Determining generic standards for specialist registrar training

Requirements for specialist registrar (SpR) training have been developed by adapting standards already determined for senior house officers in the West Midlands. A consensus of views of chairs of higher specialist training committees on generic requirements for SpR training has been reached by using a Delphi technique. There is a large variation between specialties in the extent that they have been able to reach these standards; some have proved easier to establish than others. Acceptance of the new standards should lead to the delivery of a measurable degree of higher quality education, training and experience for SpRs.