On being enrolled on to the PMST programme in the Pharmaceutical Medicine Deanery, I agree to meet the following conditions throughout the duration of the programme to:
i) always have at the forefront of my medical and professional practice the principles of Good Medical Practice (2013) for the benefit of safe patient care. Trainees should be aware that Good Medical Practice requires doctors to keep their knowledge and skills up to date throughout their working life, and to regularly take part in educational activities that maintain and further develop their competence and performance;
ii) ensure that the care I give to patients is responsive to their needs, that it is equitable, respects human rights, challenges discrimination, promotes equality, and maintains the dignity of patients and carers;
iii) participate in workplace-based appraisal as well as educational appraisal, and acknowledge and agree to the need to share information about my performance as a doctor in training with other employers involved in my training and with the postgraduate dean on a regular basis;
iv) maintain regular contact with the deanery and FPM by responding promptly to communications from them, usually through email correspondence; for example, this will include keeping the deanery and FPM appraised of any change of job, contact details, requests for time out of programme;
v) maintain my GMC registration with a licence to practise and my membership of FPM, knowing that failure to maintain my medical registration and FPM membership can lead to my removal from the PMST programme;
vi) participate proactively in the appraisal, assessment and programme-planning process, including providing documentation which will be required to the prescribed timescales;
vii) engage fully with the revalidation process by attending ARCP when requested to do so, and to produce all supporting information necessary for the postgraduate dean to make a recommendation to the GMC as to my fitness to practise;
viii) ensure that I develop and keep up to date my learning portfolio which underpins the training process and documents my progress through the programme;
ix) use training resources available optimally to develop my competences to the standards set by the specialty curriculum; and
x) support the development and evaluation of this training programme by participating actively in the national annual GMC/COPMeD trainee survey and any other activities that contribute to the quality improvement of training.
I acknowledge the importance of these responsibilities. If I fail to meet them I understand that the postgraduate dean may require me to meet with them to discuss why I have failed to comply with these conditions.