Section 3: Type of Training/ Route to Training

  1. Regional training ‘rotation’ as Specialty Trainee 3: selected after national competition.
  2. LAT: if scored high but not high enough to get National training number you can get 1 year(maximum 3 years allowed in three applications)
  3. Parallel pathway: not recommended to start with; in which the trainee does his own training and rotation and then applied for article 14.

Section 4: Subspecialties

  • Upper limb: with subspecialty: shoulder, elbow, and hand and nerves surgery
  • Lower limb: with subspecialty: Hip, knee, foot and ankle
  • Spinal
  • Trauma
  • Pelvis
  • Tumour and limb reconstruction

Section 5: Application Process

  1. Oriel
  2. BMJ career
  3. NHS Scotland

Section 6: Requirements To Get Into Training (Person Specification)

  1. CT competency.
  2. ATLS
  3. MRCS
  4. 2 years of experience in surgery with 10 months of O&T
  5. GMC registration

Section 7: Important CV/Portfolio Perks (How To Achieve Them)

Portfolio:

  1. Career progression
  2. 11 DHS (from last year scoring system)
  3. Leadership
  4. Courses: AO basic fracture management, arthroscopy, CCrISP and plaster course
  5. Publications : at least one 1st author
  6. Audit: 5 per 2 years and 1 with closed loop.
  7. 1 international and 1 national presentation
  8. Teaching (you can involve in organizing regular teaching for juniors)

Section 8: The Interview

5 stations:

  1. Skills: common scenarios include DHS
  2. Communication: e.g. breaking bad news, dealing with difficult patients or colleagues.
  3. Portfolio
  4. Clinical scenarios: ATLS + anatomy
  5. Presentation and list ordering.
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