Specialty Advisory Committee in Urology

The Specialty Advisory Committee (SAC) in Urology is made up of urologists who collectively represent the surgical Royal Colleges and BAUS. 

The Joint Committee on Surgical Training (JCST) is the parent body for all the SACs responsible for surgical specialties, plus the Core Surgical Training Committee (CSTC) and the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme (ISCP).

Visit the JCST website

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Functions of the SAC

SACs play a key role in the development and improvement of postgraduate surgical training in the UK and Ireland. Each SAC works to ensure that training programmes cover all aspects essential to train someone to consultant level.

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Some of the key areas SACs are responsible for:

• Providing advice and guidance to trainees, trainers, local Specialty Training Committees (STCs), Training Programme Directors, and others stakeholders involved in medical education;
   
• Writing and developing the surgical curricula in line with the General Medical Council's Excellence by design: standards for postgraduate curricula and the Generic professional capabilities framework;
   
• Contributing to and participating in national selection and recruitment processes for core and specialty training entry;
   
• Contributing to the quality management and quality improvement of specialty training programmes across the UK and Ireland through a network of SAC Liaison Members (LMs);
   
• Setting quality indicators (QIs) for specialty training posts;
   
• Providing advice through the LMs at ARCP panels, ARCP appeals and at Specialty Training Committee (STC) meetings;
   
• Assessing surgical trainees' requests for time Out of Programme, Acting up as a Consultant, and recognition of LATs (where applicable);
   
• Setting certification guidelines in line with current curricula to support trainees, trainers and Training Programme Directors (TPDs) in ensuring that curriculum requirements are being met;
   
• Responsible for recommending trainees for certification; and
   
• Evaluating doctors' applications for entry on to the GMC's Specialist Register via the CESR route 

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Sub-Specialty Training Posts

Training in Paediatric Surgery

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"Who's Who" in the Urology SAC

Find out who the SAC members are (and who they represent) or get further details of sub-specialist training centres (and who can be contacted for more information) by clicking on the links below (or using the right-hand menu):