Trainee Hub
Specialty Skills
All trainees in AIM must develop a specialist skill. These generally fall into one of five categories:
• Dual CCT (e.g. with Intensive Care Medicine or Stroke)
• Clinical skill (e.g. Acute Oncology)
• Procedural skill (e.g. echocardiography)
• Other (e.g. medical education)
• Research
View the complete list of specialist skills with links to further information below
The 2022 curriculum requires to complete one specialist skill from the defined list prior to CCT in addition to POCUS.
FAMUS is endorsed by the Society for Acute Medicine and recognised by the AIM training committee as one ways of achieving the mandatory AIM POCUS competencies.
For more information regarding FAMUS click the image link below:
Guidance on the specialty skills for Resident doctors on the 2009 curriculum is available below
Resident doctors wishing to apply for a skill which is not on the list should contact SAM. Please be aware that in recent years to both streamline the process and make them more equitable the SAC has removed some trainee-led additions and been more scrupulous on what degree of qualification and experience would be deemed suitable to achieve specialist skill status.
Following transition to the new 2022 curriculum Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) will no longer be on the specialist skill list as it will be a mandatory requirement for all trainees. However those who are remaining on the old curriculum and have clearly documented this as their specialist skill in the portfolio and with their TPD may still count this.
Acute Oncology
Dermatology
Diabetes
Echocardiography
Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine
Intensive Care Medicine
Medical Education (including Simulation)
Medical Management and Leadership
Neurology
Obstetric Medicine
Palliative Care Medicine
Patient Safety/Care Quality Review Methodology
Perioperative Medicine
Psychiatry
Research
Stroke Medicine
Syncope