// history >

• NYEC Foundation School started in August 2005 with 106 F1 trainees. 

• in August 2006 this increased to 126 F1 trainees together with 121 F2 trainees, many of whom were appointed as F1 doctors in August 2005. 

• an additional 37 F1 programmes were added in August 2007 with a proportionate increase in F2 numbers. 

• this expansion will continue again in August 2008, when we look forward to welcoming the first Hull York Medical School (HYMS) graduates into F1!

// ethos >

• all trainees spend each year in a different Trust
• all trainees spend one year in a teaching hospital and one year in a DGH
• all F1 programmes include medicine in general and surgery in general
• all F2 programmes aspire to provide one primary care post and one acute care post
• F2 programmes are selected by trainees from a list of complementary programmes through a collaborative matching process with no scores, no forms and no interviews!!  | more |
• all trainees attend a mandatory generic skills programme tailored to meet the requirements of the foundation curriculum.  | more |

// other info >

• vacancies are always advertised on this web site | here |
• information about current and future foundation programmes are | here |
• information that may be useful to all medical students and foundation trainees is | here |

// take a look around >

• if you need to contact us, all the details are | here |
• if you can't find what you are looking for, then fill in a feedback form | here |
• if you think you should be eligible for access to our private site, please contact the postgraduate department at the local acute Trust who can provide you with further information

// from the Director >

"NYECFS is working with its partners in Hull York Medical School, the Yorkshire Deanery, and the NHS, to deliver a Foundation Programme which builds on undergraduate training, complies with the GMC and PMETB requirements for training set out in the curriculum, and creates the best possible educational and career opportunities for progression into specialty training"

Colin R Melville  Director, NYEC Foundation School