General (Internal) Medicine (GIM)

Training in General (Internal) Medicine leads to acquisition of the skills and competencies that are needed to allow a consultant to assume clinical responsibility for the ‘general medical take’, which requires an ability to diagnose and treat patients with a wide range of acute and chronic presentations.

Within the East of England Deanery all trainees following the GIM curriculum to CCT will be doing so in parallel with training in another medical specialty.

Training Programme

The rotations of Specialty Registrars (StR) appointed to programmes in the East of England Deanery are organised by the relevant specialty training programme directors. In almost all cases these programmes will involve rotational appointments, with training in General (internal) Medicine for those trainees pursuing a dual CCT being deliverable at all hospitals, with the exception of the few that are purely specialist hospitals, e.g. Papworth.

If you have any questions you can reach out to the GIM trainee representatives for the region : Syed Abidi - syed.abidi5@nhs.net and Joyce Cheng - joyce.cheng2@nhs.net.

You can find the GIM New Curriculum PYR report document form at the bottom of this page.

Essential Qualifications for Entry

Completion of Internal Medicine Training programme or equivalent. (Internal Medicine | JRCPTB)
Documented evidence of achievement of level 1 competencies in general internal medicine (acute) and generic curricula.
Full MRCP is essential for entry into GIM training programmes at ST4 level.
For full Eligibility criteria and requirements see the link: GENERAL (INTERNAL) MEDICINE – ST4 2023 (hee.nhs.uk)

GIM Training Days

Please direct GIM Training Day enquiries to Specialty Administrator (HEE EoE School of Medicine Administrator) - Jai John Jose via email jaijohn.jose@nnuh.nhs.uk

Resident Doctors can register for the training days via PGVLE app here

Upcoming training days are as follows:

Date	Institution	Organiser	Local Contact


Monday 16/11/2026	North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust - Hinchingbrooke Hospital	Dr Beate Ebert	heatherlatham@nhs.net
Thursday 17/12/20226	Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital	Dr Duduzile Musa	jaijohn.jose@nnuh.nhs.uk
Friday 22/01/2027	West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust	Dr Suresh Mohanraj	Susan.Richardson@wsh.nhs.uk
Monday 22/02/2027	Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust - Basildon University Hospital	Dr Kanwar Pannu	Lauren.harvey4@nhs.net
Tuesday 23/03/2027	Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Luton and Dunstable University Hospital	Dr Gnanapragasam Judeson	gillian.oduro2@ldh.nhs.uk
Thursday 22/04/2027	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Addenbrooke's Hospital	Dr Johan Graggaber	lindsey.farrow@nhs.net
Thursday 20/05/2027	East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust - Lister Hospital	Dr Rowan Gossedge	alexander.mcfarquhar2@nhs.net
Tuesday 15/06/2027	James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Dr Litza Vera	zoe.adcock@jpget.nhs.uk
Monday 26/07/2027 To be confirmed	Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Bedford Hospital	Dr Jay Patel
Tuesday 24/08/2027 To be confirmed	East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust - Ipswich Hospital	Dr Karunakaran Vithian

GIM Human Factors Simulation Course

Please note that the priority will be given to the Final Year Trainees and so only they should be booking via PGVLE. For queries - Please contact Jai John Jose - jaijohn.jose@nnuh.nhs.uk.

Date	Trust	Organiser
13/11/2026	Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital	Dr Duduzile Musa
19/11/2026	West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust	Dr Inzali Kyaw
10/12/2026	Cambridge University Hospital	Dr Alistair Mackett
11/12/2026	Cambridge University Hospital	Dr Alistair Mackett
21/01/2027	West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust	Dr Inzali Kyaw
22/01/2027	Cambridge University Hospital	Dr Alistair Mackett
12/02/2027	Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital	Dr Duduzile Musa
19/03/2027	West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust	Dr Inzali Kyaw
23/04/2027	Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital	Dr Duduzile Musa
18/06/2027	Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital	Dr Duduzile Musa
24/06/2027	West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust	Dr Inzali Kyaw

RCP Live - A medical streaming service for digital events delivered by RCP

RCP Live is an excellent source of live and on-demand learning webinars, college conferences and collaborative events open to members and non-members.

You can browse the list of upcoming events here: https://player.rcplondon.ac.uk/live/

FAQs

Clinical requirement outside own specialty

Indicative minimum of 20 clinics in specialties other than the trainee’s specialty by the end of IMS2 (AEC/SDEC can be counted as clinic as long as a letter is generated to GP). Ideally should be a mixture of different clinics but can be same clinic as well.

Simulation training

At least 12 hours of simulation training to include recognition of human factor in interactions during IMS2, including at least 4 hours in the final year of IMS2 training. ALS/ATLS/BLS does not count as simulation training for this purpose. Deanery is planning dedicated training days every year to meet this curriculum requirement.

ACAT / CBD / Mini-CEX

4 ACATs and 3 SLEs (CBD and/or MiniCEX) are required in each year of training . These should be separate from SLEs/ACATs done from own specialties and should be done by consultants supervising in Internal Medicine.

For full ARCP decision Aid visit : IMS2 ARCP Decision Aid 2022 150921.pdf (jrcptb.org.uk)

Multiple consultant report (MCR)

Internal Medicine (IM) MCR should be done by consultants who have supervised the Trainee during their IM work. It can also be completed by Trainee’s own Specialty Consultants provided that they take part in Internal Medicine work.

Support for Trainees Returning to Training (SuppoRTT programme)

HEE EoE has funded the SuppoRTT programme to ease the return to training and fund and support the professional development of any trainee who has been out of programme for any reason for more than 3 months.

Trainees going out of programme e.g. for research or maternity/paternity leave should meet with the TPD approximately 3 months before they exit the programme to avail of the advantages of the programme. However, all trainees currently out of programme can still access the SuppoRTT resource.

The SuppoRTT policy can be found here.