JCST AST Seamless training requirements
This page contains the training requirements for JCST Advanced Specialist Training (AST) and Seamless training programmes.
Last updated 5 August 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] (opens in new tab)
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.
Specialty | Training requirements |
Pathology | |
- Forensic Pathology | |
- Chemical Pathology | |
- Medical Microbiology | |
Radiation Oncology | Seamless [PDF, 85 KB] (opens in new tab) |
AST subspecialty training programmes
Training requirements and other documents for the corresponding specialty.
Specialty | Training requirements | Other documents |
Aviation Medicine | Aviation Medicine Training Requirements [PDF, 469 KB] (opens in new tab) | - |
Intensive Care Medicine | AST Training guide - 12 Dec 2022 [PDF, 424 KB] (opens in new tab) | |
Neonatology | - | |
Paediatric Medicine | - | |
- Cardiology | ||
- Gastroenterology | ||
- Haematology-Oncology | ||
- Intensive Care | ||
- Nephrology | ||
Palliative Medicine | ||
Sports Medicine |
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