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Curriculum guides for foundation doctors

Rough Guide to the Foundation Programme Curriculum 2021 (2026 Revision) – written by foundation doctors, for foundation doctors

Sharing good practice – presentations, resources and information on examples of good practice in the foundation programme

Further guidance will be added throughout the training year

Summary narrative

The summary narrative is a live, working document and foundation doctors should start and update their narratives towards the end of each placement. It is for the foundation doctor to critically appraise their placement/year. The summary narrative is not pass/fail but formative; it is another form of reflection. Foundation doctors should complete one summary narrative for each of the 3 HLOs, approximately 300 words per HLO.

– The summary narrative YouTube video
– Factsheet
– Example 1 – Summary narrative for HLO 1
– Example 2 – Summary narrative for HLO 1