Table 1 Curriculum items assessed using Likert-style questions for each specialty. The pre- and post-pilot questionnaires both asked trainees to rate their confidence in these curriculum items. Out of 18 curriculum items, 6 were considered to relate to old age psychiatry, 8 to geriatric medicine, and 4 to both specialties

1. Assessment and management of common psychiatric conditions

2. Pharmacology and non-pharmacological management in psychiatry

3. Behavioural and Psychotic Symptoms of Dementia

4. Differentiation between dementia, delirium, depression, dysphasia

5. Cognitive and mood assessment

6. Consider family, cultural, religious background in management of psychiatric health

1. Models and concepts of frailty

2. Diagnosis and management of delirium, falls, incontinence

3. Ethical decisions such as life-prolonging treatment, resuscitation, consent

4. Assessment of overall physical health, and arranging appropriate investigations

5. Recognition of acute illness

6. Functional status evaluation

7. Assisting and guiding core trainees in managing physical illness

8. Know when to refer to other specialists for physical health conditions

1. Assessment of mental capacity

2. Safeguarding

3. Managing long-term conditions in collaboration with other specialists

4. Communicating with patients from diverse backgrounds, and/or with sensory impairment