Foundation Programmes (F2)

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 (S07) 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

1. Duncan is allocated to Scotland as his Unit of Application.
2. He ranks his Group preferences and is allocated to S01.
3. He then ranks his Programme preferences and is allocated to S01001 for his F1 year.
4. During F1, he is sent a list of options for F2.
5. These options are still within S01.
6. 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.