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CMT RECRUITMENT 2010
CORE MEDICAL TRAINING (CMT) RECRUITMENT
APPLICANTS’ GUIDE 2010: RECRUITMENT ROUND ONE
How to make a good application
Specialty Recruitment Office (SRO)

Version: Final Document 3.5
Published: 22 February 2010
V 3.5
CORE MEDICAL TRAINING (CMT) RECRUITMENT APPLICANTS’ GUIDE – 2010 ROUND ONE
Contributors:
Dr Liz Berkin, Core Medical Training (CMT) Associate Medical Director, JRCPTB, RCP London
Ms Sarah Lazell, CMT Recruitment Project Manager, RCP London
Mrs Naomi Mallinson, Specialty Recruitment Development Manager, RCP London
Mr Tom Waterman, CMT Recruitment Communications Co-ordinator, RCP London
This document is a guide for applicants applying for Core Medical Training CT1 posts commencing in
August 2010 through the National Recruitment System (Konetic) in December 2009 / January 2010.
Please forward any comments, suggested amendments or queries relating to this guidance to:
cmtrecruitment@rcplondon.ac.uk.
Disclaimer:
Please be aware that the information provided here is guidance from the CMT recruitment team.
Ultimately it is the responsibility of the deaneries / Units of Application (UoAs) to which you apply to
judge your eligibility and suitability for an offer, based on information you supply during the recruitment
process.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1 Timeline................................................................................................................................... 6
1.2 Important changes from 2009 ................................................................................................ 7
1.3 The Guaranteed Interview Scheme ....................................................................................... 7
2 Preparing your application ................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 Consider the entry criteria....................................................................................................... 8
2.1.1 Evidence of achievement of Foundation Competence (FC) by August 2010 ......... 8
2.1.2 Employment history.................................................................................................. 10
2.1.3 18 months or less CMT experience......................................................................... 10
2.1.4 ALL sections of application form to be completed FULLY...................................... 11
2.1.5 Eligibility to work in the UK....................................................................................... 11
2.2 What information do I need to complete an application? .................................................... 12
2.3 Prepare your documentation in advance............................................................................. 12
2.3.1 Acceptable personal identification documents........................................................ 13
2.3.2 Original evidence of your eligibility to take up employment in the UK.................... 13
2.3.3 Original current GMC certificate OR original current letter from the GMC............. 13
2.3.4 Your original Medical Degree Certificate................................................................. 14
2.3.6 Evidence of achievement of Foundation competence............................................ 14
2.3.7 Your completed Evidence Summary Form and Evidence Folder.......................... 14
2.4 Decide which Deanery Units of Application (UoAs) to apply for ......................................... 14
2.5 Consider the desirable criteria.............................................................................................. 15
3 The Recruitment Process .................................................................................................................. 16
3.1 The application portal and how to access it......................................................................... 16
3.2 Internet Access Warning ...................................................................................................... 16
3.3 Your login and password...................................................................................................... 16

3.4 Linked applications ............................................................................................................... 17
3.5 Online application only.......................................................................................................... 17
3.6 Help with your application..................................................................................................... 17
3.7 The application window ........................................................................................................ 17
3.8 STAGE 1: Long-Listing........................................................................................................ 18
3.9 Scoring & ranking.................................................................................................................. 18
3.10 Invitation to / booking of places at Assessment Centre....................................................... 18
3.11 STAGE 2: Assessment Centre ............................................................................................ 19
3.12 STAGE 3: Offers process..................................................................................................... 19
3.13 Holding offers........................................................................................................................ 20
3.13.1 Co-ordinated CT1/ST1 specialties............................................................................ 20
3.13.2 CMT Scotland............................................................................................................ 20
3.14 Local Clearing ....................................................................................................................... 20
3.15 Pre-employment checks....................................................................................................... 21
3.16 Contract of Employment....................................................................................................... 21
4 Applying: Section-by-section guide ................................................................................................... 22
4.1 General points....................................................................................................................... 22
4.2 Supporting Evidence ............................................................................................................ 22
4.3 Word counts, spelling and grammar check, formatting....................................................... 22
4.4 Which parts of my application form can the recruiters see? ............................................... 23
4.5 Registration section .............................................................................................................. 23
4.6 Application section – Personal Information.......................................................................... 24
4.7 Application section – Foundation Competence ................................................................... 24
4.8 Application section – Medico-legal details ........................................................................... 24
4.8.1 Fitness to practise, criminal convictions, driving offences ...................................... 24
4.9 Application section – Qualifications...................................................................................... 25
4.10 Application section – supporting information ....................................................................... 26
4.10.1 Achievements outside Medicine (65 words) – Maximum score = 6....................... 26

4.10.2 Presentations – Maximum score = 6....................................................................... 27
4.10.3 Publications – Maximum points = 8......................................................................... 27
4.10.4 Teaching – Maximum points = 10 ........................................................................... 27
4.10.5 Clinical Audit – Maximum points = 10 ..................................................................... 28
4.10.6 Commitment to specialty (300 words) – Maximum points = 10 ............................. 28
4.11 Application section – experience.......................................................................................... 28
4.12 Application section – equal opportunities............................................................................. 29
4.13 Application – references ....................................................................................................... 29
4.14 Application section – declaration.......................................................................................... 30
4.15 Application – submission...................................................................................................... 30
4.16 Application – after submission.............................................................................................. 30
5 Contacting you ................................................................................................................................... 31
6 Finally ................................................................................................................................................. 31
Appendix 1 Entry Criteria – the CMT CT1 Person Specification..................................................... 32
Appendix 2 List of UK and UKFPO-affiliated Foundation Schools.................................................. 34
Appendix 3 List of specialties with / without acute medical responsibilities .................................... 35
Appendix 4 Certificate A.................................................................................................................... 36
Appendix 5 Certificate B.................................................................................................................... 42
Appendix 6 Deanery contact details for CMT (CT1) England ......................................................... 48
Appendix 7 JRCPTB Medical Specialties ........................................................................................ 49
Appendix 8 Deanery / UoA websites................................................................................................ 50
Appendix 9 Immigration Status and the Resident Labour Market................................................... 54
Appendix 10 Evidence Summary Form ......................................................................................... 55
Appendix 11 Glossary..................................................................................................................... 56

1 Introduction
This guide is for applicants applying for CMT CT1 posts commencing in August 2010 in the
Round 1 applications window. All applications will be received and managed via our online
application system, which can be accessed via a link on our website
(www.CMTrecruitment.org.uk) from Friday 4th December 2009 onwards. We hope that this
guide, along with all the other information available on our website, will address most of your
questions.
The guide aims to provide specific guidance on how to complete the application form and
some pointers as to what the assessment panels will be looking for. For additional advice
from the MMC team, please visit the MMC website at
http://www.mmc.nhs.uk/default.aspx?page=518.
Please be aware that if you have downloaded this document, a more up-to-date version
may have been published on the CMT website since then; please check the website for the
latest edition. The website’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are also regularly
updated.
Please note that Appendix 10 of this guide contains a glossary of terms used.
1.1 Timeline
The table below summarises the timeline of key events in the first round of recruitment to
CMT posts in 2010.
Date: Activity
Fri 04-Dec-2009 APPLICATIONS OPEN (09.00am GMT)
Fri 18-Dec-2009 CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS

THE PORTAL WILL CLOSE FOR APPLICATIONS AT 12.00
MIDDAY GMT
Fri 18-Dec-2009 LONG-LISTING COMMENCES
Fri 15-Jan-2010 CANDIDATES INVITED TO ASSESSMENT CENTRE
Fri 22-Jan-2010 ALL ASSESSMENT CENTRE BOOKINGS CONFIRMED BY

THIS DATE
Mon 25-Jan-2010 ASSESSMENT CENTRES COMMENCE
Mon 15-Feb-2010 DEANERIES / UoAs COMMENCE OFFERS
Wed 24-Mar-2010 DEADLINE FOR ACCEPTING OR REJECTING CO-

