Section 9: Competition Ratio

5:1, one round

Section 10: Offers and Visa Issues and HEE

Difficult to get through if you are on tier 2 visa Due to LMRT.

Offers depend on your ranking and visa status.

Section 11: Speciality Exams

To be continued

Section 12: Speciality Courses

MRCS is a prerequisite to apply for ST3. 3 times a year, Fees 930 pounds.

Good courses:

  1. Cardiff MRCS course, St Thomas Part b revision course.
  2. Basic surgical skills.
  3. CCrISP.
  4. ATLS.
  5. plastering course:
  6. Trauma course, external fixation and arthroscopy: important courses to show commitment.

Those are prerequisites for NTN application, getting them as a foundation doctor ( although may not be allowed for some) really helps in getting Core training

Section 13: Rotations

The Rotation is 6 years

Working hours is 40 (but practically 40-60)

Section 14: Ranking of Deaneries

Ranking depends on the score.

Section 15: Wages / Take Home Cash

Difficult to talk about money now as the contract are changing and it is almost like a leap in the dark, we as trainees have limited insight into how the new contract will affect our pay. In general, working in the NHS, you are more likely to enjoy a reasonable life with pay that covers all your essentials but no fire works.

After completion of training, you are more likely to enjoy a good pay whether you decided to stay in the NHS-as you will have the chance to boost your pay with private work-or abroad if you decided to leave.

The pay scales under the current system divide into basic pay according to seniority and experience, in addition to the banding which depends on how many anti-social hours and nights you work.

Your working day as an orthopaedic registrar starts as 8am till 5 pm, usually you may need to come earlier to see your patients, according to the Royal college of surgeons and JCST guidance you will have at least one fracture clinic where you see new and review trauma patients, at least one elective clinic, at least one trauma theatre and elective sessions. My time table for last week was :

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Monday :        Trauma

Tuesday :        Fracture clinic                                                                    Trauma theatre

Wednesday:   Trauma theatre                                                                   Research

Thursday:       Full day elective theatre

Friday:             Elective clinic                                                                      Regional registrar teaching

Obviously your banding will depends on the no of on calls you do. Most of the on calls now are non resident, so you will be cover from home but you will need to help the SHO when needed and see all admitted patients before hand over. You may also need to come at night if needed especially with serious trauma and open fractures.

Section 16: MTI

There is an Indian MTI but unfortunately for Sudanese no consultant was active to establish it.

Section 17: Experience of Sudanese Doctors (Personal Experience)

To be continued.

Section 18: Important Links and Websites

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