# The European Specialist Medical Qualifications Order 1995, Article 7: Minimum requirements of specialist medical training


(1) The STA shall not approve specialist medical training intended to lead to the award of a CCST unless it complies with the requirements of this article; and the STA may withdraw any such approval if it is satisfied that the training no longer complies with those requirements.
(2) The training must constitute an entire course of training in the specialty in question and must, subject to paragraph (3)—
(a) comprise theoretical and practical instruction;
(b) be full-time training;
(c) be supervised by the STA;
(d) comply with the requirements of point 1 of Annex I to the Directive (which sets out the characteristics of the full-time training of specialists, and which is reproduced in Schedule 3);
(e) be in a university centre, in a teaching hospital, or (where the STA is satisfied that it is appropriate) in a health establishment approved for this purpose by the STA;
(f) involve the personal participation of the person training to be a specialist in the activity and in the responsibilities of the establishments concerned; and
(g) be at least as long as the relevant period (if any) specified in Schedule 2.
(3) Part-time specialist medical training is permitted, under conditions approved by the STA, where training on a full-time basis would not be practicable for well-founded individual reasons, and accordingly the STA may approve part-time training which satisfies—
(a) the conditions referred to above in this paragraph;
(b) the conditions set out in sub-paragraphs (a), (c), (e) and (f) of paragraph (2); and
(c) the following conditions—
(i) the standard of training must not be lower than that of full-time training,
(ii) the total length of training in the specialty in question must not be less than that of full-time training in the same specialty, and
(iii) the training must comply with the requirements of point 2 of Annex I to the Directive (which sets out the characteristics of the part-time training of specialists).
(4) The curriculum and any other requirements relating to the training for each specialty, as they have effect from time to time, must be published.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3208/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/european-specialist-medical-qualifications-order-1995/article-7
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