Specialty
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Level
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Plan A
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Plan B
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Anaesthetics
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ST3
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Shortlisting
Verified self assessment will be used for shortlisting
Interviews
Online interview of 30 minutes in duration
Ranking and Offers
Applicants will be ranked and offered based on an overall assessment score
Overall assessment score comprises verified self assessment and interview
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As Plan A but with one assessor per interview
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Chemical Pathology
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ST3
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Shortlisting
Shortlisting via white box questions in the application form
Interviews
30 minute digital interview
Selection score will be based on interview score alone
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As Plan A due to low application numbers
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Clinical Oncology
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ST3
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Shortlisting
Shortlisting will be undertaken using verified self assessment
Interview
Online interview of 30 minutes in duration, via a single panel
Ranking and Offers
Applicants will receive an overall selection score comprising their verified self assessment and interview scores.
Applicants will be ranked and offered on the basis of their overall selection score
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Applicants will be ranked and offered on the basis of the verified self assessment score alone
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Diagnostic Neuropathology
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ST3
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Assessment via single panel online interview
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Assessment via shortlisting scores, with evidence verified by assessors
Shortlisting has always been used
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Emergency Medicine
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ST3 ST4
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Shortlisting
Verified self assessment will be used for shortlisting. Emergency Medicine has not previously used self assessment so scoring domains will need to be created by the recruitment steering group
Interviews
Each shortlisted applicant will have a 20 minute online interview
The verified self assessment scores will contribute to the total score used to determine appointability and ranking as it will replace some elements of the portfolio station
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Appointability will be calculated using verified self assessment scores only
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General and Vascular Surgery
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ST3
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Shortlisting
Top scoring 290 applicants on unverified self assessment will be asked to submit evidence for verification. Any applicant ranked 291 or below will be shortlisted out
Top 250 applicants, following self assessment verification will be invited to interview
Interview capacity
Digital interview
Total interview time - 35 minutes
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Applicants will be ranked and offered on the basis of the verified self assessment score (all domains) alone
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Intensive Care Medicine
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ST3
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Shortlisting
Where application numbers exceed interview capacity, shortlisting will be undertaken using verified self assessment
Interviews
Single online interview of 30 minutes in duration
Offers and Ranking
The final assessment will be comprised of both the interview and verified self assessment scores. The overall assessmetn score will be used to rank and offer applicants
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Verified self assessment using the same process as in Plan A.
Score will be used to shortlist applicants to a manageable number
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Medicine
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ST3
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Shortlisting
Where application numbers exceed interview capacity, shortlisting will be undertaken using verified self assessment
Where application numbers significantly exceed interview capacity, those applicants that score an agreed amount of points below the cut off will not have their evidence verified
Interviews
Will be undertaken online via a single panel.
Offers and Ranking
Appointability will require a set score across all questions and a minimum performance in all
80% of the overall assessment score comes from weighted interview scores (each specialty decides on their weighting of question areas) and 20% from the verified self assessment score
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Applicants will be assessed and ranked based on verified self assessment and application review
Application forms will be scored predominantly on commitment to and suitability for specialty; scored by a minimum of one clinician, but ideally by two
Ranking and Offers
Weighting will be applied to self assessment scoring domains in accordance with their predictive validtiy for interview performance
This will be combined with the application form score to provide a final assessment score which will be used for ranking
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Nuclear Medicine
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ST3
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RECRUITS WITH CLINICAL RADIOLOGY THROUGH A SHARED PROCESS
Shortlisting
As per normal practice, the MSRA will be used for shortlisting and will contribute to a third of the overall selection score
Verification of self assessment scores will be used in addition, which will be undertaken prior to the interview day and will contribute to the final selection score
Interviews
Single interview station of 10 minutes in duration
Ranking and Offers
Final selection score will be a combination of MSRA, verified self assessment and interview
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Applicants will be ranled and offered on MSRA (one third), verified self assessment (one third) and single panel interview (one third)
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Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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ST3
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Shortlisting
Traditional shortlisting using white box questions to shortlist all applicants.
