# The European Specialist Medical Qualifications Order 1995, Part I: SPECIALTIES WITH MINIMUM TRAINING PERIODS


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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3208/schedule/2/part/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/european-specialist-medical-qualifications-order-1995/schedule-2/part-I
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