Allocation to F2 posts
Allocation to an F2 post will depend upon the doctor achieving, or having achieved, Full Registration with the General Medical Council and/or successfully completed an F1 Year.
Local recruitment to F2 posts in Yorkshire hospitals takes place about half-way through the F1 Year, where F1 and F2 posts re not linked. Recruitment is initially from those F1 doctors currently in place in Yorkshire and is organised by the local foundation schools. Any vacancies are then advertised in the BMJ around March/April each year.
Yorkshire Foundation Schools
There are three foundation schools in Yorkshire - West Yorkshire Foundation School, South Yorkshire Foundation School and North Yorkshire and East Coast Foundation School.
F2 posts are one year rotations containing a mix of specialties and approximately 55% of posts include a rotation through General Practice.
Assessment and Validation
F2 doctors in Yorkshire hospitals use the national learning portfolio or e-portfolio. Please view the information on the Appraisal and Assessment page. The national assessment tools used are those piloted and validated by Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) as follows:-
- CbD (cased based discussion
- DOPS (direct observation of clinical skills)
- mini-CEX (clinical evaluation exercise)
- mini PAT (peer assessment tool)
Feedback is completed by trainees at the end of each placement by completing Placement Assessment Forms which are submitted online by the trainee to the Yorkshire and the Humber Postgraduate Deanery.
Successful completion of the above will allow the issue of the F2 Achievement of Competence Document(FACD).
General information on foundation training
All doctors are advised to visit the UK Foundation Programme website for full information on foundation training in the UK UKFPO website
