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JCST AST BST Seamless training requirements
This page contains the training requirements for JCST Basic Specialist Training (BST), Advanced Specialist Training (AST) and Seamless training programmes.
Last updated 24 April 2025
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General guidelines for BST/AST/Seamless trainees
Please take note of the general guidelines by JCST which is applicable to all the specialties listed below.
Annex 1 - JCST Guidelines (as at 3 June 2022) [PDF, 310 KB]
General Surgery-related specialist training programmes
The following specialties require the trainee to undergo the Basic Specialist Training (BST) programme in Surgery in General before progressing to the Advanced Specialist Training (AST) programme in the particular specialty.
Paediatric Surgery
Paediatric Surgery Training Requirements (July 2022 Intake onwards) [PDF, 310 KB]
Single-track specialist training programmes
The following specialties incorporate both BST and AST into their specialist training programmes, and trainees enter these traineeships directly.
Training requirements for the corresponding specialty
Specialty | Training requirements |
|---|---|
Dermatology | |
Paediatric Medicine | - |
- Cardiology | |
- Gastroenterology | |
- Haematology-Oncology | |
- Intensive Care | |
- Nephrology | |
Pathology | |
- Forensic Pathology | |
- Chemical Pathology | |
- Microbiology | |
Radiation Oncology | Seamless [PDF, 85 KB] |
Other programmes
Training requirements and other documents for the corresponding specialty
Specialty | Training requirements | Other documents |
|---|---|---|
Aviation Medicine | - | |
Intensive Care Medicine | ||
Neonatology | - | |
Palliative Medicine | Palliative Medicine Advanced Specialist Training Requirements (AST) as at 29 Jan 2024 [PDF, 291 KB] | - |
Sports Medicine | - |