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The National Deanery of Pharmaceutical Medicine
Introduction
The ‘virtual' National Deanery for Pharmaceutical Medicine (‘the National Deanery') was created so that trainees and their Local Education Providers (i.e. pharmaceutical companies, Clinical Research Organisations and regulatory authorities approved to deliver the PMST curriculum) could relate to a medical deanery, and ensure that the PMST programme is quality managed and meets the regulatory requirements of the GMC.
The National Deanery performs similar functions to medical deaneries in the NHS with regards to specialty training. It is responsible for quality managing the delivery of the PMST programme, conducting ARCPs and RITAs, issuing National Training Numbers (NTNs), organising responses to the GMC's national training survey, and submitting annual reports to the GMC on quality management issues under the Quality Improvement Framework and The Trainee Doctor.
Composition
The National Deanery is not a legal entity. It is composed of:
- The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine.
- The Postgraduate Dean - currently Professor Elizabeth Hughes.
- The Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board (JRCPTB).
- The National Deanery ‘staff', which is comprised of the Faculty and the JRCPTB, conducts the day-to-day PMST business. PMST business is reported regularly (on a quarterly basis) through the Specialty Advisory Committee on Pharmaceutical Medicine (SAC-PM) of the JRCPTB.
Governance
Please read our Governance of Specialty Training Pharmaceutical Medicine document, which provides further information about the National Deanery and the quality management of PMST.