ATSMs

In the last 2 years of the training programme, trainees undertake Advanced Training Skills Modules (ATSMs) or subspecialty training to develop the high-level skills they will need for a consultant post in their specialist area of interest. The ATSM modules are listed below.

This section of the website brings together everything you need to know about ATSMs:

For general information about ATSMs, please read the introduction to ATSMs, which includes:
For more information about ATSM course requirements, please read the RCOG’s guidance on ATSM courses
For answers to frequently asked questions about ATSMs, please read the ATSM FAQs
For more information about ATSMs and subspecialty training, please read the ATSM and subspecialty training FAQs
View a list of RCOG conferences and courses suitable for the theoretical elements of the ATSM.

ATSM modules

The available ATSMs are listed below. Each link provides everything you need to know about that ATSM: curriculum, course syllabus, work intensity score, assessment forms and any other relevant information.

For information about how the competencies will be signed off, please read the explanation of sign-off of competency acquisition and the guidance on sign-off by ‘other methodologies’ (OM).

Contact us

If you have any questions about ATSMs that aren’t answered on the website, please:

email the Trainees’ Coordinator or call +44 20 7772 6348

Elsewhere on the site

Assessment of training: Information about sign-off of competencies, workplace-based assessments, ARCPs and more

Resources and support for trainees: Training guidelines, advice, useful resources and sources of support for trainees

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