Plan your medical career

As you move through medical training, you will build the advanced skills and knowledge required for practicing independently as a specialist consultant and leading a clinical team.

Medical training in Ireland typically involves completing up to six years of undergraduate training, a year of internship, and up to seven years of specialist training (depending on the specialty you choose).

Medical school

Duration period: 5 or 6 years
An undergraduate degree in medicine

Internship

Duration period: 1 year
Internship of one year

BST [incl. IST*]

Duration period: 2 to 4 years
Basic Specialty Training (BST) - * Initial Specialist Training (IST) is the name for BST or initial years of SST pathways

HST

Duration period: 4 to 6 years
Higher Specialty Training (HST)

SST

Duration period: 4 to 6 years
Streamlined Specialist Training (SST) - * Initial Specialist Training (IST) is the name for BST or initial years of SST pathways

Explore your role at different points of your medical training

Discover what you will learn and what will be expected of you as you progress through your medical training.