ORDINATED OFFERS AT 12.00 MIDDAY GMT
During April 2010 ROUND 1 OFFERS CONTINUE

1.2 Important changes from 2009

1.2.1 All English and Welsh Deanery Units of Application (UoAs) will be participating in
2010 CMT recruitment
1.2.2 There is no requirement to sit a Machine-Marked Test (MMT) during national
recruitment to CMT posts in 2010
1.2.3 Applicants will be permitted to submit ONE CMT application only in 2010
1.2.4 All applicants found to be eligible at long-listing will then have their application
forms scored and ranked nationally. They will then be invited to assessment in
order of ranking, i.e. highest-ranked invited first, then second, and so on
Where assessment centre capacity allows, eligible applicants will be invited to
interview at their first-choice UoA. If an applicant is deemed to be eligible, but
there are no remaining places at their first-choice UoA when they come to be
invited they will then be invited to their second-choice. Should there be no
remaining places at their second-choice, they will be invited to third-choice, and so
on
UoAs are endeavouring to provide sufficient assessment centre capacity for all
eligible 2010 CMT applicants to be invited to an interview; however, should the
number of applicants exceed the maximum available assessment capacity
nationally, applicants will be invited in order of ranking up to the point where
capacity is reached
1.2.5 There will be local clearing but no national clearing in recruitment round one
1.2.6 Co-ordinated holding of offers will apply to CMT (England & Wales), General
Practice (UK), Psychiatry (England) and Paediatrics (England & Wales)
1.3 The Guaranteed Interview Scheme
We are keen that our recruitment process does not disadvantage any applicants to CMT
who may have a disability or long-term health condition. As such, these candidates will be
able to apply to CMT under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS).
At an early stage of completing the application form – entering personal information –
applicants will be able to state whether they qualify for the GIS. Those candidates who do
qualify and are otherwise fully eligible will, as the name suggest, be guaranteed to receive
an invitation to interview at their first-choice UoA.
Who is eligible for the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?
To be eligible to apply under the GIS, you must have a disability or long-term health
condition that is expected to last for at least 12 months, and which puts you at a significant
disadvantage in either obtaining or keeping jobs. You do not have to be registered as a
disabled person to apply under this scheme.

2 Preparing your application
The applications portal will not open until 4th December 2009, but you can take steps to
prepare in advance.
2.1 Consider the entry criteria
The entry criteria are listed in the National Person Specification for CMT (CT1). The Person
Specification for CMT CT1 can be found at the following link:
http://www.mmc.nhs.uk/pdf/PS%202010%20CT1%20CMT.pdf
The full entry criteria are shown in Appendix 1. However, the criteria that have caused the
most confusion previously are:
Evidence of achievement of Foundation competence by time of appointment in line
with GMC standards/ Good Medical Practice
Ability to provide a complete employment history
18 months’ or less experience at ST / SHO level in this specialty (not including
Foundation modules) by August 2010
Application Completion: ALL sections of application form completed FULLY
according to written guidelines
Eligibility to work in the UK
2.1.1 Evidence of achievement of Foundation Competence (FC) by August
2010
Foundation Competence (FC) categories that meet the entry criteria are summarised in the
table below. Further details about each category and the evidence you would need to
provide can be found in the following paragraphs.
FC Category 1 Applicant is currently on a UK or UK affiliated Foundation Programme
FC Category 2 Applicant has an FACD 5.2 from a Foundation Programme completed

within 3 years of starting ST1 training
FC Category 3a Applicant is submitting an Alternative Certificate A
FC Category 3b Applicant is submitting an Alternative Certificate B
FC Category R Applicant is a Refugee and is unable to provide standard

documentation.
FC Category 1: Applicants currently on a UK affiliated Foundation Programme

When you apply, you will be asked whether you are currently undertaking a UK or affiliated
foundation programme in the UK. If yes, you will be asked to confirm the name of your
Foundation School. This must be one of the schools listed in Appendix 2.
If this applies to you, then you do not need to provide anything else to meet the entry criteria
for Foundation competence. Any offer of a programme will be conditional upon you
successfully completing your programme and being awarded an FACD 5.2 before August
2010.

If you are currently undertaking a stand-alone or headroom FY2 programme that is part of
one of the schools listed in Appendix 2, and expect to gain FACD 5.2 certification before
August 2010, you have met the entry requirement and do not need to provide further
evidence at the application stage.
Applicants who are not currently undertaking a UK or affiliated foundation programme, and
are not undertaking a stand-alone one-year FY2 programme leading to the award of a
FACD 5.2 by August 2010, are required to provide alternative evidence of their
competencies before the closing date for applications.
FC Category 2: Applicants with an FACD 5.2
Applicants within Category 2 will have already completed a UK or affiliated foundation
programme. If this applies to you, when you apply, you will be asked to confirm that you
have been awarded an FACD 5.2. The completion of the Foundation programme must be
from 31st July 2007, or later. This is in order to meet the requirement that candidates are
only eligible to begin Specialty Training (ST1) within three years of achieving Foundation
competency.
Applicants are required to submit a scanned copy of their FACD 5.2 by the closing date for
applications: 12:00 midday on Friday 18th December 2009, by emailing it to the deanery to
which they have applied or uploading it into their application before submission.
Acceptance of late submissions of evidence will be up to deanery discretion.
Applicants will be expected to present the original certificate when attending assessment
centre.
FC Categories 3a & 3b Alternative Certificates
If none of the above applies, or you are unable to provide the evidence required for any of
the above, you will be able to submit alternative evidence by asking someone who has
supervised you for at least three months (whole time equivalent) since 1st August 2007 to
attest to your achievement of foundation competency. Foundation competency is required
to be within 3 years of starting specialty training at ST1 level, i.e. the certificates must relate
to posts completed after 31st July 2007.
There are two ‘Alternative Certificates’ available for download; one for specialties with acute
medical responsibilities, and one for specialties without acute medical responsibilities. A list
of specialties with acute medical responsibilities is available in Appendix 3.
Certificate A (Appendix 4) should be used for specialties with acute medical responsibilities
and Certificate B (Appendix 5) should be used for specialties without acute medical
responsibilities.
If you are planning to submit an alternative certificate, you are required to email a scanned
copy to the deanery to which you are applying, or upload it into your application form no
later than the closing date for applications: 12:00 midday on Friday 18th December 2009.
The deanery will check your certificate as follows, so please ensure that it is complete
before sending it in:
If Certificate A, they will check that the post is one with acute medical
responsibilities
For both Certificate A and B, they will check that the certificate has been
completed IN FULL as ‘Able to Demonstrate’ for ALL competencies, signed by
a Consultant supervisor and stamped by the hospital
If you are unable to obtain one certificate that has been signed off as ‘Able to Demonstrate’
for ALL competencies from one Consultant supervisor, but have demonstrated these
competencies in a number of posts, please submit as many certificates as you need, signed

off by different Consultant supervisors you have worked with, to cover all of the
competencies required, within the required time-frame.
FC Category R Refugee doctors
If you are a refugee doctor, you may have less access to standardised documentation and
in some cases may not be able to obtain an ‘Alternative Certificate’. If you are unable to
provide any of the above because of your Refugee status, you should contact your local
Postgraduate Deanery for advice (see Appendix 6 for contact details) before submitting
your application. Refugee doctors should provide an Alternative Certificate wherever
possible.
Deaneries should be able to provide help for bona fide Refugee doctors to help them to
obtain an Alternative Certificate.
This does not apply in most cases to asylum seekers, as asylum seekers are not eligible to
apply. The majority of asylum seekers do not have the right to work whilst they are seeking
asylum.
IMPORTANT – The following applies to all FC categories where evidence is required
Applicants are required to submit their evidence by the closing date for applications –
12:00 midday on Friday 18th December 2009 - by emailing a copy to the deanery or by
uploading the documents into the application form before submission.
If you have emailed your evidence before 18th December 2009, you will have met the entry
requirement for the FC criteria.
If you have NOT emailed your evidence by 18th December 2009, and have not been in
contact with the deanery about this, you will have failed the entry requirement for this criteria
and your application will be rejected.
Where the evidence received is incorrect (wrong documentation, wrong date, no signature
etc.), or you have provided an acceptable reason for the delay (and the deanery considers
your circumstances are unlikely to exclude you), you will be given the opportunity to provide
documentation when available. At the very latest this evidence should be brought to the
assessment centre.
2.1.2 Employment history
Please take care when completing the experience section of the application form. All dates
must be consecutive from the date at which you obtained your primary medical qualification
to the date you make your application.
Please make sure the dates do not overlap and that there are no unexplained gaps. If there
are gaps of 29 days or more, you will be prompted to explain the reasons.
You MUST enter your FULL employment history, even if you undertook non-medical posts
or voluntary work.
Any career gaps must be adequately explained.
Failure to provide this information may prevent you submitting your application, or lead to
your application being rejected on the grounds that you did not meet the entry criteria.
2.1.3 18 months or less CMT experience
To be eligible you must have 18 months or less experience at ST / SHO level in this
specialty (not including Foundation modules) by August 2010.
'Experience in this specialty' means experience at CMT level, anywhere in the world, in any
medical specialty post; regardless of the post(s) being formally designated as ‘training’ or

