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17th April 2024
Intensive Care Medicine ST3: Interview 2024
Are you interested in applying for Intensive Care Medicine ST3? To help you with the application process, we’ve created an Intensive Care Medicine ST3 interview guide. The guide includes the key recruitment dates for the specialty, the self-assessment scoring process and how offers are made.
With Intensive Care Medicine ST3 being a popular course pathway, it’s important to know the type of competition you’re facing. In round 2 of 2023, there were 392 applications for 178 posts. This resulted in a competition ratio of 2.20, meaning just over two people applied for each post.
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Intensive Care Medicine ST3 Application
The Intensive Care Medicine ST3 application process takes place once each year. For 2024 start dates, the application window opened on Thursday 16 November 2023 and runs until Thursday 7 December 2023.
The eligibility criteria varies depending on whether you have an anaesthetics, medicine or emergency medicine training background. For example, applicants from a medicine training background, via internal medicine training or ACCS internal medicine or equivalent are required to complete MRCP(UK) – MRCP Part 1 at the time of application and MRCP Part 2 by offer day – in order to be eligible.
The application process is your chance to show how suitable you are for the specialty. Once submitted, your application will be assessed using modern methodologies, guaranteeing a fair and fit-for-purpose assessment process. You’ll also be required to answer self-assessment questions, which will be covered later in the blog.
You can find more information about the eligibility criteria and the competencies that you’re assessed against in the 2024 Intensive Care Medicine ST3 person specification.
Intensive Care Medicine ST3 Key Dates
You can find the key 2024 recruitment dates for Intensive Care Medicine ST3 below:
| Stage | Date |
|---|---|
| Application window | Thursday 16 November – Thursday 7 December 2023 |
| Self Assessment document upload window | Thursday 18 – Wednesday 31 January 2024 |
| Self Assessment verification scores released | Tuesday 20 February 2024 |
| Self Assessment verification review window | Tuesday 20 – Friday 23 February 2024 |
| Invite to Interview & Applicant Declaration sent | Wednesday 13 March 2024 |
| Deadline for Interview Booking & Applicant Declaration return | Friday 15 March 2024 |
| Interview Window | Tuesday 9 – Friday 12 April 2024 |
| Offers Released | Thursday 18 April 2024 |
| Hold Deadline | Tuesday 23 April 2024 |
| Upgrade Deadline | Wednesday 24 April 2024 |
Intensive Care Medicine ST3 Self Assessment Scoring
Part of the application form will consist of self–assessment questions. It’s important that you answer each question accurately and honestly. To progress, you need a score of at least 12. However, this isn’t guaranteed, if applicant numbers exceed capacity.
If you meet the criteria to be longlisted, you’ll be required to upload evidence to the self-assessment portal. For the 2024 recruitment round, you’ll be able to do this between Thursday 18 – Wednesday 31 January 2024. From this, a clinician will verify your self-assessment score before your interview.
Here’s a look at the self-assessment scoring matrix you can find on the official website:
| Domain | Descriptors | Scores |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Additional degrees and qualifications | I don’t have any additional degrees or qualifications | 0 |
| I have partially completed a postgraduate qualification that hasn’t been used for application eligibility | 1 | |
| I have finished a postgraduate qualification that hasn’t been used for applicant eligibility | 2 | |
| I have a Masters level degree | 3 | |
| I have a PhD or postgraduate Masters degree | 4 | |
| 2. Additional achievements and prizes that are relevant to medicine | I don’t have any additional prizes or distinctions | 0 |
| I have one or poster prizes or other undergraduate prizes | 1 | |
| I have achieved a distinction in my original degree | 2 | |
| I have received a postgraduate award by a regional medical organisation | 3 | |
| I have receive a postgraduate award by a national or international medical organisation | 4 | |
| 3. Publications | I don’t have publications or abstracts | 0 |
| I have been co-author on a publication that isn’t PubMed-cited | 1 | |
| I have been first author on a publication that isn’t PubMed-cited | 2 | |
| I have been co-author on a commissioned chapter in a published medical book or I have been co-author on a PubMed-cited publication |
3 | |
| I have been first author on a commissioned chapter in a published medical book or I have been first author on a PubMed-cited publication |
4 | |
| 4. Presentations | I haven’t given any presentations or shown any posters | 0 |
| I was first or second author on a poster that was presented at a local or regional medical meeting | 1 | |
| I was first or second author on a poster that was displayed at a national or international medical meeting | 2 | |
