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Talking station

Stations 2 and 4 are the parts of the PACES examination that test the candidate’s communication skills during an interaction with a patient or surrogate - the talking stations. Practical, clinical skills are not assessed in these stations. 

TPD

Training programme director - usually an experienced consultant who is selected and resourced to manage a postgraduate training programme, which includes a number of doctors in training and their respective trainers, on behalf of the deanery.

Trainee status

The candidate’s current stage of training, in the country where he or she is training or working

Training number

This is the reference number allocated to doctors in training by the postgraduate deanery. Each is allocated a single training number that is either a National Training Number (NTN) or a Deanery Reference Number (DRN).