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- A checklist for creating an STP training plan
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- Autism Awareness presentation – NSHCS
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- Changes to assessment on the new STP curricula (trainee’s webinar)
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- Checklists for STP work-based departments
- Competition ratios for Scientist Training Programme direct entry posts
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- Echocardiography Training Programme – Sample job advertisement for employers
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- Echocardiography Training Programme – Module A-CS-S1 Introduction to Clinical Echocardiography
- Educator Workforce Strategy
- Employers brief on the HCS Assistant Standard for Level 2
- Employers brief on the HCS Associate Apprenticeship Standard for Level 4
- Employment status of STP graduates
- End-Point Assessment Appeals Policy
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- Ending paid HCS work opportunities for year 2 PTP students and reintroducing standard placements
- Equality, diversity and inclusion presentation – NSHCS
- Ethnic demographic data for applications to the Scientist Training Programme
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- Ethnic demographic data for applications to the Scientist Training Programme 2022
- ETP change notification form for HEIs
- ETP Example local work-based training plan template
- ETP Example trainee training plan template
- ETP Monthly Memo (2023)
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- ETP Monthly Memo (September 2022)
- Example ETP change notification form for work-based providers
- Example ETP change notification pack
- Example ETP consortium endorsement application form
- Example ETP consortium endorsement application pack
- Example ETP education and training qualifications form
- Example ETP endorsement application form
- Example ETP initial endorsement application pack
- Example evidence of meeting requirements for ETP training officer form
- Example evidence of meeting requirements for HSST supervisor form
- Example evidence of meeting requirements for STP training officer form
- Example HSST accreditation application form
- Example HSST accreditation application pack
- Example HSST change notification form for work-based providers
- Example HSST change notification pack
- Example HSST consortium accreditation application form
- Example HSST consortium accreditation application pack
- Example HSST consortium reaccreditation application form
- Example HSST consortium reaccreditation application pack
- Example HSST education and training qualifications form
- Example HSST reaccreditation application form
- Example HSST reaccreditation application pack
- Example HSST training plan
- Example of an end of first month trainee review record
- Example of STP Training plan (STP trainees 2022 – 2025)
- Example record of a telephone one to one with a trainee
- Example record of initial planning meeting with trainee
- Example SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-based) objectives log
- Example statement of agreement for STP employers and training sites
- Example STP accreditation application form
- Example STP accreditation application pack
- Example STP change notification form for work-based providers
- Example STP change notification pack
- Example STP consortium accreditation application form
- Example STP consortium accreditation application pack
- Example STP consortium reaccreditation application form
- Example STP consortium reaccreditation application pack
- Example STP reaccreditation application form
- Example STP reaccreditation application pack
- Example STP training officer person specification
- Exceptional Extenuating Circumstances application form
- Exceptional Extenuating Circumstances Policy
- Expenses Claims Policy
- External Reviewer Policy
- Feedback about the IACC from STP final year trainees and their training officers (2020)
- Getting started with OneFile
- Guidance for employers to generate specific job descriptions for Consultant Clinical Scientists
- Guidance for trainees on the Training and Assessment Misconduct Policy
- Guidance on accreditation review visits for PTP HEIs
- Health Education England (HEE) Quality Framework from 2021
- Healthcare Science Education and Training Collaborative Terms of Reference
- Higher Specialist Scientific Training in pathology: an overview
- Higher Specialist Scientist Training programme – trainee core person specification
- How to register with Agilio Feedback
- How to respond to a submission in OneFile
- How to respond to an in-person work-based assessment
- How to review and confirm your Multi-Source Feedback
- How to set up email alerts in OneFile
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- How to submit a training activity in OneFile
- How to submit an in person work-based assessment
- How to submit your Multi-Source Feedback to OneFile
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- HSST change notification form for HEIs
- HSST Life Sciences training plan example
- HSST Monthly Memo (2023)
- HSST Monthly Memo (April 2023)
- HSST Monthly Memo (August 2023)
- HSST Monthly Memo (December 2023)
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- HSST Monthly Memos (2022)
- HSST Monthly Memo (April 2022)
