Trainees are eligible for entry to a chemical pathology training programme following satisfactory completion of a UK foundation training programme or equivalent. Entry is also possible following post-foundation clinical training.

Trainees are eligible for entry to a Chemical Pathology (Metabolic Medicine) training programme following satisfactory completion of Core Medical Training (CMT) or Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) training including attainment of the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) examination.

ST3 person specification for chemical pathology (metabolic medicine)

The minimum requirement for training in Diagnostic Neuropathology shall be [1] one year of whole time equivalent training in Histopathology and [2] one year of whole time equivalent training in Clinical Neuroscience and [3] three years of whole time equivalent training in Diagnostic Neuropathology. A minimum training period of five years with grounding in Histopathology meets European Union Board of Pathology’s requirements for training in Pathology. The specialisation element of a minimum of 3 years of Neuropathology with one additional year in one or other clinical neuroscience meets the requirements of the European Confederation of Neuropathological Societies (Euro-CNS) for specialisation in Neuropathology.

ST3 person specification for diagnostic neuropathology

Trainees are eligible for entry to a forensic histopathology training programme following satisfactory completion of a UK foundation training programme or after demonstrating equivalent competencies, and following successful completion of at least Stages A and B of the histopathology programme including passes in the Year 1 Histopathology assessment and Part 1 FRCPath examination i.e. normally at ST3 level.

Trainees are eligible for entry to a histopathology training programme following satisfactory completion of a UK foundation training programme or equivalent. Entry is also possible following post-foundation clinical training.

ST1 person specification for histopathology

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Further information regarding histopathology training

Trainees are eligible for entry to a medical microbiology, medical virology training programme or a dual training programme in medical microbiology or virology and infectious diseases following satisfactory completion of Core Medical Training (CMT) or Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) training including attainment of the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) examination.

ST3 person specification for medical microbiology and medical virology

Please note that trainees should apply through Combined infection Training (CIT).

Trainees are eligible for entry to a paediatric and perinatal pathology training programme at ST3 level following satisfactory completion of at least Stages A and B of the histopathology programme including passes in the Year 1 Histopathology assessment and Part 1 FRCPath examination i.e. normally at ST3 level. They are also eligible to enter the programme immediately following satisfactory completion of a UK foundation training programme or after demonstrating equivalent competencies, although actual training in paediatric pathology will not commence until ST3; the training up to that point will be the same as for histopathology.

ST3 person specification for paediatric and perinatal pathology