Acronym Dictionary

A 

AA 

Associate Advisor 

AEiME

Advancing Equity in Medical Education

ACCS 

Acute Care Common Stem 

ACAT 

Acute Core Assessment Tool 

ACT 

Additional Costs of Teaching 

AHP 

Allied Health Professional 

AKT 

Applied Knowledge Test 

AMP

Approved Medical Practitioner

APGD 

Associate Postgraduate Dean 

ARCP 

Annual Review of Competence Progression 

C 

2CQ 

2 Central Quay (Glasgow office) 

CAMHS 

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service 

CAP 

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 

CbD 

Case-based Discussion 

CCH 

Community Child Health 

CCT 

Certificate of Completion of Training 

CDF

Clinical Development Fellow

CEGPR 

Certificate of Eligibility for GP Registration 

CEGPR (AP) 

Certificate of Eligibility for GP Registration (Approved Programme) 

CESR 

Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration 

CESR (CP) 

Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (Combined Programme) 

CfHS 

Centre for Health Sciences (Inverness office) 

CoE 

Certificate of Experience 

COGPED 

Committee Of General Practice Education Directors 

COP 

Certificate of Performance 

COP-MED 

Conference of Postgraduate Medical Deans 

COT 

Consultation Observation Tool 

CPD 

Continuing Professional Development 

CPT 

Core Psychiatry Training 

CREST

Certificate of Readiness for Specialty Training

CSA 

Clinical Skills Assessment 

CSMEN 

Clinical Skills Managed Educational Network 

CST 

Core Surgical Training 

CT 

Core Training 

D 

DiD 

Doctors in Difficulty 

DME 

Director of Medical Education 

DOPS 

Directly Observed Procedures 

DOTS 

Doctors Online Training System 

DQMG 

Deanery Quality Management Group 

DRN 

Dean's Reference Number 

E 

eLfH 

eLearning for Healthcare 

EQIA 

Equality Impact Assessment 

 F

FDSU 

Faculty Development Support Unit 

FGH 

Forest Grove House (Aberdeen office) 

FPD 

Foundation Programme Director 

FY1 

Foundation doctor Year 1 

FY2 

Foundation doctor Year 2 

G 

GAP 

General Adult Psychiatry 

GIM 

General Internal Medicine 

GMC 

General Medical Council 

GPNRO 

GP National Recruitment Office 

GPTEC

General Practice Trainers Entry Course

H 

HEE 

Health Education England 

HIS 

Health Improvement Scotland 

I 

IDT 

Inter-Deanery Transfer 

IFST 

Inter-Foundation School Transfer 

IOT 

Interim Order Tribunal 

J 

JCST 

Joint Committee on Surgical Training 

JRCPTB 

Joint Royal College of Physicians Training Board 

K 

KSF 

Knowledge and Skills Framework 

L 

LaMP 

The Leadership and Management Training Programme 

LAS 

Locum Appointment for Service 

LAT 

Locum Appointment for Training 

LDD 

Lead Dean/Director 

LEP 

Local Education Provider 

LETB 

Local Education and Training Board 

LIFT 

Longitudinal Integrated Foundation Training 

LTFT 

Less Than Full-time Training 

M 

MCR 

Multiple Consultant Report 

MDST 

Medical Directorate Senior Team 

MiniCEX 

Mini-Clinical Exercise 

MSF 

Multi-Source Feedback 

MSU 

Mobile Skills Unit 

MTI 

Medical Training Initiative 

MPT 

Medical Practitioner Tribunal 

MPTS 

Medical Practitioner Tribunal Service 

N 

NES 

NHS Education for Scotland 

NMAHP 

Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals 

NTN 

National Training Number 

NTS 

National Training Survey 

NIMDTA 

Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency 

O 

OD 

Organisational Development 

OOH 

Out Of Hours 

OOP 

Out Of Programme 

OOPC 

Out Of Programme for Career Break 

OOPE 

Out Of Programme for Experience 

OOPR 

Out Of Programme for Research 

OOPT 

Out Of Programme for Training 

P 

PBSGL 

Practice-Based Small Group Learning 

PGD 

Postgraduate Dean 

PSU 

Professional Support Unit 

PYA 

Penultimate Year Assessment 

Q 

QA 

Quality Assurance 

QIA 

Quality Improvement Administrator 

QIM 

Quality Improvement Manager 

QL 

Quality Lead 

QM 

Quality Management 

QRP 

Quality Review Panel 

R 

RCA

Recorded Consultation Assessment

RoT 

Recognition of Trainers

RRHEAL 

Remote and Rural Healthcare Educational Alliance 

S 

SAMD 

Scottish Association of Medical Directors 

SAS 

Speciality Associate Doctors 

SCA

Simulated Consultation Assessment

SCREDS 

Scottish Clinical Research Excellence Development Scheme 

SDMEG 

Scottish Deans Medical Education Group 

SJDC 

Scottish Junior Doctor Committee 

SJT 

Situational Judgement Test 

SMEC 

Scottish Medical Education Conference 

SMERC 

Scottish Medical Education Research Consortium 

SOAR 

Scottish Online Appraisal Resource 

SPDS 

Strategy, Planning and Directorate Support 

SQMG 

Speciality Quality Management Group 

START 

Strategy for Attracting and Retaining Trainees 

STB 

Speciality Training Board 

STC 

Speciality Training Committee 

STEP 

Scottish Trainee Enhanced Programme 

STS 

Scottish Training Survey 

SAC 

Speciality Advisory Committee 

SLE 

Supervised Learning Event 

SpR 

Speciality Registrar (Appointed prior to January 2007 

StR 

Speciality Registrar (Appointed from August 2007) 

STA 

Specialist Training Authority 

T

TDC

Trainer Development Collaborative (formerly FDA)

TM 

Training Management 

TPD 

Training Programme Director 

TPM 

Training Programme Management 

TIQME 

Taskforce to Improve the Quality of Medical Education 

U 

UKFPO 

UK Foundation Programme Office 

V 

VC 

Video Conference 

W 

WPBA 

Workplace-Based Assessment