- HSST Monthly Memo (August 2022)
- HSST Monthly Memo (December 2022)
- HSST Monthly Memo (February 2022)
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- HSST Monthly Memo (July 2022)
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- HSST Monthly Memo (March 2022)
- HSST Monthly Memo (May 2022)
- HSST Monthly Memo (November 2022)
- HSST Monthly Memo (October 2022)
- HSST Monthly Memo (September 2022)
- IAPS showcase preparation guide presentation
- Job description for STP assessment content writer
- Job description for STP assessment lead roles
- Job description for STP assessor
- Making diversity and inclusion matter at the National School of Healthcare Science – NSHCS
- Mitigating Circumstances form
- Mitigating Circumstances Policy
- Modernising Scientific Careers: The UK Way Forward
- NSHCS CBD Mark Form – Rotations
- NSHCS CBD Mark Form – Specialty and Core
- NSHCS DOPS Mark Form – Rotations
- NSHCS DOPS Mark Form – Specialty and Core
- NSHCS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report 2022-23
- NSHCS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee 2020/2021 Report
- NSHCS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee 2021/2022 Summary Report
- NSHCS OCE Mark Form – Rotations
- NSHCS OCE Mark Form – Specialty and Core
- Operating policies for the STP Independent Assessment of Clinical Competence (IACC)
- Person specification for STP final assessment assessor
- Post summer IACC 2024 – support webinar presentation slides
- Practitioner Training Programme – Improvement Review Report
- PTP BSc Healthcare Science Curriculum Anatomical Pathology Technology (2016-2017)
- PTP BSc Healthcare Science Curriculum Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Sleep Sciences (2016-2017)
- PTP BSc Healthcare Science Curriculum Clinical Engineering (2016-2017)
- PTP BSc Healthcare Science Curriculum Clinical Photography (2016-2017)
- PTP BSc Healthcare Science Curriculum Life Sciences (2017-2018)
- PTP BSc Healthcare Science Curriculum Medical Physics Technology (2016-2017)
- PTP BSc Healthcare Science Curriculum Neurosensory Sciences (2016-2017)
- PTP change notification form for HEIs
- Quality and Standards Committee – representative role descriptions
- Ramadan presentation – NSHCS
- Rationale to support the Clinical Engineering Clinical Scientist STP Curriculum revision 2022 by Dr Richard Scott
- Reasonable Adjustments form
- Reasonable Adjustments Policy
- Request for special circumstances form
- Scaling the Heights: an overview of HSST in Healthcare Science
- Scientist Training Programme – Core person specification
- Scientist Training Programme – Generic job description for trainee healthcare scientist
- Scientist Training Programme – Genomics training plan example
- Scientist Training Programme – Good competency evidence reflection grid
- Scientist Training Programme – Jargon buster
- Scientist Training Programme – Requirements for Completion (2023)
- Scientist Training Programme – Requirements for Completion 2024
- Scientist Training Programme – Requirements for Completion 2025
- Scientist Training Programme – Trainee Clinical Scientist advert
- Shrove Tuesday presentation – NSHCS
- St Andrews Day presentation – NSHCS
- St Patricks Day presentation – NSHCS
- STP 2023 Induction Day presentations
- STP change notification form for HEIs
- STP IACC 2023 assessor briefing presentation
- STP IACC 2023 marking criteria
- STP IACC 2023 submission template
- STP IACC 2023 trainee briefing presentation
- STP IACC 2024 assessor briefing presentation
- STP IACC 2024 marking criteria
- STP IACC 2024 submission template
- STP IACC 2024 trainee briefing presentation
- STP IACC Domain 1 – Professional Practice example
- STP IACC Domain 2 – Scientific Practice example
- STP IACC Domain 3 – Clinical Practice example
- STP IACC Domain 4 – Research, Development and Innovation example
- STP IACC Domain 5 – Clinical Leadership example
- STP IACC winter 2023 trainee briefing presentation
- STP IACC winter 2023 trainee guidance
- STP Intraoperative Neuromonitoring curriculum stakeholder feedback
- STP Monthly Memo (2023)
- STP Monthly Memo (April 2023)
- STP Monthly Memo (August 2023)
- STP Monthly Memo (December 2023)
- STP Monthly Memo (February 2023)
- STP Monthly Memo (January 2023)
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- STP Monthly Memo (June 2023)
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- STP Monthly Memo (November 2023)
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- STP Monthly Memo (September 2023)
- STP Monthly Memo (2024)
- STP Monthly Memo (April 2024)
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- STP Monthly Memo (December 2024)
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- STP Monthly Memo (2025)
- STP Monthly Memos (2020)
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- STP Monthly Memo (April 2021)
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- STP Monthly Memos (2022)
- STP Monthly Memo (April 2022)
- STP Monthly Memo (August 2022)
- STP Monthly Memo (December 2022)
- STP Monthly Memo (February 2022)
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- STP Monthly Memo (July 2022)
- STP Monthly Memo (June 2022)
- STP Monthly Memo (March 2022)
- STP Monthly Memo (May 2022)
- STP Monthly Memo (November 2022)
- STP Monthly Memo (October 2022)
- STP Monthly Memo (September 2022)
- Supporting neurodivergent trainees in the workplace
