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Medical Specialty Training (England)
Quick Guide to recruitment in 2010
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Published by the Department o Health Modernising Medical Careers Programme Team(England)
Developed and designed in partnership with specialty trainees and trainers
www.mmc.nhs.uk
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Welcome to the Quick Guide to recruitment
to medical specialty training in England in 2010.
This resource will help guide you through all
the essentials o the recruitment process and
tells you:
what to expect
what is involved
how the recruitment process works
where to nd out more.
The main Applicant Guide has all the application
process details in ull and includes eligibility
criteria, a ull list o specialties, inormation on
competition and tips on preparing or interviews
and considering and accepting oers. Find the
main Applicant Guide at: www.mmc.nhs.uk
It would be great to have a short guide.Large document fles on websites are actual
but too big and impersonal.Junior doctor eedback
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Here are some o the things that you should
be thinking about beore you apply.
I you are in a oundation programme,
this means at the end o F1 or the very start
o F2. I you are applying rom outside a
programme, it means September or October.
Doing your research now will help you to plan
your application well in advance. That means
reviewing job applications and working on
your portolio.
The pages that follow provide you with an
explanation of how to manage this process,
and cover:
personspecications
yourportfolio
datesforapplications
wheretogetmoreinformation.
You should also consider whether you want
specialist or generalist training and whether an
academic or clinical programme is right for you.
You really need to plan ahead. Its no goodbeing a last-minute kind o person and fnding
you should have started months ago.
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Check out the person specifcations
or the programmes youre applying to
You can nd person specications or specialty
posts or 2009 and 2010 on the MMC website.
The latter will be available rom November
onwards ater they have been reviewed.
They can help you to ocus your inormation
in your CV, portolio and application.
There may be many applicants or each post,
so make sure your application is well structured
and meets the required specication.
You can review all specialty training career
options at www.medicalcareers.nhs.ukand take
a look at the links to College websites to nd
out the details o the specialty training you are
applying to.
Its really useul to fnd out what skills eachprogramme needs, so you can ocus on your
key experience when you apply.
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Revise your portolio
The selection process will ask or evidence
o your achievements and competences.
Having an up-to-date portolio organised
into clear sections will make lling in the
application orms much easier.
I there is a clear rationale and plan in your
portolio that points towards the specialty
youre applying or, then this will also help.
As part o a structured interview process
interviewers may look or this rationale,
so good presentation is vital. Remember,
inormation contained in your e-portolio
can be printed out and taken to an interview.
Getting your portolio sorted doesnt takelong and really helps with the application
process. Its important or consultants to knowthat they are interviewing people who have
a real interest in working or them.Junior doctor eedback
TOP TIP: Get help with your portfolio at
www.medicalcareers.nhs.uk
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Register or online applications
Many specialties use an online application
process that requires you to register rst.
Do this early, so you ensure that there are
no technical diculties when submitting your
application. Check dates at www.mmc.nhs.uk
or when you can start to register online.
You will nd links to all the deaneries andnational recruitment websites there.
Deciding exactly what to write on your
application orm can take weeks, so start
thinking about it early. A sample application
orm will be available on the MMC website.
This will give you an idea o the inormation
you should be gathering.
Click here to see application dates.
I made sure I registered early. I didnt want tobe tripped up by anything when I was makingmy application I had enough to think about!
Junior doctor eedback
TOP TIP: Carefully choose an email
address as your contact point so that
you dont miss any important messages.
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Competition or posts
All specialties are highly competitive and
some more than others. You will need to
consider careully your options; not only the
type o specialty, but also the location and the
changing trends in healthcare. For example,
nearly hal the posts available will be in
General Practice specialty training. See the
tables here or broad competition ratios over
the last two years. More detailed inormation
on competition ratios and ll rates rom
previous years is available at www.mmc.nhs.uk
There are two main recruitment rounds each
year. The main recruitment round, Round
1, starts in December 2009 and Round 2
starts in April 2010. You may have to review
your options o specialty and location in the
second round.
Competition Ratios 2009
14,000 applicants, 44,000 applications, 8,500 posts
Competition ratio overall nearly 2:1
Cardiothoracic Surgery around 14:1
Trauma and Orthopaedics around 41:1
Core Medical Training around 3:1
Competition Ratios 2008
20,000 applicants, 81,000 applications, 9,300 posts
Competition ratio overall around 2:1
Cardiothoracic Surgery around 12:1
Trauma and Orthopaedics around 54:1
Core Medical Training around 9:1
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Quick Guide to recruitment to medical specialty training in England in 2010
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Time management
Registration or the online applications can
take over hal an hour. Then theres the online
application orm to ll in: it can take at least
an hour to get right, even i you have prepared
your drat in Word in advance.
In 2008, a high number o applicants lost their
chance o a specialty training post by leaving
things to the last minute and getting theirapplications in ve minutes late.
Some doctors apply very close to the deadline,
according to 2008 data from one deanery. In this
deanery, over 400 doctors failed to get shortlisted
due to poor planning and organisation.
The deadline is very strict, and late applications
will not be considered, no matter how much work
you have put in or its importance to you.
I you are late, you will lose your chance
to compete in that round o applications.
TOP TIP: Get your application in early.Adapted rom graph and data supplied by North Western Deanery
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Quick Guide to recruitment to medical specialty training in England in 2010
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Time management
2009 2010
October November December January February March April
Mid OctoberCommunicationsand inormationrom recruitmentofces.
Mid JanuaryonwardsInterviews andoers made inEngland, Scotlandand Wales.
February 6thGP MachineMarked Test(MMT).
March 1st15thGP stage 3assessmentcentres.
December 18thClosing dateor specialtyrecruitmentapplications inEngland, Scotlandand Wales.
December to FebruaryLong-listing and short-listing in England, Scotland and Wales.
March 22ndGP oers out.
March 24thEnd of Round 1
with applicants
accepting/rejecting
all offers by 12
noon, March 26th.
Mid NovemberAdvertisements inNHS Jobs and theBMJ. All vacanciesavailable on MMCwebsite.
October November December January February March April
Conduct research,
gather evidence
and review sample
application.
Register with anyonline recruitmentsystems.
Submitapplications.
Prepare or andattend interviews.
Attend GP MMTand/or interviews.
Attend interviews/make decisions/consider next steps.
Consider Round 2options.
What you should be doing
November 2ndAcademic ClinicalFellowship (ACF)recruitment starts.
December 4thACF applicationdeadline orshortlisting andinterviews.
January 29thACF shortlistingand interviewscontinue. Alloers madeby January 29th.
End of MarchAdverts for any
vacant Round 1
posts.
February 15thAll CT2/ST3(uncoupled)posts advertisedand open orapplication or4 weeks.
Round 2: oersare made byJune 14th wherepossible. To allowfor pre-employment
checks etc. for
August start.
April 6thRound 2 specialtyrecruitment opensin England.
GP will advertiseon this date iRound 2 needed.
December 4thRound 1 specialityrecruitment inEngland, Scotlandand Wales opens.
GP recruitmentruns rom 7th
to the 20thDecember.
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Quick Guide to recruitment to medical specialty training in England in 2010
Competition or posts
Check the career structure or your chosen specialty
Some specialties operate run through or
coupled training schemes, where progression
to the next level o training is automatic
so long as you satisy all the competency
requirements.
Other specialties are split into core and higher
training. These uncoupled specialties oer two
or three years o core training, ater which youllneed to apply again through open competition
or higher training.
Academic clinical ellowships oer a route into
a coupled training programme in specialties
that may normally be uncoupled.
Visit www.mmc.nhs.uk or more details on the
career structure o specialties.
Visit www.medicalcareers.nhs.ukand review
the career planning area.
Interested in research? Have you considered
an Academic Clinical Fellowship?
Visit www.nccrcd.nhs.uk
UncoupledCT1/2, ST3/4/5 etc
Run ThroughST1/2/3/4 etc
Core medical training,leading to competitive entryto 28 medical specialties
Paediatrics
Core surgical training,leading to competitive entryto nine surgical specialties
Obstetrics and gynaecology
Psychiatry General practice
Anaesthetics Public health
Emergency Medicine Histopathology
Clinical radiology
Ophthalmology
Chemical pathology
Neurosurgery
Medical microbiology/virology
Trauma and Orthopaedics Trauma and Orthopaedics Run Through posts areavailable in four deaneries.
TOP TIP: For a ull list, see the person
specifcations on the MMC webite.
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Quick Guide to recruitment to medical specialty training in England in 2010
Competition or posts
Check the career structure or your chosen specialty
Career structure or oundation
and specialty training
The fowchart below outlines the career
structure or oundation and specialty training.
This is an overview only. There may be other
points o entry which arent shown here,
depending on which vacancies are available
at dierent stages o training.
(Diagram adapted rom image by David Rice, KSS Deanary, 2008)
Foundation training Core specialtytraining
Competition forSTI/CTI post
(all specialties)
Certificate forcompletion oftraining (CCT)
Competition forhigher specialty
training (uncoupled)
Higher specialtytraining
Under-graduatemedicaltraining
Run through postsST1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (8)
CT1, 2 (3) ST3ST7 (8)
F1 F2
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Recruitment process support
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Quick Guide to recruitment to medical specialty training in England in 2010
Competition or posts
Getting help
All deaneries have a recruitment helpdesk
and experienced sta who can help you with
queries at any stage o the process.
Please check College and Deanery websites or
their contact details, but remember that i your
query is about completing your application
orm, then contact them in good time beore
the deadline.
Your consultant or tutor can not only provide
inormation on your suitability or the training
post you are applying or, he/she can also be
an invaluable source o advice throughout the
application process.
I you experience any problems, contact the
helpdesk at either the College or Deanery,
or get in touch with the MMC Helpdesk.To nd out which College or Deanery is leading
on which specialty or national recruitment,
visit www.mmc.nhs.ukApplying or training posts can be stressul.
People need guidance on what they can do asthey go along with specialty applications.
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Quick Guide to recruitment to medical specialty training in England in 2010
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I you are interested in nding out more about
specialty training, medical careers, academic
clinical ellowships, GP training or public health
training or about Modernising Medical Careers
in the other three UK countries, please visit
the relevant websites:
Modernising Medical Careers England:
www.mmc.nhs.uk
Medical Careers:
www.medicalcareers.nhs.uk
GP training:
www.gprecruitment.org.uk
Public health training:
https://phrecruitment.konetic.net/cac/home.aspxRecruitment or academic clinical ellowships
in medicine and dentistry in England:
www.nihrtcc.nhs.uk/
Modernising Medical Careers Scotland:
www.mmc.scot.nhs.uk
Modernising Medical Careers Wales:
www.mmcwales.org
Modernising Medical Careers Northern Ireland:
www.nimdta.gov.uk
Useul documents onwww.mmc.nhs.uk
The main Applicant Guide to specialty
training recruitment 2010 (available rom
November)
A Guide to Postgraduate Specialty Training
in the UK 2009/10 (The Gold Guide)
Training approvalsFor details on the approval o training
programmes, please reer to the
Postgraduate Medical Education
and Training Board (PMETB) website
www.pmetb.org.uk
Date o release: October 21st 2009, version 0.1