The School is responsible for issuing a Certificate of Completion for the Scientist Training Programme (CCSTP). The certificate confirms that you have met all the relevant mandatory completion criteria for the programme and that you are fit to practice as a newly registered Clinical Scientist. The School is the education provider for the STP therefore issuing the CCSTP will also mean that you are eligible to apply directly to the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) for registration as a Clinical Scientist.
Following a period of adjustment to the completion requirements for the e-portfolio as a result of the impact of Covid 19 on training, completion for 2025 will revert back to normal so trainees who commenced on the programme in September 2022 in all specialties will be subject to 100% completion of the e-portfolio.
With the exception of trainees in Clinical Microbiology, all trainees commencing in 2022 will be subject to a new final year assessment, aligned to the new curriculum, details of which will be available in due course. Clinical Microbiology trainees commencing in 2022 and trainees commencing from 2021 or earlier will continue to be subject to the Independent Assessment of Clinical Competence (IACC).