‘non-training’. Applicants may have accrued a maximum of 18 months experience in the

specialty by August 2010.
CMT level posts include: LAT, ST, SHO, FTSTA or equivalent posts undertaken in any
medical specialty post (see Appendix 7 for a list of medical specialty posts). Medical
specialty posts undertaken during Foundation training do not count towards the 18 months
limit.
When you complete this section of your application form, you will be asked to certify that
you will have done NO MORE THAN 18 MONTHS at CMT level / equivalent by August
2010. You have to tick this box in order for the system to allow your application to be
submitted. PLEASE DO NOT TICK THE BOX IF YOU KNOW YOU WILL HAVE
ACCRUED MORE THAN 18 MONTHS EXPERIENCE.
Your career history will be reviewed during the recruitment process and if it is evident that
you will have more than 18 months experience in medical specialties after Foundation
training, you will be asked about this at the assessment centre and will be unable to
proceed further if it is found you have exceeded the entry requirements (even if you have
completed the interview at that point).
2.1.4 ALL sections of application form to be completed FULLY
Please take care when completing your application form. If it is found to be incomplete, you
will have failed to meet the entry criteria and may be rejected on these grounds. The
recruiters are not obliged to give you the opportunity to provide further information.
It is entirely your responsibility to check that your application form is complete before you
submit it.
2.1.5 Eligibility to work in the UK
Before an applicant can take up a CMT post, they will need to demonstrate that they are
eligible to take up employment within the UK. In accordance with the Immigration, Asylum
and Nationality Act 2006, some applicants may be considered before others on the basis of
their immigration status.
UK/EEA nationals do not need to obtain special dispensation from the UKBA (UK Borders
Agency) to work in the UK, and need only provide their passport and (where applicable)
naturalisation papers as evidence of their eligibility.
Doctors who are not UK or EEA nationals and whose immigration status entitles them to
work without restriction in the UK will be considered on an equal basis with UK and EEA
nationals.
A recent (early December 2009) decision from the DH in conjunction with the UKBA states
that non-UK or non-EEA nationals who are classed as UK graduates – i.e. have graduated
from UK medical school and are currently undertaking UK Foundation training – are eligible
to apply for a Tier 1 post-study work visa. Hence, candidates in this category who meet
the necessary criteria will be eligible to apply in Round 1 of CMT recruitment.
However, please note that any offers of posts made to a candidate in this category will be
wholly dependent upon the candidate obtaining the post-study work visa prior to the post
start date.
Other non-UK or non-EEA nationals with limited leave to remain in the UK, and whose
employment will require Tier 2 sponsorship, are subject to the Resident Labour Market Test
(RLMT). As the RLMT will not be deemed to have been satisfied in Round 1 of recruitment
to CMT, applicants in this category are asked to consider applying during Round 2.
Applicants may only be considered if there is no suitable UK or EEA national candidate for
the post.

Evidence of immigration status should normally consist of a date-stamped passport and

accompanying letter from the Home Office. Please visit http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
for more information; please see Appendix 9 of this guide for information also.
We stress that in all matters relating to immigration and visa status, applicants
should contact the UKBA at the above link, and if necessary the DH at
http://www.mmc.nhs.uk/. All information relating to immigration and visa status that
we have given in this guide is that which we have been given by these bodies; please
be aware that those staff manning our helpdesk are not able to give advice relating to
individual queries on immigration.
2.2 What information do I need to complete an application?
An e-mail address that you check regularly
A password that you can remember so that you can log back in to the system. It
must be at least 6 characters, containing letters and digits. You must remember
this password carefully. If you enter it incorrectly on three occasions you will be
unable to gain access to your application form until you have received a reminder
email
Your UK GMC registration & licensing details, and National Insurance number if
you have them, or an explanation of why not if you do not have them
Your four preferred deaneries in preference order (see Appendix 8 for further
information)
Evidence of Foundation competency (gained or expected)
Evidence of your right to work in the UK
Evidence of your language skills (IELTS scores if applicable)
Evidence of your fitness to practise
Dates of your medical qualifications, including your primary medical degree
Dates of your previous employment, including any gaps
Details of any other achievement you wish to mention (e.g. Honours, prizes, other
undergraduate or postgraduate degrees, other achievements, details about
teaching experience, audit, training courses, etc.)
Details of three clinical referees including their names, addresses, email addresses
and telephone numbers
2.3 Prepare your documentation in advance
Key documents to prove eligibility:
If you are invited to assessment centre, you will be required to bring the following
documentation to demonstrate your eligibility:
You will be asked to bring your ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS AND TWO PHOTOCOPIES for
the Deanery/Trust Human Resources Representatives to retain.
In this guide an 'original' document means ‘not a copy’. It does not necessarily mean the first document
you were given. In each case you need to bring your current or most recent document.

Please prepare as early as possible by collating the original documents in a folder, with your
full name, GMC number and Applicant ID number clearly marked on the front. Please also
place TWO photocopies of each document in the folder.
Should you be invited to assessment centre, the deanery carrying out your assessment will
contact you to describe how they wish you to provide this evidence. It is important that you
follow those instructions carefully, so that you can correctly support the information you
have provided on your application form.
You must ensure that you include:

2.3.1 Acceptable personal identification documents
You will need to provide either (a) or (b):
a) Two forms of photographic personal identification and one document confirming your
address (i.e. recent utility bill or bank/building society statement)
b) One form of photographic personal identification and two documents confirming your
address (i.e. two recent utility bills or bank/building society statements)
Acceptable forms of photographic personal identification include:
(i) Current UK (Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Irish) passport or EU / other nationalities
passport
(ii) Passports of non-EU nationals, containing UK stamps, a visa or a UK residence
permit showing the immigration status of the holder in the UK*
(iii) A current UK photo-card driving licence
(iv) A national ID card and/or other valid documentation relating to immigration status and
permission to work* (see 2.3.2 for further information)
2.3.2 Original evidence of your eligibility to take up employment in the UK
Evidence of current immigration status is required for ALL applicants, including British citizens.
UK/EEA applicants must provide their passport and any naturalisation papers, plus
photocopies for the Deanery to retain.
*For further information on immigration, please refer to the Right to work checks document
of the NHS Employment Check Standards (http://www.nhsemployers.org/primary/primary-
3524.cfm).
2.3.3 Original current GMC certificate OR original current letter from the
GMC
You need to provide evidence that you are currently registered with the GMC, or confirm
that you are eligible for GMC registration, without restrictions.
From 16th November 2009, the GMC will introduce the licence to practise. To practise
medicine in the UK from this point on, by law all doctors will need to be both registered and
hold a licence to practise. You will need to provide evidence both of your registration with,
and licensing by the GMC before you can formally take up a CMT post. Information on
licensing can be found on the GMC website http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/licensing.asp.

2.3.4 Your original Medical Degree Certificate

You will need to provide your original Medical Degree Certificate and any certificates for any
other qualifications listed on your application form (translated if necessary).
2.3.5 Proof of language skills (if applicable)
All applicants need to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English. Applicants
who have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English do not need to provide
further evidence of their English skills.
Those who did not undertake undergraduate training in English will need to provide
evidence of adequate English communication skills. The most common method of doing
this is via the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score; the minimum
IELTS requirement is for applicants to achieve a score of at least 7 overall, and also a
minimum of 7 for each component – speaking, listening, reading & writing. The scores must
have been obtained at the same sitting, within 2 years of the date of submission of your
CMT application in this round
Applicants without English undergraduate training or IELTS qualification will need to provide
other supporting evidence of their English communication skills.
2.3.6 Evidence of achievement of Foundation competence
Please see section 2.1.1 for further information about evidence of Foundation Competence.
2.3.7 Your completed Evidence Summary Form and Evidence Folder
You are NOT required to bring your FULL PORTFOLIO to assessment centre. Because
the portfolio for many applicants is a web-based, personal training tool (amongst other
things), we are not asking applicants to bring their portfolio, or print off all sections, and we
will NOT be ‘logging-on’ to access your portfolio at the assessment centre.
However, at assessment centre it is necessary for you to provide the evidence for all
achievements you have listed in your application form. Candidates may wish to
demonstrate some other achievements they have logged in their training portfolio. Place the
completed Evidence Summary Form at the front of your Evidence Folder, ensuring the
contents are in the order described on your form.
2.4 Decide which Deanery Units of Application (UoAs) to apply for
Indicative vacancy information will be posted on the CMT website
(www.CMTrecruitment.org.uk) and will be updated regularly during the application window.
You are permitted to submit one application only. Eligible applications will be ranked
nationally according to application score.
Prior to submission of applications, applicants will be able to specify up to four choices of
UoA. Following submission, all applications deemed eligible will proceed to be scored and
ranked nationally; applicants will then be invited to assessment in order of ranking. Where
assessment centre capacity allows, eligible applicants will be invited to assessment at their
first-choice UoA.
If an applicant is deemed eligible, but there are no remaining places at their first-choice UoA
when they come to be invited for assessment, they will then be invited to assessment at
their second-choice. Should there be no remaining places at their second-choice, they will
be invited to their third-choice, and so on.
PLEASE NOTE: Once your application form has been submitted, you will NOT be able to
alter the four UoAs you have ranked, so please consider your choices carefully before
submitting your application.