- The Role of the Haematology/Transfusion Consultant Scientist in the Delivery of Clinical and Laboratory Haematology Services: An Education and Training Solution and a Workforce Solution
- The School Report (2020)
- The School Report (2021)
- The School Report (2022)
- The School Report (2023)
- The School Report (2024)
- Training allowance for the HSST programme – Letter from Health Education England
- Training and Assessment Misconduct Policy
- Training plan for outstanding rotational modules – template
- Training roles on the Scientist Training Programme (STP)
- Training Support Presentation to Trainee Representative Group (March 2021)
- Transfer of Training application form
- Transfer of Training Policy
Services
- Accreditation
- Accreditation for higher education institutions (HEIs)
- Accreditation process webinars
- Accredited HSST Consortiums
- Accredited HSST work-based training centres
- Accredited STP Consortiums
- Accredited STP work-based training departments
- An overview of the accreditation process
- Endorsed ETP work-based training departments
- ETP Endorsement
- ETP Endorsement requirements
- Guidance on hosting an Echocardiography trainee
- Communicating with your Echocardiography trainee and colleagues
- Developing a training plan for your Echocardiography trainee
- How to maintain your Echocardiography training over time
- Practical arrangements for your Echocardiography trainee
- What to do before your Echocardiography trainee arrives
- Your Echocardiography trainee has arrived; what’s next?
- Responsibilities of the ETP employer
- Example application packs for work-based providers
- FAQs about accreditation and quality of training
- How do I express an interest in hosting a trainee?
- HSST Accreditation
- List of accredited higher education institutions
- Notify us about any changes
- Notify us about changes to an accredited programme
- Reaccreditation
- STP Accreditation (work-based)
- Useful resources
- Curriculum Library
- Curriculum Review
- Animation about the new STP 2022 curriculum individual professional development module
- Animation about the new STP 2022 curriculum rotation module
- Changes to the Scientist Training Programme introduced through curriculum review
- Curriculum review webinars
- FAQs for the STP curriculum review
- How the STP curriculum content review was carried out
- End-Point Assessment
- Guidance for apprentices about the End-Point Assessment
- How to prepare for your End-Point Assessment
- How to start the End-Point Assessment process
- Important documents for End-Point Assessment
- Our End-Point Assessment service
- Receiving your results and certificate
- Useful information and resources about apprenticeships, for employers and providers
- OneFile
- Guidance on common tasks for trainees in OneFile
- Guidance on common tasks for training officers, assessors and supervisors in OneFile
- How to guidance and videos for HSST supervisors using OneFile
- How to guidance and videos for HSST trainees using OneFile
- How to guidance and videos for STP/ PTP/ ETP/ ASP assessors using OneFile
- How to guidance and videos for STP/ PTP/ ETP/ ASP trainees using OneFile
- How to guidance and videos for STP/ PTP/ ETP/ ASP training officers using OneFile
- How to use the Turnitin Checker in OneFile – A guide for trainees
- How to use the Turnitin Checker in OneFile – A guide for training officers and assessors
- OneFile FAQs for multi-source feedback
- OneFile FAQs for trainees
- OneFile FAQs for training officers and assessors
- OneFile webinar recordings
- Protecting sensitive information in OneFile
- Turnitin Checker FAQs
- Training for trainers
- NSHCS training standards – trainee responsibilities
- 1. Plan, design and assess learning and training opportunities
- 2. Monitor the trainee’s progress and provide them with constructive feedback
- 3. Support the trainee in taking responsibility for their own learning
- 4. Embed equality, diversity and inclusion into training
- 5. Know the limitations of your role and signpost to other sources of support, where appropriate
- NSHCS training standards – trainer responsibilities
- 1. Plan, design and assess learning and training opportunities
- 2. Monitor your trainee’s progress and provide them with constructive feedback
- 3. Support your trainee in taking responsibility for their own learning
- 4. Embed equality, diversity and inclusion into training
- 5. Know the limitations of your role and signpost to other sources of support, where appropriate
- Training for ETP trainers
- Training for HSST supervisors
- Training for STP trainers
- Good training planning
- Guidance about the research project
- Guide to producing good competency evidence
- Roles and responsibilities of the research project
- STP Induction for new trainers
- STP Train the Trainer webinar series – June 2021
- STP Train the Trainer webinar series – March 2021
- STP Train the Trainer webinar series – March 2022
- NSHCS training standards – trainee responsibilities
SGP Resources
- AI’s impact on shaping healthcare science training
- Beyond the bench
- Case-based discussions: creating efficiencies with OneFile marking and feedback processes
- Clinical AI: Considerations for safe adoption
- Developing a local induction for trainees
- Developing evidence for Observational Training Activities (OTAs)
- Do we need to worry about our trainees’ learning styles?
