Core Medical Training (CMT)

1-foundation competences

To apply for CMT you should be

• Current F2 of a UK affiliated foundation programme or

• Completed foundation programme, after 1 January 2013 or

• If you have not completed, or will not complete, a UK foundation training programme You will need to obtain The ‘Alternative Certificate of Foundation Competence’

You can download from here: http://www.ct1recruitment.org.uk/documents/?resources_page=2

This must completed by a consultant who has supervised you for a single period of three consecutive months (at least)

The ‘consultant’ could be a general practitioner, clinical director, medical superintendent, academic professor, or anyone on the specialty register (or eligible for that level if your supervisor is not based in the UK).

Advanced Life Support Certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent

Minimum Experience

Either be employed currently in foundation programme or 

have a minimum of 12 months’ experience after full GMC registration or equivalent ((by August 2016, this will change at least 24 months experience working as doctor to be eligible (12 months pre-registration and 12 months post-registration).

• GMC registration – as part of your 24 months, you must have at least 12 months’ experience aftereligibility for full GMC registration.
• For those who qualified outside the UK can take this to mean 12 months experience after their eligibility for full registration with their equivalent of the GMC; you do not necessarily have to have worked for 12 months after full GMC registration in the UK.

• Any ‘specialty’ – Experience in all specialties/programmes counts (provided this is postgraduate working/training), irrespective of whether this is a training programme (eg foundation in the UK), medical specialty, general practice, psychiatry, etc.

Maximum

 no more than 18 months’ experience in medical specialties (not including foundation modules) by time of intended start date. You can calculate this time by following the guide in the link below

http://www.ct1recruitment.org.uk/recruitment-process/am-i-eligible/experience

Equivalence of overseas training

Regions will assess the medical specialty experience of candidates by reviewing the experience section of their application form.

Foundation equivalence – single-year programs

The pre-registration  year  will considered as equivalent to the UK F1 year, and then the subsequent year of training/work undertaken by a candidate as equivalent to the UK F2 year; and thus exclude both years when considering the maximum experience figure.

UK eligibility

For Non-UK/EEA nationals with restrictions on working in the UK (currently) you can only apply for Round 2

As the RLMT will not have been satisfied in round 1 of the recruitment to specialty training

Find more details in link below

http://www.ct1recruitment.org.uk/recruitment-process/am-i-eligible/uk-eligibility

you can also find all information about visa in the following link

https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration

English language skills

This can be demonstrated by one of the following;

1-    Undergraduate medical training completed in English

You will need to provide evidence so get a certificate from your university/collage

2-    Undergraduate medical training not completed in English

you will need to provide evidence of your English language skills; academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) results showing a score of at least 7.0 in each domain (speaking, listening, reading, writing),with an overall score of at least 7.5, to be achieved in a single sitting and within 24 months of the time of application.

 Alternative methods: (If you have not undertaken undergraduate medical training in English, nor met the necessary requirements of the IELTS test ), The following may considered as an evidence;

• UK NHS Experience

Over two years’ experience working in UK NHS post

(in some cases the region assessing your application may requires additional information. However, as your communications skills will be assessed as part of the CT1 interview, this does not commonly happen)

• Supervisor’s testimony

letter from a clinician who has supervised your work/training, and can attest to your English language skills.

• Other

In the event none of the above are applicable to your situation, you will have opportunity to state how you meet the criterion and explain your situation in the application form. After assessment you may asked to provide evidence or additional information before determining whether your application can progress.

You must be registered by the General Medical Council (GMC) with up-to-date licence to practise medicine.

The following skills is essential and this will be evaluated from both your application and the interview.

• Clinical skills – clinical knowledge & expertise
• Academic skills
• Personal skills including (Communication skills: Problem solving and decision making: Empathy and sensitivity: Managing others and team involvement; values)
• Probity – professional integrity
• Commitment to specialty – learning and personal development

This is a desirable criteria for CMT application. In addition it will help to have this done so you have enough time to complete part 2 (written and paces) during the CMT )  so tray to clear this exam as soon as possible

e.g. intercalated degree, BSc, BA, BMedSci or equivalent.If you have any medical postgraduate degree, this will up your points

It’s essential to demonstrates understanding of research, basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice.. atc.

Getting involved in research or audit project or having publications is desirable

Any publications including posters will get you more points in application assessment and possibly in the interview.

An evidence of interest on teaching can get you more point  in both CMT and ST3 application

Interview preparation

Before you attend interview you need to proper your documents; This includes:

• Eligibility folder – which contains the documentation showing how you meet the essential person criteria in the person specification
• Evidence folder – which contains the evidence of the achievements claimed on your application form
• Other preparation – such as how to dress and travel arrangements
• Probity – ensuring your evidence folder meets GMC Good Medical Practice guidelines

Find out more here :

http://www.ct1recruitment.org.uk/recruitment-process/interview/preparing-for-interview

Interview structure & content

You will progress through three separate stations, each of which will be staffed by two clinical interviewers

Station 1

Here  your application form will be reviewed.This will include all of the documentation you have brought along.

And here you will be asked about anything in your application or evidence you provided

The main areas for discussion here, and on which you will be assessed, will be your suitability and commitment to both CT1 and to the region at which you are being interviewed, as well as your achievements to date.

Station 2

This is a clinical scenario, which will be given to you before entering the station to read.

Usually the scenario  relatively brief (a few sentences )

you will then be asked questions relating to this scenario.

Try to do a quick mental preparation before entering the station considering the following points :

• what next steps you would take
• any potential treatments possible
• any further information you would gather
• how you would go about communicating with any people (eg patients, family members, colleagues) involved in the scenario.

You will be marked based on your handling of the clinical scenario and your communication skills; both in terms of you demonstrating how you would communicate with patients, colleagues, family, etc. in the scenario, and also your communication with interviewers at the station.

Station 3

ethical scenario, and a professionalism & governance question.

• Ethical scenario

Prior to arrival at station 3, you will be given details of the ethical scenario to review (as with clinical scenario at station 2), and to prepare for further discussion at the station.

You will be assessed on your responses to the ethical scenario, as well as knowledge of the different considerations required.

• Professionalism & governance

Usually by a short question by interviewers. this will not be given to you before arriving at the station

They will  assess your demonstration and understanding of professionalism and governance in a given situation.

Familiarise yourself with Good Medical Practice

You can find this in the following link;

http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/index.asp

Interview scoring

During interview, you will be assessed on six independent aspects For each, you will receive two marks – one from each of the two interviewers assessing you on each aspect; thus giving 12 marks in total.

Each of these marks will be between 1 and 5; so with 12 marks awarded, the maximum score available here is 60.

This score is referred to as your ‘raw’ interview score – ie the score awarded to your interview as a whole, before any weighting is applied.

Details on scoring process can be found here

http://www.ct1recruitment.org.uk/recruitment-process/interview/interview-scoring

After the interview 

If you are appointable you will be ranked in order of total score with this ranking used alongside programme preferences to determine offers.