Frameworks

The Academy has developed a number of frameworks for use in postgraduate medical education.

Common Competences Framework

The Common Competences Framework for Doctors was developed by the Academy Specialty Training Committee to help inform the development of core and specialty curricula of the Royal Colleges and Faculties. The Framework will supplement the specialty specific competences within the specialty training curricula.

The framework identifies the common competences that should be acquired by doctors in core and specialty training in the United Kingdom. It has been derived primarily from competences that were previously defined within the specialty training curricula and, where appropriate, the revised Foundation Programme Curriculum. It has been supplemented by information from additional curricula and frameworks that had been developed by other bodies.

Medical Leadership

The Academy worked jointly with the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement as part of the Enhancing Engagement in Medical Leadership project to develop a Medical Leadership Competency Framework for all stages of a doctors career and Medical Leadership Curriculum for postgraduate and specialty training. This UK-wide project aims to promote medical leadership and help create organisational cultures where doctors seek to be more engaged in management and leadership of health services and non-medical leaders genuinely seek their involvement to improve services for patients across the UK.