Interviews
Online interview lasting 25 minutes
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Delay the interview process until a time that it is possible to deliver online interviews
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Occupational Medicine
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ST3
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Shortlisting
Shortlisting will be undertaken using verified self assessment
Interviews
Single panel online interview of 45 minutes in duration
Ranking and Offers
Applicants will be ranked using their interview and verified self assessment scores
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Applicants will be assessed using their verified self assessment score
In addition, applicants would be sent a prioritisation exercise which they would need to complete and upload with their self assessment evidence
Ranking and Offers
Applicants would be ranked on the basis of their verified self assessment score and prioritisation score
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Ophthalmology
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ST3
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Shortlisting
It is hoped that all eligible applicants can progress to the interview stage. However, where applicant numbers exceed interview capacity, the application form content will be used for shortlisting, in line with previous years
Interviews
Remote online patient consultation
Applicants will be asked to upload a portfolio of evidence for scoring by clinicians
Offers and Ranking
Assessment score will be combined of application form , portfolio of evidence and online patient consultation
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Applicants will be assessed and ranked based on portfolio score with scoring for additional question taken from the application form
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Otolaryngology
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ST3
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Shortlisting
Shortlisting will be undertaken using verified self assessment
Interview capacity of 80 interviews, so only the 120 top self assessment scores will be verified
Interviews
Online interview of 30 minutes in duration
Assessment score will consist of both interview score and the verified self assessment score
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Applicants will be assessed and ranked using their verified self assessment score
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Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology
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ST3
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Assessment via single panel online interview
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Assessment via single panel online interview
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Paediatric Cardiology
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ST4
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Shortlisting
Each application will be scored using normal shortlisting scoring and process
Shortlisting cut off will be determined by interview capacity, but applicants must score a minimum of 50 out of 100 to be eligible for invitation to interview
Interview
Single online interview of 30 minutes in duration
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Due to the low number of applicants and interviews, it is felt that Plan A will be deliverable in any instance
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Paediatric Surgery
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ST3
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Shortlisting
Shortlisting will be undertaken using verified self assessment
Interviews
Single panel online interview of 30 minutes in duration
Ranking and Offers
Applicants will be ranked using their interview and verified self assessment scores
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Applicants will be assessed and ranked using their verified self assessment score
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Paediatrics
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ST3 ST4
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Shortlisting
Scoring against white space application form questions
Interview
Online interview of 25 minutes in duration
Ranking and Offers
Applicants will receive an overall assessment score comprising white space question score (50%) and interview score (50%) on which they are ranked and offered posts
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Applicants will be ranked and offered on their white space application form question score only
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Plastic Surgery
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ST3
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Shortlisting
Shortlisting will be undertaken using verified self assessment
Interview
Online interview undertaken via a single panel of 30 minutes in duration
Ranking and Offers
An overall selection score will be generated, comprised of the verified self assessment and interview scores
Applicants will be ranked and offered on the basis of the overall selection score
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Applicants will be ranked and offered on the basis of the verified self assessment score alone
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Psychiatry
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ST4
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No shortlisting. All eligible applicants will be progressed through the process, even if there is an increase in application numbers.
Those failing CASC in January 2021 will be removed from the process once the exam results are known
Selection process will be :
Verified self assessment
Online interview (15 minutes)
CASC score (adjusted to be comparable between exam diets)
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Selection score would be made up of verified self assessment score and CASC exam score
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Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
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ST3
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Shortlisting
Shortlisting will be undertaken using verified self assessment
Available interview capacity will determine the shortlisting cut off score
Interviews
Online interviews of 30 minutes
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Assessment and ranking of applicants will be via verified self assessment score
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Urology
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ST3
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Application and Self Assessment
Verified self assessment will be used to reduce numbers to meet interview capacity.
Interviews
Interviews will be conducted digitally
Interviews will be a single 30 minute process
Offers
Applicants will be ranked and appointed based upon their combined self assessment and interview score
Cut off score will be determined by the modifed ANGOFF method as used in previous years.
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Applicants will be ranked and offered on a verified self assessment score only
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