Please visit the Postgraduate Deanery websites (Appendix 8) if you wish to find out about
the areas and specialties within the UoA.
The application form will include a text box next to your UoA selections, which can be used
to express preference of sectors within a UoA, and also to make notes with regard to linking
applications.
2.5 Consider the desirable criteria
Please look carefully at the CMT CT1 person specification, published at the following
website address: http://www.mmc.nhs.uk/default.aspx?page=525
In a highly competitive system, your application should also aim to document as many of
the desirable criteria as possible. During the initial stages of application to CMT, the
application form is your sole means of demonstrating your suitability for appointment and
will be the sole source of information by which you will be ranked prior to assessment
centre.

3 The Recruitment Process
3.1 The application portal and how to access it

The portal opens for applications: 09:00am (GMT) Friday 4th December 2009
Register online by accessing the application portal via the link from our website
(www.cmtrecruitment.org.uk). You will not be able to register before the 4th December
2009, nor access the application form. However, a sample of the application form, as
advised by the Department of Health, is available on the MMC website at:
http://www.mmc.nhs.uk/default.aspx?page=522
3.2 Internet Access Warning
Please access the portal using MS Internet Explorer if at all possible.
Applicants in 2009 did experience some glitches when accessing the application portal
using Mozilla Firefox. Please avoid using this internet access software, particular if you get
to the point where you are booking a place at assessment centre.
Also (as suggested below) – please avoid using hotmail email accounts to register with the
system. Due to common firewall restrictions and the functionality of hotmail, this often
causes problems with email communications between deaneries / trusts and candidates.
3.3 Your login and password
Your email address is your login name
The email address that you register when you access the portal will become your login
name.
Please be careful when typing it in. When asked to confirm your email address, please do
not cut and paste it from the one above. You must enter it again.
You will have to type in your email address to log back in to the system when you need to
access it at a later date.
Choose your email account carefully
You will NOT be able to change your email address during the recruitment process without
making a formal request in writing to cmtrecruitment@rcplondon.ac.uk, so please choose
an email account that will not suddenly run out (for example, if you are currently using an
internet provider account like AOL and your contract is due to come to an end.)
Please also avoid using hotmail accounts as these do not function well and may block our
communication with you.
The majority of communication with you during the recruitment process will be by email and
via your application portal. Please choose a secure email address that you can access
easily, as emails regarding your application will be sent to that email address.
Failure to check your account regularly may mean that you do not respond to requests in
time, and your application may be withdrawn as a result.
Your password
Please ensure that you make a careful mental note of your password.
We strongly advise that you choose a password with a mixture of UPPER and lower-case
letters, and numbers.

You will be able to request a password reminder if you forget it by clicking on the link on the
login page. The password reminder will be sent to the email address that you have
registered on the system.
Password Security Warning
Your password is not accessible to anyone but you. Passwords are held encrypted in the
portal database. Please ensure that you keep your login details securely and that you do
not write them down or store them on your computer in a way that might be accessed by
others. The recruiters cannot access your password. As such, if another individual
accesses your application form and makes changes, it is almost certain that they have
obtained the password from you (albeit without your knowledge). If this occurs there is
nothing the SRO can do to address it once your application has been submitted. So please
ensure that you take great care with your login and password details.
3.4 Linked applications
Unfortunately, there is no facility to formally link applications with that of a spouse or partner.
Applicants should ensure that both partners indicate the same four UoA preferences in the
same order, or specify only one (the same) UoA. Also, the application form includes a text
box in the section for specifying UoA preferences where candidates can specify preferences
of particular regions within UoAs; this could also be used to express a desire to link your
application with that of another person.
3.5 Online application only
We can only accept applications submitted via the online application system. You may wish
to copy/paste personal information from your own records into the text boxes. This is
recommended so you can spell-check your text before pasting into the web-based form,
and keep a copy of your application (e.g. using MS Word) for future reference, and for
inclusion in your Evidence Folder
3.6 Help with your application
Completion of the form is your own responsibility and the content must be your own. You
can discuss various aspects with your supervisor or Programme Director, but you must not
copy any material for inclusion in your form.
There are websites and training courses that offer to help you with your application. In
general, those who have used these facilities regret spending the money on the facility.
Applicants using these facilities also tend to use many of the same stock phrases, and this
can be picked up by plagiarism software.
Official guidance and help is provided in this guide.
The SRO is unable to make individual recommendations about the information to enter on the application
form. The SRO is also unable to change any of your details before or after you have submitted your form.
3.7 The application window

09:00am (GMT) on Friday 4th December 2009 to 12:00 midday (GMT) on Friday 18th
December 2009
Please start filling in your application as soon as possible after the portal has opened. It is
likely that you will need several sessions lasting 1-2 hours each. Aim to submit well before
the closing date. You will NOT receive any reminder emails to complete your application.
You will receive an email to confirm successful submission of your application.

Late applications will NOT be accepted.

If you have started your application before the closing time, but do not submit until after the
closing time, your application will NOT be accepted.
If you are having trouble submitting your application you must notify the helpdesk via email
(cmtrecruitment@rcplondon.ac.uk) in advance of the closing date or we will be unable to
help you. Please be aware that as the deadline approaches the helpdesk gets very busy,
so please contact them as soon as you can.
3.8 STAGE 1: Long-Listing
Friday 18th December 2009 to Tuesday 12th January 2010
During long-listing applications are screened against the entry criteria on the person
specification. If your application does not meet the entry criteria, you will be informed by
email, and your application will not progress any further.
Regrettably it is not always possible to be absolutely certain whether you have met the entry requirements
at Stage 1. There is a possibility that you might be permitted to progress if it is not possible to determine
your eligibility at that time.
If it is subsequently established that you do not meet the entry criteria at any stage in the recruitment
process it is normal practice that your application will be rejected at that time. This still applies even if you
have been interviewed and / or have received an offer.
If you know or become aware that you are not eligible, but have not disclosed relevant information, it is
much better to let the Deanery know this at the earliest opportunity to save both you and the recruiters the
time and resources needed to progress your application.
3.9 Scoring & ranking

Wednesday 13th January 2010 to Friday 15th January 2010
Once long-listing is complete, all eligible applications will be scored and ranked based upon
the answers and information that applicants have included on their application form.
This will then allow candidates to be invited to assessment centre. Assessment centre
capacity is limited; where this does not allow all applicants to a particular UoA to be
assessed within that UoA, preference will be given to the highest ranked applicants.
Those candidates unable to be interviewed at their first-choice UoA will then be considered
for invitation at their second-choice, and so on.
3.10 Invitation to / booking of places at Assessment Centre
Friday 15th January 2010 to Friday 22nd January 2010
If your application has passed long-listing, you will be invited to assessment centre (subject
to centre capacity).
It is possible that you will not receive an immediate invitation (the timing may vary between
UoAs). You may also receive a late invitation to assessment centre due to a last minute
cancellation.

