English: Acute Care Common Stem
Welsh: Llwybr Craidd Gofal Acíwt
Subject: Iechyd
Welsh definition: ACCS is a three year training programme that normally follows Foundation Year 2. The first two years are spent rotating through Emergency Medicine (EM), Acute Internal Medicine, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine (ICM). The aim of ACCS training is to produce multi-competent junior doctors able to recognise and manage the sick patient and who have the complementary specialty training required for Higher specialty training in Emergency Medicine, JRCPTB specialty, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine.