Applying Congenital Cardiac Surgery (CCS) is a GMC-recognised sub-specialty within the main specialty of Cardiothoracic Surgery (CTh). (https://www.gmc-uk.org/education/standards-guidance-and-curricula/curricula/congenital-cardiac-surgery-curriculum) Trainees on the CTh training pathway compete for a place in the two-year training programme for CCS (National Fellowship in Congenital Cardiac Surgery). CCS subspecialty training positions are advertised on Oriel (https://www.oriel.nhs.uk/) for national selection. Applicants are…
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Part 1 Taken in local Pearson Vue test centres. Only Single best answers (SBA) – choose one correct answer out of five options. Previously one paper had EMQs (extended matching questions), but no longer included. Two papers (AM and PM) – 120 SBA questions each (total 240 questions) in 135 minutes (67.5 seconds per question).…
Take-away point: Deaneries should publish their study budget utilisation for prospective trainees to factor in when choosing their posts. There is a wide variation between study leave budgets and policies between deaneries across the UK. Although a requirement of 30 days of study leave is widely accepted (see BMA advice: http://bma.org.uk/practical-support-at-work/contracts/leave/study-leave), how this is utilised varies widely…
Single Point of Reference Junior doctors applying to specialty training programmes are faced with the prospects of ranking job, holding offers and in many cases, waiting for another year to re-apply. However, in many cases they do not have all the information about the posts to which they are applying. This is a recent phenomenon,…
Rapid publication of serious incidences Near-misses and adverse events should be published after anonymisation, on a national level. Anonymisation might not be possible in all instances, in which case, the lessons learnt from the case should be published. Although the cost of AE may be great to the patient and the team, it is even…
Positions Info Progression from an anatomy demonstrator to a surgical trainee (Mar 2014) – http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tct.12102/abstract Where Do Anatomy Demonstrators Fit in Modern Medical Careers? (Jun 2013) – http://iamse.org/conf/conf17/poster101-110.html The role of anatomy demonstration for surgical trainees (Feb 2011) – http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rcse/brcs/2011/00000093/00000002/art00010 The anatomy demonstrator (Apr 2009) – http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=20000138 Demonstrating anatomy (Sep 2004) – http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=420
UK STI (unfortunate acronym, alternative was to use directory) is a compilation of websites used for recruitment into medical and surgical training in the UK. This is the only such list in existence. NHS recruitment, please feel free to use it. You may use the ‘Find’ function on your browser to quickly search for the…
Ranking After shortlisting, rank is based on interview scores. If tied, then marks based on Clinical Audit, Teaching and Publications/Presentations. 3 stations with 2 interviewers per station asking 2 questions each worth 18 marks: 3 x 2 x 2 x 18 = 216 marks in total Interview Stations Management – 2 scenarios Clinical station –…
Region covered 4 Deaneries: West/Glasgow (red) North/Aberdeen (blue) East/Dundee (pink) South-East/Edinburgh (yellow) Programme Information Deanery information: http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/education-and-training/by-discipline/medicine/careers-and-recruitment/scottish-specialty-training/surgical/trauma-orthopaedic-surgery.aspx Person specification: http://www.scotmt.scot.nhs.uk/recruitment/specialty-recruitment/person-specifications.aspx Historial Competition ratios Application & Interview Timeline 12/Nov/2013 10.00 – Applications available from https://www.scotmt.scot.nhs.uk/Applications14/Login.aspx 05/Dec/2013 17.00 – Applications deadline 25-26/Feb/2013 – http://www.scotmt.scot.nhs.uk/recruitment/specialty-recruitment/interviews.aspx 12/Mar/2013 13.00 – Common UK offers hold deadline Scoring Application form Shortlisting Criteria Max Score…