PGMDE Support Portal

Medical Foundation

Additional Training Time 1

• I think I need an extension to my training due to statutory leave from the training programme, how does this happen?

Annual Review of Competency Progression (ARCP) 19

• What is the purpose of an ARCP?
• When will I have my F2 ARCP Outcome?
• How often should I have an ARCP?
• When is my ARCP?
• What does each ARCP outcome mean?
• When will my Certificate of Experience be sent to the GMC so I can apply for my full GMC Registration?
• When will I have my F2 ARCP Outcome?
• Is it possible to bring my completion date forward?
• Why do you need to know my Time out of Training (TOOT) days?
• Can I postpone/reschedule my ARCP?
• What documentation is required for my ARCP?
• I am training less than full time (LTFT), what are my requirements for ARCP?
• Why do I need to complete a Form R?
• How will I know when my ARCP has taken place?
• I have been given an outcome 5, what does this mean?
• Should I have an ARCP before going on parental leave?
• Will I have an ARCP whilst on parental leave?
• I am a military trainee, who is responsible for my ARCP?
• I am resigning from the training programme, am I still required to have an ARCP?

Changes in Circumstances 30

• Should I have an ARCP before going on parental leave?
• Will I have an ARCP whilst on parental leave?
• I'm going on parental leave, what do I need to do?
• What are my parental leave entitlements?
• Where do I need to record my parental leave absence?
• Will I return to the same placement following my parental leave?
• What happens if I am due to rotate to my next placement prior to commencing maternity leave? Who is responsible for my Occupational Maternity Pay (OMP)?
• I will be taking parental leave during my period of OOP, do I need to apply for an extension to my OOP?
• I have decided not to return to training from my parental leave, who should I inform?
• Should I have an ARCP before going on parental leave?
• Will I have an ARCP whilst on parental leave?
• How much notice should I give my employer and LaSE Healthcare Education Team (Foundation School) of my intention to return to training from parental leave?
• I would like to return to train Less Than Full Time (LTFT) following my parental leave, what do I need to do?
• Can my parental leave count towards my training time?
• What will my new completion date be following my parental leave?
• What happens to my post when I go on parental leave?
• I will be taking adoption leave – who do I need to inform?
• Will I be required to engage in a ‘return to work’ package when I come back from parental leave?
• I will be on parental leave at the start of my training programme, what should I do?
• Who do I need to inform about my sick leave?

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GMC National Training Survey (NTS) 5

• What is the NTS?
• When does the survey take place?
• Is completion of the NTS mandatory?
• Are my answers to the NTS kept confidential?
• What does HEE do with the results of the NTS?

GMC Registration 2

• How do I apply for Provisional Registration?
• When can I apply for Full Registration?

Inter-Foundation School Transfers (IFST) 1

• How do I apply to transfer to a different Foundation School?

Military Trainees 2

• I am a military trainee, who is responsible for my ARCP?
• How do I contact the Defence Deanery?

Miscl. 8

• Can I take ATLS as an alternative to ALS?
• What are the 2021-22 TAB (Team Assessment of Behaviour) window dates for London and KSS Foundation Schools?
• Assessment/SLEs
• F1 to F2 Supporting Trainees Entering Practice (STEP)
• Tasters
• Study Leave
• How can I defer or apply to interrupt my Foundation training?
• Support for doctors needing to resit the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA)

New Starter Registration 2

• I haven’t received a contract of employment: what should I do?
• How do I find out about induction?

Resignation 6

• I have decided not to return to training from my parental leave, who should I inform?
• I am considering resigning from my training programme – what should I do?
• I have chosen to resign from my training programme – who should I inform?
• What is my notice period?
• Am I able to reapply to a training programme in the future?
• I am resigning from the training programme, am I still required to have an ARCP?

Proof of Training 3

• How can I get a copy of my F1CC or FPCC (previously: 5.1, 5.2, AF1C and FACD)?
• How can I get a letter confirming I am on a training programme for a mortgage or lettings agency?
• Confirmation of UK training and acquired rights

Rotations 7

• I haven’t received a contract of employment: what should I do?
• Where can I find information on my payscales?
• My grade of training is incorrect and has implications for my pay, how can I update this?
• Who do I contact to request annual leave for my next placement?
• Where can I find out information about the posts and Trusts I may be expected to rotate to within my training programme?
• Can I swap my training rotation or placements within it?
• What is the Code of Practice?

Synapse 1

• I have forgotten my login / I am locked out of Synapse who should I contact?

Taking Time Out of The Foundation Programme (OOP) 3

• How do I apply for OOP from the Foundation Programme?
• I want to have a break from training for personal reasons what do I need to do?
• Who is my Responsible Officer while I am Out of Programme?

Script 5

• What is Script?
• How do I use Script?
• How many Script modules do I need to complete?
• How do I evidence the Script modules I have completed?
• How do I access Script?

GP F2 Placements Trust FAQs 12

• Who is responsible for allocating F2 trainees to the GP practices?
• How do GP Patch ADs support this process?
• How do trusts return the placement information to HET?
• Where is the data required to make F2 GP placements?
• What is included in the early snapshot data and how does this apply to the Trust management of GP placements?
• What are the process deadlines?
• We will need the Patch AD contact details as not embedded in Trust. Is it just the case that we contact all Practices on the list to see who can take trainees?
• Our trust is aligned to more than one GP VTS footprint can we utilise all of them to cover the placements?
• Who is responsible for managing the process if a GP Practice decides closer to the time that they can’t take a trainee?
• Will contact details for the practices be supplied on the list i.e. it’s just not a practice name but a named contact if we need to
• There is a local practice who wants to train an F2 but is not on the list. How do they get approved?
• How do GP Patch ADs support this process?