Curricula

We produce curricula and guidance for a range of medical, clinical scientist and veterinary pathology specialties.  

The 2021 medical curricula must meet the standards for curricula and assessment systems, set by the General Medical Council, before they are published.  

Higher Specialist Scientific Training (HSST) curricula must be approved by the Education and Training Scrutiny Group of Health Education England (HEE) before they are published. Clinical scientist specialties are identified by ‘HSST’ appearing next to the relevant specialty.  

We also provide guidance and resources to support trainers and trainees in navigating these curricula.

Person in gloves pipetting in a toxicology laboratory

Analytical toxicology HSST

Biochemical automatic testing in a blood laboratory

Chemical pathology

Biochemistry clinical scientist in a laboratory pipetting

Clinical biochemistry HSST

3D abstract image of lymphocytes

Clinical immunology HSST

Neuropathologist pointing at a neuropathology slide on a computer

Diagnostic neuropathology

A blurred image of an autopsy room

Forensic histopathology

Blue helix human DNA structure

Genetics HSST

Preparing blood smear on slide for microscopic examination

Haematology HSST

Loading blood samples into a machine

Histocompatibility and immunogenetics HSST

Histopathology slide under microscope

Histopathology

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing in petri dish

Medical microbiology

Sample tubes being handled in a virology laboratory

Medical virology

Image depicting a group of bacteria

Microbiology HSST

Person looking at an slide image on a screen in a molecular pathology dark room

Molecular pathology HSST

Small feet of a newborn baby being held

Paediatric and perinatal pathology

Egg fertilisation at a reproductive medicine clinic

Reproductive science HSST

Person in white glove holding blood bags

Transfusion science HSST

Veterinary cytology feline urine with pyelonephritis

Veterinary clinical pathology

Image showing a dog on the examination table at a vets

Veterinary microbiology

Image of a veterinary pathology slide on a screen and a microscope in a lab

Veterinary pathology

Abstract image of SARS-CoV-2 viral particles

Virology HSST