1 exams would need to be provided for by the Deanery.

Trainees would be permitted to sit the FRCPath Part 1 exam as and when they are ready.

All documents that cannot be created directly on the LEPT system must be loaded as a resource. For example, you may have written notes of a meeting with your Educational Supervisor in a word document and therefore this can be uploaded as a resource and this will popular the ARCP. The Educational Supervisor and anyone else that has access to your e-portfolio will be able to see this.

You need to upload the certificate onto the LEPT portfolio. That way it forms part of the evidence presented for the ARCP.