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DEVELOPING YOUR

PORTFOLIO IN

PREPARATION FOR ST3Miss Rebecca Harrison (ENT ST3)

Aims of CST

• Outcome 6 at ARCP

• Pass exams

• MRCS/ DOHNS

• Start functioning at the level of a registrar

• Clinics

• Operating

• Improve portfolio

• Publications

• Audits

• Presentations

Aims of CST

• Outcome 6 at ARCP

• Pass exams

• MRCS/ DOHNS

• Start functioning at the level of a registrar

• Clinics

• Operating

• Improve portfolio

• Publications

• Audits

• Presentations

➢Get an ST3 number

Competition Ratios

Applicants Jobs Competition

Ratio

CST 1870 636 2.94

General Surgery 396 257 1.54

T&O 409 142 2.88

ENT 132 56 2.36

Plastic surgery 134 32 4.19

Paeds surgery 42 10 4.20

Cardiothoracics 33 9 3.67

Neurosurgery 12 2 6.00

Competition Ratios

Applicants Jobs Competition

Ratio

CST 1870 636 2.94

General Surgery 396 257 1.54

T&O 409 142 2.88

ENT 132 56 2.36

Plastic surgery 134 32 4.19

Paeds surgery 42 10 4.20

Cardiothoracics 33 9 3.67

Neurosurgery 12 2 6.00

Time line

August

2019August

2021

CT1 CT2 START

ST3

March 2021

- Interview

November 2020

- Applications

June 2020

- ARCP

Time line

August

2019August

2021

CT1 CT2 START

ST3

March 2021

- Interview

November 2020

- Applications

June 2020

- ARCP

Portfolio

• Check the portfolio checklist early

• Be tactical

• Don’t double up

• Be realistic

• Eg extra degrees

• Use the checklist as a guide for setting your learning

objectives

Portfolio checklist

Publications

• Can take up to 1 year

• Something to start now rather than in CT2

• Supervisor

• Time intensive

• Unlikely to be a quick win

• Check the journal

• Might not count at interview

• Check the small print

• Abstract/ letter to editor/ clinical skills

Surgical experience

• Number of specific type of procedure

• Consider rotations

• Discuss this with your educational supervisor early

• Which lists to target

• Move on when you have full points

• Remember evidence

Presentations

• Check deadlines and conference dates

• Often a good place to also win a prize

• Tips from other trainees – which conferences to target

• Might not have to be specialty specific eg CMT

Audits

• Read the portfolio checklist carefully

• How many single / complete loops

• Do at least the specified number

• Team up with another trainee

Teaching

• Organising a course

• Speak to supervisors – are they involved in any courses?

• Early years or GP training

• ATLS/ BSS

• Have you already been involved in running a course?

• Get the evidence early

Easy wins

• Courses

• ATLS, CCRISP, BSS

• IPLS, radiology courses

• Teaching the teachers

• Leadership roles

• Read the notes carefully

• Might not count MDT/ rota co-ordinator

• Extra-curricular

• Management/ leadership/ teamwork

• Sports teams

In Summary…

• Review the portfolio checklist early

• Use this to set learning objectives

• Get all the easy wins

• Be tactical!

• Enjoy CST

GOOD LUCK!Any questions?