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Part I SPECIALTIES WITH MINIMUM TRAINING PERIODS

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  • Five years

    • General medicine*

    • General surgery*

    • Neurological surgery* (also known as neurosurgery)

    • Orthopaedic surgery* (also known as trauma and orthopaedic surgery)

    • Paediatric surgery

    • Plastic surgery

    • Thoracic surgery (also known as cardio-thoracic surgery)

    • Urology*

  • Four years

    • Cardio-vascular disease (also known as cardiology)

    • Chemical pathology

    • Child and adolescent psychiatry

    • Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics

    • Communicable diseases (also known as infectious diseases)

    • Community medicine (also known as public health medicine)

    • Dermatology

    • Diagnostic radiology (also known as radiology)

    • Gastro-enterology

    • Geriatrics

    • Immunology (also known as immunopathology)

    • Medical microbiology (also known as medical microbiology and virology)

    • Morbid anatomy and histopathologŷ (also known as histopathology)

    • Neurology*

    • Nuclear medicine

    • Obstetrics and gynaecology*

    • Occupational medicine

    • Oral and maxillo-facial surgery (basic medical and dental training)

    • Paediatrics*

    • Psychiatry* (also known as mental illness)

    • Radiotherapy (also known as clinical oncology)

    • Renal disease (also known as nephrology)

    • Respiratory medicine* (also known as thoracic medicine)

    • Rheumatology

    • Tropical medicine

    • Venereology (also known as genito-urinary medicine)

  • Three years

    • Anaesthetics*

    • Endocrinology and diabetes mellitus

    • Haematology

    • Ophthalmology*

    • Otolaryngology*

Note: The specialties marked * above are those listed in article 5(3) of the Directive (specialties common to all EEA States). The others are those listed in article 7(2) of the Directive (specialties peculiar to two or more EEA States) in which the United Kingdom is shown as awarding qualifications.