Download HSE clinical course and examination refund scheme guidance document (PDF, 391KB)

Download specialist training fund for HST guidance document (PDF, 844KB)

Download specialist training fund for HST reimbursement form (PDF, 978KB)

Download training support scheme guidance document (PDF, 668KB)

If you need to take sick leave, maternity leave, compassionate leave or Force Majeure Leave during Higher Specialist Training, you must let your HST coordinator know.

You will need to complete a leave of absence form, available below.

You can obtain a maximum of three months’ credit for approved leave of absence during HST. If you take more than three months’ leave during HST, your period of clinical training will be extended accordingly.

For further information, please read Training Handbook for your programme.

• Download Leave of Absence Form for Higher Specialist Training (Word, 33KB)
• In Obstetrics and Gynaecology? Use this Leave of Absence Form (Word, 41KB)

Download the Out of Clinical Programme Experience Form (OCPE) for Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Word, 41KB)

Download the Out of Clinical Programme Experience Form (OCPE) in other specialties (Word, 22KB)

View the Guide to HSE National Supernumerary Flexible Training Scheme (PDF, 948KB)

Download the Application Form (Word, 82KB)

Download Post Re-Assignment Policy (PDF, 289KB)

Download Post Re-Assignment Application Form (Word, 27KB)

Download Job Sharing Policy (PDF, 183KB)

Download Job Sharing Application Form (Word, 27KB)

Download Grievance Procedures for Trainees (PDF, 182KB)

Download Disciplinary Procedure for Trainees (PDF, 232KB)

Download Equal Opportunities Policy (PDF, 180KB)

Download Progression Through Training: Higher Specialist Training (PDF, 280KB)

Download the HST Allocations Policy (PDF, 124KB)

The RPT process is the formal recognition of a structured medical training programme which, if deemed equivalent to one of our BST programmes, will enable application to a RCPI HST training programme and avoid unnecessary duplication of training. It does not enable the applicant to receive a BST Certificate of Completion from the RCPI.  The applicant must have completed a structured training programme in full and have evidence to prove same.   For more, please see

Download Pilot Recognition of Prior Training (PDF, 324KB)

Download Appeals Policy: Postgraduate Training (Word, 1.2MB)

Download Appeals Policy: Recruitment and Selection (Word, 1.1MB)

Download Anti-Bullying Policy (PDF, 304KB)

Download RCPI Confidentiality Policy (PDF, 281KB)

Download RCPI Referral Policy (PDF, 322KB)

Download RCPI Remediation Policy (PDF, 309KB)

Download RCPI Return to Training Policy (PDF, 347KB)

Download RCPI Disability Policy (PDF, 214KB)

Download the IOM HST Study Day Calendar 2022-2023 (PDF, 183KB). Please be advised, changes may occur and this will be updated regularly to include additional information.

Please contact Helpdesk@rcpi.ie should you have any queries.

Please find documents below regarding the Dr Richard Steevens Scholarships for 2022/2023. Applications for trainees will open on 1 October 2021 and will close on 2 November 2021. Further information can be found on the HSE website.

• DRS 2022 Applicants Coversheet (Word, 47KB)
  
  
• DRS 2022 Applicants Guide (PDF, 330KB)

Higher Specialist Training (HST) Entry (2024/25): Completing your Basic Specialist Training (BST) and RCPI Membership (Written and Clinical Examinations)

Updated July 2023

An important message regarding HST applications and specifically getting your RCPI Membership: We have reverted to the previous regulations that were in place before COVID-19. That is, all candidates must have successfully passed their MRCPI Clinical Examination before their HST interview date.  This means you can apply for HST this autumn without having completed your MRCPI but you must have confirmation of your successfully completed Membership Examination before your HST interview.   For example, in the case of General Internal Medicine, the last opportunity to sit your Clinical Examination will be the September/October 2023 diet.

English Language HSE Specifications (PDF, 506KB)

Allocation of Training Places Guidance Document (PDF, 623KB)

Basic Specialist Training Course Equivalence (PDF, 133KB)

HST Reference Form (PDF, 97KB)

HST Document Checklist (PDF, 255KB)

IMC Eligibility Requirements for General or Trainee Specialist Registration (PDF, 193KB)

• Cardiology (PDF, 122KB)
• Chemical Pathology (PDF, 124KB)
• Clinical Genetics (PDF, 117KB)
• Clinical Microbiology (PDF, 128KB)
• Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (PDF, 113KB)
• Dermatology (PDF, 120KB)
• Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus (PDF, 123KB)
• Gastroenterology (PDF, 121KB)
• General Paediatrics (PDF, 194KB)
• Genitourinary Medicine (PDF, 118KB)
• Geriatric Medicine (PDF, 151KB)
• Haematology (PDF, 117KB)
• Histopathology (PDF, 118KB)
• Immunology (PDF, 124KB)
• Infectious Diseases (PDF, 137KB)
• Medical Oncology (PDF, 114KB)
• Neurology (PDF, 127KB)
• Nephrology (PDF, 128KB)
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology (PDF, 123KB)
• Occupational Medicine (PDF, 117KB)
• Palliative Medicine (PDF, 121KB)
• Pharmaceutical Medicine (PDF, 127KB)
• Public Health Medicine (PDF, 126KB)
• Rehabilitation Medicine (PDF, 124KB)
• Respiratory Medicine (PDF, 157KB)
• Rheumatology (PDF, 128KB)