| I was first or second author on a poster that was verbally delivered at a national or international medical meeting | 3 | |
| I have delivered a presentation in the main auditorium at a national or international medical meeting |
4 | |
| 5. Clinical audit and quality improvement projects | I haven’t participated in any audit or quality improvement projects | 0 |
| I haven’t taken part in a completed audit or quality improvement project |
1 | |
| I have designed or led a completed audit or quality improvement project |
2 | |
| I have led an audit or quality improvement project which has resulted in a demonstrable improvement or I have led a regional collaborative multi-centre project |
3 | |
| I have taken the lead on a national or international collaborative multicentre project | 4 | |
| 6. Teaching skills | I haven’t got any teaching experience or received training on teaching methods | 0 |
| I have taught healthcare professionals or medical students, receiving formal, positive feedback or I have been on a basic teaching methodology course (check out the Medibuddy Teach the Teacher course) | 1 | |
| I have provided regular teaching as part of a course for healthcare professionals or medical students, with evidence of positive feedback to show for it or I have been certified as an instructor for a postgraduate medical course |
2 | |
| I have led a regional teaching programme made up of multiple sessions with evidence of positive feedback or I have completed over half of a teaching qualification | 3 | |
| I have taken the lead on a national or international teaching programme that consists of multiple sessions with evidence of positive feedback or I have completed a formal higher teaching qualification | 4 | |
| 7. Progress through training and excellence | I don’t have any educational supervisor reports reflecting a level of high performance | 0 |
| I have an educational supervisor report that demonstrates I can perform to a high level | 2 | |
| Within every year of my training, my educational supervisor reports contains a reference to performance that is excellent or above the expected level | 4 | |
| 8. Achievements specific to Intensive Care Medicine (ICM) training | I don’t have any additional achievements specific to ICM training | 0 |
| I have evidence of CPD of benefit to working in ICM | 1 | |
| I have finished two or more ICM related courses or I have completed a qualification in Point of Care Ultrasound |
2 | |
| I have completed more than one qualification in Point of Care Ultrasound or I have completed an ICM specific postgraduate qualification | 3 | |
| I have an ICM Masters level degree or above or I have completed accreditation with The British Society of Echocardiography or equivalent |
4 | |
| 9. Leadership and management | I don’t have any leadership or management experience | 0 |
| I have held a local or regional leadership role for 6 months or more and I can demonstrate I made a positive impact |
2 | |
| I have held a national or international leadership or management role for 6 months or more and I can show I made a positive impact |
4 |
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Intensive Care Medicine ST3 Interview Format
The Intensive Care Medicine ST3 interview is split across three stations. Each station will last for ten minutes. So, when you consider the time between the stations, you can expect the interview to last 45 minutes overall.
All interviews will take place online through Qpercom. Before your interview, you’ll receive information about how to log in to Qpercom. Make sure you complete a compatibility test before the date of your interview, to ensure everything works well.
The Intensive Care Medicine ST3 interview consists of the following three stations:
- Clinical Scenario
- Task Prioritisation Exercise
- Commitment to Specialty
More information about the different stations will be provided by email after you book your interview. You’ll be assessed by two clinicians during each stage of the interview, providing you with separate scores.
Intensive Care Medicine ST3 Offers
After your interview performance has been assessed, you’ll be ranked in a national list alongside other applicants. Offers are then allocated based on the rank of each applicant.
If two applicants receive the same overall score, the following marking order will be used to determine the ranks:
- Total Interview Score
- Clinical Scenario
- Task Prioritisation Exercise
- Commitment to specialty
- Self-Assessment
The first wave of Intensive Care Medicine ST3 offers will be made through Oriel on Thursday 18 April 2024. If you receive an offer you’ll have 48 hours to respond, with your decision to accept, hold or reject. Failing to respond within this timeframe will lead to your offer expiring.
You can hold an offer until 1.00 pm (UK time) on Tuesday 23 April 2024. But, you can only hold one offer from any specialty within a recruitment round. After the deadline, you’ll only be able to accept or reject offers.
Declining an offer will cause it to be recycled down the ranking list to other applicants. However, if you decide to accept an offer, you won’t be eligible to receive any more offers.
Best of luck with your application!
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