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Portfolio Pathway standards of assessment

Overview

The Portfolio Pathway (formerly known as CESR) is the route to specialist registration for doctors who have not completed a GMC-approved programme but who are able to demonstrate that they have the knowledge, skills and experience (KSEs) required for practising as an eligible specialist in the United Kingdom.

Portfolio Pathway applications are assessed against the standards of knowledge, skills and experience (KSEs) that are required for practising as an eligible specialist in the United Kingdom (UK). 

The outcome of a successful Portfolio Pathway application is to be added to the Specialist Register to work as a O&G Consultant in the UK. The Portfolio Pathway is governed by its own set of standards (KSEs). The Portfolio Pathway allows applicants to meet the curriculum’s key skills in a more personalised way and in line with their own clinical background and skills set.

Please see below for full access to the O&G Portfolio Pathway guidance document.

Other resources

We recently delivered several webinars regarding how the new standards will work in practice. Please see a recording of one of our recent webinars below.

You also find the detailed slides on the changes below.

Please see below for full access to the O&G Portfolio Pathway guidance document.

FAQs and other information can be found on the Portfolio Pathway page here.

For any questions regarding the Portfolio Pathway, please contact the College’s Portfolio Pathway Manager – gmordecai@rcog.org.uk