COVID-19 Support for Trainees
The RCOphth has curated all COVID-19 guidance specifically related to Trainees.
You can review all COVID-19 guidance from the RCOphth such as clinical, PPE, NHSE and PHE guidance on the main COVID-19 page.
Training and Exams FAQs
Recognition of Trainee Progression during COVID-19
AoMRC Trainee Doctors’ Group
HEE guidance on training during the pandemic
Fiona Spencer, RCOphth Chair, Training podcast on impact of COVID-19 on trainees
First shift on the covid-19 ward, Kirupakaran Arun ST1 North London shares his story in BMJ
ARCP COVID-19
Statutory Education Bodies (SEBs) guidance
- ARCP Decision Aid
- Coding for ARCPs
- COVID-19 ARCP Appeal Process
- GMC position statement on continued curriculum derogations (September 2021)
RCOphth guidance
Training Programme Recovery
- OTG COVID-19 Recommendations
- COVID-19 and Academic Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Research
- Trainee Survey 1 (September 2020) – summary paper
- Mitigating the effects of COVID-19 on ophthalmologists in training (November 2020)