TY - JOUR T1 - Respiratory training in Scotland JF - Breathe JO - Breathe SP - 285 LP - 286 DO - 10.1183/20734735.012916 VL - 12 IS - 3 AU - Adam D.L. Marshall Y1 - 2016/09/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/12/3/285.abstract N2 - Specialty training in respiratory medicine in the UK takes a period of at least 4 years, but the majority of trainees will spend 5 years attaining certification to practice both respiratory and general internal medicine. In order to enter a training programme, candidates will have typically been working for at least 4 years and must show they have achieved the desired competencies in foundation and core general medicine training. They must also have passed the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians postgraduate exams. The recruitment process occurs once a year and is performed nationally. Respiratory medicine is regarded as a competitive specialty.Over the course of 5 years, trainees will be attached to a deanery that represents a geographical area and they will rotate through hospitals in this area to experience both respiratory and general medicine in a variety of environments, i.e. large teaching hospitals and smaller district general hospitals. There are four Scottish deaneries, each based around a city with associated teaching hospitals: South-east (Edinburgh), West (Glasgow), East (Dundee) and North (Aberdeen).Respiratory medicine has close links with acute medicine and general internal medicine as a large proportion of acute admissions (30%) have a primary respiratory pathology [1], and in many hospitals respiratory physicians will have a role in working in acute medical receiving units. Due to the high prevalence of respiratory disease, on-call shifts tend to be busy, with requests to review patients on other inpatient wards … ER -