Outcome | Description |
1 | Satisfactory progress—achieving progress and the development of competences at the expected rate |
2 | Development of specific competences required—additional training time not required |
3 | Inadequate progress—additional training time required |
4 | Released from training programme—with or without specified competences |
5 | Incomplete evidence presented—additional training time may be required |
6 | Gained all required competences—will be recommended as having completed the training programme (core of specialty) and if in a run-through training programme or higher training programme, will be recommended for award of a CCT or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration/Certificate of Eligibiltiy for General Practice Registration |
7 | Fixed-term posts (split into 1–4 as above) |
8 | Out of programme (OOP) for clinical experience, research or a career break (OOPE/OOPR/OOPC) |
Standard outcomes are ARCP outcomes 1, 6 and 7.1. Non-standard outcomes are ARCP outcomes 2, 7.2, 3 and 4. Outcome 5 is awarded when insufficient evidence is presented with a window of 2 weeks for the trainee to provide missing evidence before a standard or non-standard outcome is awarded, Outcome 8 is awarded when out of programme and neither this nor any outcome 7 were included in the analysis.
ARCP, Annual Review of Competency Progression; CCT, Certificate of Completion of Training.