Creation of a local assessment faculty facilitates approval of larger clinical domains such as Perioperative Medicine and Health Promotion and General Anaesthesia, which include many different key capabilities across a wide spectrum of clinical practice.

The structure and membership of an assessment faculty can be adapted to account for different local arrangements but members should typically include Educational Supervisors, College Tutors and lead trainers with experience and knowledge in relevant clinical areas. The key requirements for membership of the faculty are knowledge of anaesthetists in training, the clinical area of practice, and the curriculum requirements.

The College Tutor should usually coordinate the assessment faculty, and they should identify the different roles, including curriculum responsibilities for approval of components of training, of faculty members. The faculty should meet to discuss the progress of individual anaesthetists in training and provide expert, global opinion, and judgment with respect to attainment of the learning outcomes as supported by the key capabilities. These decisions should be based on the evidence provided by the anaesthetist in training. This would include evidence linked to the key capabilities within the domain of learning, clinical experience, and log book data and a Multiple Trainer Report for the respective stage of training, documenting appropriate progress and performance.