Please ensure you consider service & rota issues wherever possible when booking your
place at assessment centre. If you have any issues regarding the assessment, please
contact the UoA.
If you have any difficulties booking online, please try using an alternative web browser (such
as MS Internet Explorer) or contact the UoA in question.
The dates of assessment centres in each UoA will be posted on
www.CMTrecruitment.org.uk beforehand to allow you to anticipate when you may require
leave.
3.11 STAGE 2: Assessment Centre
From Monday 25th January 2010 onwards
CMT CT1 assessments will be held during this period.
Individual UoA dates and venues will appear on www.CMTrecruitment.org.uk.
The CMT CT1 assessment centres features an initial document checking session to check
your eligibility. The interview consists of three stations, giving you a number of opportunities
to demonstrate the competencies outlined in the Essential and Desirable sections of the
National Person Specification. One station will be assessing your application, supporting
evidence and your suitability for CMT. Other stations will include clinical scenarios,
communication assessment, professionalism and knowledge of governance.
3.12 STAGE 3: Offers process
From Monday 15th February 2010 depending on when the UoA is assessing
The UoA at which your assessment was held will notify you by email of your assessment
result. Either you will be offered a post, or you will be advised of your appointability status.
If you are appointable, but there are not enough posts to make you an offer initially, it is
possible you will receive an offer of a post later on, as some applicants will reject their offers.
This will happen, as some applicants receiving offers will have already accepted posts with
other specialties recruiting at the same time (e.g. General Practice Specialty Training).
If you are considered not appointable, you will be advised of this by the UoA.
Feedback will be available after the recruitment round has been completed.
If you are offered a post you MUST respond within 48 hours (excluding weekends and bank
holidays), otherwise it will be assumed you have withdrawn from the recruitment round and
the offered post and your application will be withdrawn from CMT. Responding to offers
should be done via your portal; if you are having difficulties accepting / declining a post,
contact the UoA directly.
If you accept another specialty offer, please inform the UoA at which you were assessed
that you wish to withdraw your CMT application. This then allows an offer to go to the next
person on the list (who may be your colleague).
During this time period, the CMT Programme Directors will be allocating specific
programmes within the UoA. You will be notified about the allocation result by the UoA
responsible.

3.13 Holding offers

Up to midday on Wednesday 24th March 2010
3.13.1 Co-ordinated CT1/ST1 specialties
If you are expecting offers from any of the specialties participating in co-ordinated
recruitment offers (CMT, Psychiatry in England, General Practice in the UK, Paediatrics &
Child Health in England & Wales), you may hold ONE offer from these while waiting for your
other offers. This is only possible up until midday on Wednesday 24th March 2010, at
which point you must definitively accept or reject all offers you have received.
Please note that you cannot hold more than one offer at once. So for example, should you
receive an offer from Psychiatry, then another from GP, but are waiting for an offer from
CMT, you must decide which of the two offers you have received you wish to hold, and then
reject the other.
In any instance where you wish to hold an offer, it is necessary to contact the offering
deanery as soon as possible once the offer has been made to inform them of your intention
to hold the offer.
Also, please note that the option of holding only applies if the offer you are waiting for is
from these four specialties. You cannot hold an offer from any of these specialties for
longer than 48 hours (excluding bank holidays and weekends) if your expected offers are
from non-participating specialties / UoAs. Similarly, if you are awaiting an offer from one of
the participating specialties, but receive an offer from a non-participating specialty / UoA,
you cannot hold that offer beyond the standard 48 hours.
3.13.2 CMT Scotland
For 2010, there is also an agreement in place between CMT in England/Wales and CMT in
Scotland to allow candidates to hold offers in a similar manner. If a candidate receives an
offer of a CMT post from a UoA in England/Wales, but is expecting to also receive an offer
of a CMT post from a UoA in Scotland, they may hold the offer they have received while
awaiting the outcome.
This also applies in the opposite scenario – where a candidate receives a Scottish CMT
offer, they will be able to hold this while waiting for a CMT offer from an English/Welsh UoA.
Please note that this agreement is completely independent of the specialties agreement
described above, and applies only to CMT offers. Thus, a candidate cannot hold, for
example, an offer from Psychiatry in England while awaiting a CMT offer in Scotland.
In any instance where you wish to hold an offer, it is necessary to contact the offering
deanery as soon as possible once the offer has been made to inform them of your intention
to hold the offer.
Also, the absolute holding deadline described above also applies here – the deadline for
English/Welsh CMT offers is midday on Wednesday 24th March 2010. Regardless of
whether a candidate is awaiting a Scottish CMT offer, candidates cannot hold
England/Wales CMT offers beyond this date.
3.14 Local Clearing
Monday 1st March 2010 onwards
Following the first batch of offers being made in February, ‘local clearing’ will take place
during March; therefore if you have not received an offer in the initial offers window
described above, please be aware that you may be made an offer in early / mid March as
spaces become available through other candidates rejecting offers, more posts becoming
available, etc.
Clearing will not take place on a national scale in the first round of recruitment. Any posts
remaining at the end of the Round 1 recruitment window will be made available again in the
second round of CMT recruitment, which will take place in the summer. If you have not
been made an offer by this time, it is recommended that you apply again in Round 2.
3.15 Pre-employment checks
April 2010 onwards
Prospective employers will run criminal records and other checks and may require that you
attend an interview or verify answers from your application form before issuing your
contract.
Your referees will be approached for references.
3.16 Contract of Employment
July 2010 onwards
Employers will issue contracts of employment to appointed candidates. Employers will also
confirm salary details, pay banding, rota, induction arrangements, and so on.

4 Applying: Section-by-section guide
4.1 General points

The online application form is divided into separate sections. Each section is represented
online by a different page. Pages are delineated by the menu on the right hand side of the
screen. Below is a description of what each section contains, along with guidance on what
the assessors are looking for.
Make sure you read each question carefully. Answers need to be relevant, well-
constructed and appropriate. You may come back to any section you have previously
saved to edit your answers up until the time you submit your application form. It is
recommended that you keep and print off hard copies of all text sections (e.g. using MS
Word).
When you have completed each section, this will be shown by a green tick. Incomplete
sections will have a red cross, so it will be very obvious to you which sections you need to
complete. You will not be able to submit your application until every section has a green
tick, although you will be able to edit sections marked with green ticks before submission.
IMPORTANT NOTE: We recommend that you press ‘Save’ regularly. If you do not press
save on each section, you may lose your answers when you go to the next section. If you
spend a long time on a section without ‘activity’ you may find yourself ‘timed out’ and you
will need to log back in. This is a standard security measure. If you wish to move to
another section using the ‘Complete Section’ function but have not completed mandatory
fields, the mandatory fields will be marked by a ‘!’ symbol.
If you wish to delete your whole application you may do so. Obviously, we advise that you
only do this if you are absolutely certain you wish to start again.
If you do wish to complete the form afresh, you must delete your first application before you
can start a new one, because the system will not allow more than one application to be
created with the same GMC number. Go to the ‘New User’ option and re-register.
4.2 Supporting Evidence
If you have made any claim of achievement and/or competency, you must be prepared to
bring supporting evidence (original documents where possible) to any CMT assessment
centre to which you are invited. The evidence is likely to be in the form of certificates for the
‘hard’ achievements, or a copy of a paper or abstract. For ‘softer’ achievements you will
have to judge the evidence to bring. It might be a one page summary of an audit
presentation, or a copy of the teaching programme you were involved with, perhaps with the
feedback you received. You may wish to start gathering this information in advance of the
assessment centres.
Please be as accurate as you can when completing the section on achievements and
competencies. If the evidence you submit at interview to support this section’s content is
found to be inaccurate, it may result in your scores being re-evaluated.
4.3 Word counts, spelling and grammar check, formatting
The application form does not have spelling and/or grammar checking as a facility.
Therefore we recommend that you check that your spelling and grammar are correct. It is
suggested that you check these aspects using other software which features a
spelling/grammar-checking facility, such as MS Word, before pasting into the web-based
application form. Ensure you paste into the correct section. Accurate and clear

communication, together with an attention to detail, is an important part of being a doctor,

