JCST AST Seamless training requirements

This page contains the training requirements for JCST Advanced Specialist Training (AST) and Seamless training programmes.

Last updated 24 July 2026

General guidelines for 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 (dated 17 Sept 2024) [PDF, 90.55 KB]

Seamless specialist training programmes

The following specialties incorporate both basic and advanced training into their specialist training programmes, and trainees enter these traineeships directly.

Training requirements for the corresponding specialty.

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Specialty	Training requirements
Forensic Pathology	Seamless [PDF, 205 KB]
Chemical Pathology	Seamless [PDF, 144 KB]
Microbiology	Seamless [PDF, 419 KB]
Radiation Oncology	Seamless [PDF, 85 KB] Seamless-July 2020 intake batch onwards [PDF, 306 KB]

AST subspecialty training programmes

Training requirements and other documents for the corresponding specialty.

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Specialty	Training requirements	Other documents
Aviation Medicine	Aviation Medicine Training Requirements [PDF, 469 KB]	-
Intensive Care Medicine	AST Training guide - 12 Dec 2022 [PDF, 424 KB]	Posting-Proposal - Dec 2022 [DOCX, 31 KB] Instructional Checklist (12 Dec 2022) [PDF, 127 KB]
Neonatology	AST [PDF, 207 KB]	-
Paediatric Medicine	-
- Cardiology	AST [PDF, 188 KB]
- Gastroenterology	AST [PDF, 5115 KB]
- Haematology-Oncology	AST [PDF, 287 KB]
- Intensive Care	AST [PDF, 307 KB]
- Nephrology	AST [PDF, 296 KB]
Palliative Medicine	Palliative Medicine Advanced Specialist Training Requirements (AST) as at 29 Jan 2024 [PDF, 291 KB]
Sports Medicine	AST Sports Science (updated Nov 2015) [PDF, 76 KB] Sports Medicine AST Training Requirements (as @ 6 Sep 2023) [PDF, 491 KB]

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