- East Region (FP)
- North Region (FP and FPP)
- South East Region (FP)
- Foundation Programmes (F1)
- F1 - Post Descriptors
- Foundation Programmes (F2)
- F2 - Post Descriptors
- S01 - F2 (post options)
- S02 - F2 (post options)
- S03 - F2 (post options)
- S04 - F2 (post options)
- S05 - F2 (post options)
- S06 - F2 (post options)
- S07 - F2 (post options)
- S08 - F2 (post options)
- S09 - F2 (post options)
- S10 - F2 (post options)
- S11 - F2 (post options)
- S12 - F2 (post options)
- S13 - F2 (post options)
- S14 - F2 (post options)
- S15 - F2 (post options)
- S16 - F2 (post options)
- S17 - F2 (post options)
- West Region (FP and FPP)
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Foundation Programmes (F2)
The South-East is a region of the Scottish Foundation School offering a wide variety of training opportunities including inner city opportunities and posts in Edinburgh, Borders and Fife.
F2 Allocation
Your F2 allocation will take into account your preferences and will ensure a broad range of different specialties are experienced, balancing both the individuals’ training needs and overall allocation of foundation doctors within your Group.
- You will be given the list of individual F2 posts available within your Group to rank in order of preference
- Over the two years of Foundation training in the South-East, all foundation doctors will have a minimum of one post in Edinburgh and one post out with the city
- A maximum of three surgical posts will be permitted over the two-year programme. Surgical posts include general surgery, urology, plastic surgery, otolaryngology, colorectal surgery, cardio-thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, paediatric surgery, trauma and orthopaedic surgery. Emergency medicine and obstetrics and gynaecology are not surgical posts.
- No repeat posts are permitted e.g. Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Renal Medicine in F1 and F2.
- You will be given the list of individual F2 posts available within your Group to rank in order of preference.
- It is likely that you will be allocated one post from the top third of your preferences, one from the middle third and one from the lower third.
- The main variable determining post availability is the preferences of the other Foundation doctors in your group.
- For your F2 posts, you are usually asked to submit your ranking preferences around November/December with the F2 allocations are usually announced in February.
- Your FPD will coordinate this allocation process within your Group. Your FPD will consider your preferences, while ensuring a broad range of different specialties are experienced.
Example:
- Duncan is allocated to Scotland as his Unit of Application.
- He ranks his Group preferences and is allocated to S01.
- He then ranks his Programme preferences and is allocated to S01001 for his F1 year.
- During F1, he is sent a list of options for F2.
- These options are still within S01.
- He ranks his preferences from 1 to 15 and is allocated an individually constructed programme (rotation) in emergency medicine, general practice and general psychiatry for his F2 year.
For all enquiries regarding Foundation Training in Scotland please contact: sfas@nes.scot.nhs.uk