and your application is an opportunity to demonstrate those skills.
Please note: the method of word-counting in the application form is slightly different to that
used by MS Word (slightly fewer words are allowed on the web-based form). The only
character that is recognised by the word count, other than letters and numbers, is the
apostrophe. All other punctuation characters are ignored. Below are some examples:
The cat's food. (3 words; MS Word count = 3 words)
A&E (2 words; MS Word count = 1 word)
Bose-Einstein (2 words; MS Word count = 1 word)
red@black (2 words; MS Word count = 1 word)
MS Word can be used to give a rough approximation of the word count, but it should be
noted that MS Word recognises punctuation characters and so a count using MS Word is
likely to be slightly lower than that produced by the word count validation on the application
form.
We suggest that you enter your text into the application form text box at an early stage, then
press 'save section' (perhaps even if not complete). The pop up message will inform you if
you if have exceeded the maximum amount of words. You will then be able to adjust your
text accordingly. Once you are satisfied, please copy the text over.
If you exceed the designated word count, this will show when you save a section, and it will
prevent you submitting your application.
Any use of wild card characters to exceed the word count is regarded as cheating. If you do
this, the information you have provided in that section of your application may be
disregarded.
Please note that any formatting, such as bullet points and indents, is NOT saved by the
web-based system, so please ensure your text makes sense as it stands, without this type
of formatting.
4.4 Which parts of my application form can the recruiters see?
Only the registered users of the online system’s Recruiter Inbox have access to all of the
information on your application form. These are the designated UoA Human Resources
staff / recruitment administrators.
These staff are involved in assessing your eligibility and ensure that the UoA (deanery)
meets its equal opportunities policy requirements.
No-one involved in the decision-making processes regarding your appointability has the
ability to access the online system.
Do not be tempted to use someone else’s material or to share yours. Anti-plagiarism
software can detect any form of standard answer. Do not share your answers with another
CMT applicant – not only could this reduce your own chances of success, but you would
both risk referral to the GMC for copying.
4.5 Registration section
Here you will need an email address and password to begin registration.
Regrettably, there is no mechanism for linking applications between spouses and partners.
However, it is clearly important to state the same UoA preferences later in your application,
so that recruitment staff can try to place you in the same locality, should you both be
successful in your applications. Also, the application form includes a text box in the section
for specifying UoA preferences – ostensibly, this is to allow candidates to stipulate a
preference for any particular areas or rotations within a deanery for which they would like to
be considered if successful; however this could also/instead be used to specify a desire to
link your application with that of another person.
4.6 Application section – Personal Information
You will need to enter the usual contact details.
You will need to state whether you have a disability that will require special arrangements to
be made for interview, whether you qualify for the Guaranteed Interview Scheme (see
section 1.3), and whether you wish to work part-time.
There is also a question about deferred start dates, but please note this is only allowed in
exceptional circumstances for CMT training. If you are planning to work abroad and start
CMT in August 2011, please apply to next year’s recruitment process.
4.7 Application section – Foundation Competence
Please see section 2.1.1 of this guide for full details of how to evidence your Foundation
competence.
4.8 Application section – Medico-legal details
This section will ask you for details of your right to work in the UK, dates of any permits and
details of your English Language skills. You will also need your National Insurance number,
or an explanation of why you do not have one.
4.8.1 Fitness to practise, criminal convictions, driving offences
The application forms states that you do NOT need to tell us about parking offences. No
other exclusions are mentioned, so please include everything else. You must provide
details of all criminal convictions including road traffic offences. For example, if you were
convicted for the offence of driving with excess speed you must declare this.
You should provide details of any offence for which you may go to court or are awaiting a
hearing in court. This includes if you were arrested for an offence and are waiting to hear if
you will be charged. If you are living in Scotland, all civil penalties must be declared.
The post you are applying for is exempt from the ‘Rehabilitation of Offenders Act’ and
therefore any cautions or convictions you may have received cannot be considered ‘spent’
and must always be declared.
You must adhere to Good Medical Practice which requires that you do your best to make
sure that any documents you write or sign are not false or misleading. As such, if you are in
any doubt, please declare it.
Should you receive an offer of employment, your employer is obliged to carry out a CRB
(Criminal Records Bureau) check at enhanced level. If you do not declare something that
subsequently comes to light, this will be taken very seriously and you may find yourself
dismissed from work and reported to the GMC.
Please be reassured that the information on the ‘Fitness to Practise’ page of your
application is strictly confidential to the members of human resources / administrative staff
registered with the RCP to process your application, and the Dean / delegated officer(s)
responsible for considering whether your declaration is, or is not, material to your
application. The Dean / delegated officer(s) from your first-choice and / or assessment UoA
may wish to contact you about any declarations you make, to give you the opportunity to
provide further information. In the event that you are offered a post, this information will be
passed on, in confidence, to your new employer’s Human Resources department.

Where material exceptions do arise, it does not necessarily mean that you will be rejected.
An applicant may be accepted in cases where a material incident occurred several years
ago and there is no evidence of any recurrence, and the applicant continues to be
registered with the GMC.
4.9 Application section – Qualifications
This section asks you for your medical degree, with dates. Your qualifying medical degree
is not scored, but additional qualifications may receive a score.
You should enter any other relevant undergraduate or postgraduate degree. Each space
for this has a ‘drop-down’ menu that allows you to select the most appropriate description.
You must then complete the text box (word limit = 30) to give further information (e.g. title of
course / degree, dates, etc.). If you have further qualifications to add, press ‘add
qualification’. If you want to change it, press ‘delete qualification’ and re-enter, as
appropriate.
Each qualification you add is considered for a mark, so please ensure you add all relevant
qualifications. If it is not deemed relevant it will not attract a mark, but it may still be
information that you wish the recruitment team to see. These are the sentences that you
can select:
Additional Undergraduate Degrees and Qualifications. Maximum points = 10
Degree obtained during medical course e.g. intercalation, BSc BA etc.1st class honours
Undergraduate degree prior to starting medicine 1st class
Degree obtained during medical course e.g. intercalation, BSc BA etc.2.1
Degree obtained during medical course e.g. intercalation, BSc BA etc.2.2
Degree obtained during medical course e.g. intercalation, BSc BA etc. other
Undergraduate degree prior to starting medicine 2.1 or less
Other: please specify
Please note that it is important to select the correct sentence, taking particular care with the
intercalated degree question. Some applicants using certain web browsers may find they
are unable to view the full sentence on the web-based form – please refer to the sentences
above, which are identical and in the same order, to select your choice. You will be
required to bring the evidence to any assessment centre to which you are invited.
The following is a list of the options you can select for Postgraduate Degrees and
Qualifications. Please note the difference between a dissertation MD (e.g. some MDs done
as part of the medical qualification in the Indian subcontinent) and a research-based MD.
Also please note that, although you can document that you have passed MRCP Part 1, it
does not attract a specific score at the scoring stage of the recruitment process. As with
other sections, please document all that apply, using the ‘add new qualification’ option.
Remember to add all the relevant details in the associated text box (word-limit = 30), and
bring the evidence with you if you are invited to a CMT assessment centre.
Postgraduate Degrees and Qualifications. Maximum points = 10
PhD or DPhil Doctor of Philosophy
MD Doctor of Medicine - 2 year original research-based
MPhil Master of Philosophy
MD Doctor of Medicine - dissertation
MSc
Other postgraduate diploma or certificate
MRCP Part 1
Other - please specify

This section also has space for other relevant achievements, such as honours degrees,
merits, distinctions & prizes. Add each achievement in a separate box, and remember to
add the qualifying information in the text box (word limit = 30 for each achievement).
Because medical schools use different terminology, you will have to judge which category to
select. Be prepared to bring the evidence with you to any CMT assessment centre. Some
applicants using certain web browsers may find they are unable to view the full sentence on
the web-based form – please refer to the sentences below, which are identical to the
choices in the web-based form, in order to select your choice.
Additional achievements. Maximum points = 10
National prize related to medicine
Award for primary medical qualification (e.g. honours or distinction typically given to the top 10%)
More than one prize or distinction or merit related to parts of the medical course
One prize or distinction or merit related to parts of the medical course
Scholarship or bursary or equivalent awarded during medical course
Other - please specify
It does not matter in what order you list all your undergraduate, postgraduate, and other
achievements. Not all will attract a mark, but it may be information you wish recruiters to
have.
Please also note that if you do not have any of these additional achievements, but you are
otherwise eligible, your application will still be considered. You may be able to pick up
marks in other sections of the application.
The last part of this section asks you to include all training courses relevant to the specialty.
You can enter as many as you wish, but do please ensure that you can justify their
relevance to CMT. You do not need to list any mandatory training days you undertook
during a Foundation Programme. Please note that training courses do not gain a mark, but
the information is available to clinical recruiters, and may help demonstrate some of the
skills relevant to CMT.
4.10 Application section – supporting information
This section has a number of important domains which are marked, and it is a key section
for you to spend some time on. Please do your best to enter something relevant in each
text box. Completion of the text boxes is not mandatory if you have no evidence for the
section. You must justify any sentences selected which claim achievements. Future
achievements – i.e. those to be ‘achieved’ after Friday 18th December 2009 – should not be
recorded.
4.10.1 Achievements outside Medicine (65 words) – Maximum score = 6
This is a free text box. If you give one or more examples of an achievement, ensure that
you include details of your role, the effort required, and the relevance of the achievement in
relation to CMT. For example, just stating that you were head boy / girl will not attract as
many marks as a statement that includes the relevance of this to your application and future
training.