- Drive to Thrive: Seeking balance and engagement in training activity
- Effective reflective practice
- Making connections and networking – developing professional relationships (Ben Johns)
- Making connections and networking – developing professional relationships (John Gallagher)
- Making connections and networking – developing professional relationships (Stephanie Hutchings)
- Making connections and networking – developing professional relationships (Stephen Kidd)
- Managing imposter feelings (Emma Chambers)
- Managing imposter feelings (Rebecca Haines)
- Managing the imposter monster
- Mission impossible? Securing project sponsorship
- Need for Speed: A novel approach to reflection and assessment for first year rotations
- Networking to manage imposter syndrome
- Neuroinclusive communication
- Overview of STP training strategies
- Plagiarism in healthcare science training and the evolution of AI
- Reflective practice and continuous improvement
- Reflective practice as a tool in enhancing learning and professional growth: Experience from a HSST Reproductive Science trainee
- Running STP training in the private sector
- Setting up a trainee network
- Setting up an STP Training Officer network
- Standardising expectations and evidence requirements for STP training activities: A training officer’s perspective
- Strength in numbers – the benefits of a Training Consortium
- Supporting and assessing reflection for Observational Training Activities (OTAs)
- Supporting neurodiversity in the workplace
- Supporting trainees in a small centre
- Supporting trainees with observational training activities (OTAs)
- The power of reflection
- The value of monthly progress review meetings
- Thinking reflectively for Observational Training Activities (OTAs)
- Ways to support STP trainees across a pathology network
TP Data
- Employment status of STP graduates
- Healthcare science trainees by ICS, region and pathology network
- Scientist Training Programme recruitment statistics
- Scientist Training Programme 2021 recruitment statistics
- Scientist Training Programme 2022 recruitment statistics
- Age of direct entry applicants at each stage of recruitment
- Competition ratios per post for each specialty
- Ethnicity of direct entry applicants at each stage of recruitment
- Gender of direct entry applicants at each stage of recruitment
- Religion of direct entry applicants at each stage of recruitment
- Sexuality of direct entry applicants at each stage of recruitment
- Scientist Training Programme 2023 recruitment statistics
- Age of direct entry applicants at each stage of STP recruitment
- Competition ratios per post for each specialty
- Ethnicity of direct entry applicants at each stage of STP recruitment
- Gender of direct entry applicants at each stage of STP recruitment
- Religion of direct entry applicants at each stage of STP recruitment
- Sexuality of direct entry applicants at each stage of STP recruitment
- Scientist Training Programme 2024 recruitment statistics
- Age of direct entry applicants at each stage of STP recruitment
- Competition ratios per post for each specialty
- Competition ratios per post for each specialty (Testing)
- Ethnicity of direct entry applicants at each stage of STP recruitment
- Gender of direct entry applicants at each stage of STP recruitment
- Religion of direct entry applicants at each stage of STP recruitment
- Sexuality of direct entry applicants at each stage of STP recruitment
Training Support
- Accessing support or escalating concerns and issues
- Blogs by trainees, for trainees
- Getting support at your University
- Healthcare science self-care handbook
- How the School supports you during your training
- Online resources to help with anxiety and mental health issues
- Statutory leave guidance for trainees and trainers
- Tips and advice from STP and HSST trainees and graduates
- Training support FAQs for STP trainees
- Training support podcasts
- Using the Exceptional Extenuating Circumstances policy to apply for an extension of time or change to training
- Wellbeing support for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic NHS staff
- What should I do if I’m feeling stressed or unwell?
- Where else can I go for help and advice?
- Who will support me at my workplace?
- Your main sources of support during training