4.10.2 Presentations – Maximum score = 6

In this section please provide details of your most relevant presentations and / or posters to
local bodies, regional or national societies. Please give a statement about your personal
contribution to the work. Do not include audit presentations here, use the separate Audit
section. Please select the sentence highest on the list that applies to you. You can select
only one statement. Some of the statements carry equivalent weight.
Presentations. Maximum score = 6
I have presented at a national or international meeting
I have presented at a regional meeting or I have shown a poster
I have presented at a local meeting on one or more occasions
I have made no presentations nor shown any posters
You will be asked to complete a text box (maximum 100 words) to explain your choice of
sentence and expand further. You will be required to bring any supporting evidence with
you to assessment centre.
4.10.3 Publications – Maximum points = 8
In this section please provide details of your most relevant publications. Please give full
citation details (as in Pubmed, but excluding your own name) of any published work, specify
any abstracts and then give a statement about your personal contribution to the work.
Please select the sentence highest on the list that applies to you. You can select only one
statement. Some of the statements carry equivalent weight.
Peer-reviewed journals include the BMJ, Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine and
most specialty journals. If you are unsure, visit the journal’s website to determine whether
submissions are peer-reviewed. You must justify your choice of sentence in the text box
(150 words) and cite the publication. You will be required to bring any supporting evidence
to assessment centre.
Publications. Maximum score = 8
I am first author in more than one peer reviewed publication
I am first author in one peer reviewed publication
I am co-author in more than one peer reviewed publication
I am co-author in one peer reviewed publication
I have published one or more abstracts or articles
I have no publications or abstracts
4.10.4 Teaching – Maximum points = 10

In this section please provide details of your teaching experience. Please give full details
about the type of teaching, your personal contribution and details of any feedback obtained.
Please select the sentence highest on the list that applies to you. You can select only one
statement. Some of the statements carry equivalent weight, in order to cover as many
combinations of experience as possible. We appreciate that your experience might not
exactly match a sentence. Use your judgement in selecting the most appropriate sentence,
then you must back up your claim using the text box (word limit = 150). Remember you will
need to bring some evidence – this might include a timetable demonstrating your teaching
slot, feedback received, correspondence relating to the teaching programme etc.
Attendance at mandatory, short training-to-teach sessions (most Foundation programmes
and many undergraduate programmes include some mandatory training on how to teach)
do NOT count as formal training in this context. We are looking for evidence of a more
substantial training course in teaching methods; typically, but not always, training in different
teaching methods lasting at least a week.

N.B. Some applicants may find they are unable to view the full sentence on the web-based
form – please refer to the sentences below, which are identical and in the same order, to
select your choice.
Teaching Experience. Maximum score = 10

I have designed and led a regional teaching programme and have undergone formal training in teaching methods
I have designed and led a regional teaching programme and have evidence of formal feedback
I have designed and led a regional teaching programme
I have designed and led a local teaching programme and have evidence of formal feedback
I have designed and led a local teaching programme and have undergone formal training in teaching methods
I have designed and led a local teaching programme
I have had a regular teaching slot on the same programme over at least 3 months
I teach health professionals at least weekly
I have taught health professionals occasionally
I have no experience of delivering teaching to health professionals
4.10.5 Clinical Audit – Maximum points = 10

In this section please provide details of clinical audit experience, giving titles and dates.
What specifically was your contribution, what did the audit show, was the audit presented or
published and was the audit cycle closed? Please select the statement that best applies to
you, and justify your choice of sentence in the text box (max 250 words). You can select
only one statement. Some of the statements carry equivalent weight. We appreciate that
your experience might not exactly match a sentence. Use your judgement in selecting the
most appropriate sentence, and be prepared to back up your claim at any CMT assessment
centre you attend.
N.B. Some applicants may find they are unable to view the full sentence on the web-based
form – if so, please refer to the sentences below, which are identical and in the same order,
to select your choice.
Clinical Audit. Maximum score = 10
I have designed & led an audit project and closed the audit cycle (including re-audit), and I have presented it at a meeting
I have led an audit project and closed the audit cycle (including re-audit)
I have designed, led and completed an audit project and I have presented my findings at a local meeting
I have designed, led and completed an audit project
I have helped others undertake one or more audit projects
I am currently undertaking an audit project
I have not participated in an audit project
4.10.6 Commitment to specialty (300 words) – Maximum points = 10

In this important section describe how you believe you meet the Person Specification for the
CMT CT1 Programme you are applying for. Include the particular skills and attributes that
make you suitable for a career in this specialty. Use the space to provide fresh supporting
information. Do not simply repeat the information you have already provided in previous
sections
4.11 Application section – experience
In this section you are asked to list all your previous posts, starting with the current / most
recent. You will need to document the name of the person you worked for, the post you
were in, the level you worked at and the name of the Trust, together with dates. You must
list each separate component of your Foundation posts, rather than ‘Foundation Year 1
post’ and ‘Foundation year 2 post’, each of which covers several separate attachments.
Click ‘Add new post’ for each post you wish to list. Please list posts in reverse order, i.e.

most recent first. Press ‘Delete post’ if you have made an error, and then re-enter correctly.
Please note that this section is not marked.
The form will ask you if you have any gaps in your career history; please be aware that if
you select ‘No’, if there are any significant time gaps between the posts you have entered,
the system will not allow you to submit the form unless you have provided adequate
explanation.
Also – please note that you cannot submit the form without at least one post entered in this
section. Obviously, if you do not have any career experience whatsoever then you will not
be eligible for CMT.
Lastly – as you will have a certain amount of training still to undergo between completing
your application and the start date for most posts of August 2010 – there is also a section to
complete on any future posts you will be taking up. This section is completed in the same
manner as that relating to previous posts, described above.
4.12 Application section – equal opportunities
This section includes the equal opportunities monitoring information required by the National
Health Service to monitor their recruitment practices. This section asks you to provide your
age, gender, ethnic origin, religious beliefs, and whether you have a disability. In order to
comply with the obligations placed on them under equalities legislation, employers are
obliged by law to collect and analyse this information.
Deanery-designated Human Resources / recruitment administrators are the only individuals
with the right to access this information. They will liaise with your employing organisation to
help them ensure they are adhering to equality and diversity guidelines. The recruitment
panels do not have permission to access this information at any time during the scoring
process.
4.13 Application – references
This section asks you to list three referees. One must, if possible, be your current, or most
recent supervisor, familiar with your clinical development. The other two referees should
relate to your most recent previous posts. If you feel unable to use a current or most recent
supervisor, and instead use a referee from some time ago, it could be difficult to judge your
current suitability, so use the most recent one possible. For all three you will need address,
email, contact number and dates you worked with the referee.
Please remember to check with your referees that they are able to provide you with a
reference. They will have to agree to complete a standard reference for you. It is usually
helpful for a referee to have your latest CV, or at least talk to you about your application.
They will then have enough information to provide you with a fully-informed reference. The
reference is sent to the UoA that has invited you for assessment centre.
References are not used in the scoring process, but are required by your prospective
employer prior to issue of a contract. Please note that clinical recruitment staff are NOT
permitted to review the references until a late stage in the recruitment process, so that a
‘good’ reference from a well-known or influential person will not influence your application.
However, the absence of a reference from a recent referee might raise some questions. A
recent referee may be unavailable for very good reasons (e.g. retirement, ill-health etc), in
which case you should approach your next most recent supervisor.
Even if your application is successful, you cannot start your job until your references are
received and deemed satisfactory. Keep in mind that it is your responsibility to ensure your
references are submitted.

4.14 Application section – declaration

You must complete this section prior to submission. By ticking the declaration box, you are
declaring that your application is entirely correct and your own work. Please be aware of
the very serious implications if your application is found to be false.
4.15 Application – submission
Once all the sections you have completed have a green tick in the right-hand panel of your
application form, and once you are happy that no further alterations are required, submit
your application. We cannot emphasise too strongly that you should aim to submit several
days before the closing time. During last year’s application period, the helpdesk was
extremely busy responding to queries near to the closing date; hence if you leave
completion and submission of your application until the last minute, it does not give you, or
us, any time to resolve queries about your application.
Please be aware that even if you log on with the aim of submitting your application before
the closing time, if you press the submit button after the closing time, it will not be accepted
under any circumstances. We are sorry to be so strict, but we have to be fair to all
applicants – so please do not jeopardise your application.
IMPORTANT: Once your application has been submitted, it cannot be changed, except for personal details
and Clinical Referees’ details. Make sure you double check everything and ensure it is saved correctly
before you submit.
4.16 Application – after submission

You will receive a confirming email. If you do not then please inspect your ‘spam’ or ‘junk’
folder, and if the email is there, mark it as ‘not spam’ so that all future emails go to your
inbox. Please note that the email may not arrive immediately upon submission of your
application; but if you have not received a confirming email within some hours of submitting
your application, please contact the CMT helpdesk (via email at
cmtrecruitment@rcplondon.ac.uk). A copy of all email correspondence will also appear in
your candidate portal.
If you need to alter any of your personal details (change of address, mobile telephone
number, surname etc.) you will be able to do this online.
You may see some unanswered questions when you view your application. Do not worry.
If you have managed to submit your application form, it will be complete. Some of the
questions on the application form are only required depending upon your answer to the
previous question. When you view your application form, these contextual questions are
identified with an asterisk (*). This will not prevent your application from being submitted,
nor will it affect the progress of your submitted application.
You will be able to track the progress of your application, and view all emails sent to you, in
your messages folder.
It is suggested that you save your application as a web page or MS Word document, for
your own records. You may also wish to save any MS Word documents that you used for a
‘paste / copy’ function, as a basis for your CV. You must bring a copy of your application
form in your Evidence Folder when you attend the assessment centre. This will refresh
your memory about the contents – you could be asked about any aspect of this during the
assessment.

5 Contacting you
Remember to check your email regularly throughout the process. We will use your email
address to send you updates and personal messages about your application throughout the
entire recruitment period. There is no facility for texting or routine reminder emails, so
please do check your emails regularly and respond promptly.
6 Finally
Since designing and implementing the coordinated CMT recruitment process, we have
endeavoured to make the process as fair and as streamlined as possible for trainees. We
have consulted widely with trainees groups, Consultants, the Department of Health and
Postgraduate Deaneries, as well as within the Royal College of Physicians. We will be
seeking feedback from all stakeholders about the process, and will use this to improve the
recruitment experience year-on-year. We would therefore be very grateful if you could
complete any feedback surveys that you are sent. Of course, if you have a particularly
serious issue you wish to draw to our attention, please contact us separately.
This handbook will be updated regularly so please check www.CMTrecruitment.org.uk for
updates.
Good luck with your application,
The RCP Specialty Recruitment Office & CMT Recruitment Team

Appendix 1 Entry Criteria – the CMT CT1 Person Specification

http://www.mmc.nhs.uk/pdf/PS%202010%20CT1%20CMT.pdf
Essential When Evaluated1

Qualifications MBBS or equivalent medical qualification. Application form
Eligibility • Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a Application form
2
current licence to practice.
• Evidence of achievement of Foundation competences between 31st July Application form
2007 and 4th August 2010 from a UKFPO affiliated Foundation Programme or
Interview / Selection
equivalent by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/ Good Medical 3
centre
Practice including:
o Good clinical care

o Maintaining good medical practice
o Good relationships and communication with patients Application form
o Good working relationships with colleagues
o Good teaching and training
o Professional behaviour and probity
o Delivery of good acute clinical care
• Eligibility to work in the UK.
Fitness To Practise Is up to date and fit to practise safely. Application form

References
Language Skills All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate Application form
to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and Interview / Selection
colleagues demonstrated by one of the following: centre
o that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; or
o have achieved the following scores in the academic lnternational English Language
Testing System (IELTS) in a single sitting within 24 months at time of application –
Overall 7, Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7, Writing 7.
If applicants believe they have adequate communication skills but do not fit into
one of these examples they must provide supporting evidence
Health Meets professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards/Good Application form
Medical Practice). Pre-employment health
screening
Career • Ability to provide a complete employment history Application form

• Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
Progression4 • Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with
totality of period of training
5
• 18 months or less experience in this specialty (not including Foundation
modules) by August 2010
Application • ALL sections of application form completed FULLY according to written Application form
guidelines
Completion
1
‘when evaluated’ is indicative, but may be carried out at any time throughout the selection process
2
The GMC will introduce a licence to practice in the autumn of 2009. Any doctor wishing to practice in the UK after this date must
be both registered and hold a licence to practice.
3
A selection centre is a process not a place. It involves a number of selection activities that may be delivered within the Unit of
Application.
4
All experience in posts at ST level count irrespective of the country the experience is gained in
5
Any time periods specified in this person specification refer to full time equivalent

Selection Criteria
Essential Desirable When Evaluated
Clinical Skills Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: Application form
• Appropriate knowledge base and Interview / Selection centre
ability to apply sound clinical References
judgement to problems
Academic / Research Skills: • Evidence of relevant academic Application form

Research Skills • Demonstrates understanding of & research achievements, e.g.
degrees, prizes, awards, Interview / Selection centre
the importance of audit &
research distinctions, publications,
presentations, other
achievements
• Evidence of active participation
in audit
Teaching:
• Evidence of interest and
experience in teaching
Personal Skills Communication Skills: Application form

• Capacity to adapt language as Interview / Selection centre
appropriate to the situation References
Problem Solving & Decision
Making:
• Capacity to use logical/lateral
thinking to solve problems/make
decisions
Managing Others & Team
Involvement:
• Capacity to work effectively with
others
Empathy & Sensitivity:
• Capacity to take in others’
perspectives and treat others with
understanding
Organisation & Planning:
• Capacity to manage/prioritise time
and information effectively
Vigilance & Situational Awareness:
• Capacity to monitor developing
situations and anticipate issues
Coping with Pressure:
• Capacity to operate under
pressure. Demonstrates initiative
& resilience to cope with changing
circumstances
Probity Professional Integrity: Application form

• Capacity to take responsibility for Interview / Selection centre
own actions. Demonstrates References
respect for all
Commitment To Learning & Personal Development: • Extracurricular activities / Application form

Specialty • Realistic insight into specialty. achievements relevant to Interview / Selection centre
Commitment to personal and medicine
References
professional development

Appendix 2 List of UK and UKFPO-affiliated Foundation Schools
More information on the UK Foundation Programme can be found at the following link:
http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/pages/home
Birmingham * North Yorkshire & East Coast (NYEC) **
Black Country * Northern Deanery
Coventry & Warwick Northern Ireland
East Anglian Oxford
Hereford & Worcestershire * Peninsula
Keele (Shropshire and Staffordshire) Scotland
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Severn
Malta*** South Thames
Mersey Deanery South Yorkshire **
North Central Thames Trent
North East Thames Wales
North West Thames Wessex
North Western West Yorkshire **
* To become amalgamated as ‘West Midlands’ from 2010

** To become amalgamated as ‘Yorkshire and the Humber’ from 2010
*** A UK-affiliated programme since July 2009

Appendix 3 List of specialties with / without acute medical
responsibilities
If you will not have completed a standard UK Foundation programme by August 2010, or do not already have an
FACD 5.2 related to Foundation training completed within three years of starting specialty training in August 2010,
you will need to supply alternative evidence of Foundation competence. Please review the text and table on the
next page to determine the evidence you will need to supply:
For specialties in List 1, posts with acute medical responsibilities, you should submit ‘Alternative Certificate A’.
For specialties in List 2, posts without acute medical responsibilities, you should submit ‘Alternative Certificate B’.
List 1: List 2:
Accident & Emergency Medicine 9 Any other specialty not listed opposite 2
Acute Medicine 9 Allergy 2
Anaesthetics 9 Audiological Medicine 2
Cardiology 9 Cardiothoracic Surgery 2
Care of the Elderly 9 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2
Clinical Oncology 9 Clinical Genetics 2
Critical Care 9 Clinical Neurophysiology 2
Emergency Medicine 9 Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2
Endocrinology & Diabetes Mellitus 9 Community Paediatrics 2
Gastroenterology 9 Dermatology 2
General (Internal) Medicine 9 Forensic Psychiatry 2
General Practice 9 General Psychiatry 2
General Surgery 9 Genitourinary Medicine 2
Geriatric Medicine 9 Haematology 2
Infectious Diseases 9 Histopathology 2
Medical Oncology 9 Homeopathy 2
Medicine 9 Immunology 2
Medicine for the Elderly 9 Learning Disability 2
Metabolic Medicine 9 Neurosurgery 2
Neurology 9 Nuclear Medicine 2
Medical Paediatrics 9 Occupational Medicine 2
Obstetrics and/or Gynaecology 9 Old Age Psychiatry 2
Orthopaedics 9 Ophthalmology 2
Paediatrics (with acute responsibility) 9 Otolaryngology (ENT) 2
Paediatric Cardiology 9 Paediatrics (without acute responsibility) 2
Paediatric Surgery 9 Plastic Surgery 2
Palliative Medicine 9 Psychotherapy 2
Rehabilitation Medicine 9 Sports & Exercise Medicine 2
Renal Medicine (Nephrology) 9
Respiratory Medicine 9
Rheumatology 9
Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery 9
Urology 9
Vascular Surgery 9
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Appendix 4 Certificate A
Instructions to applicants:
Please note:
1. This certificate can only be signed by a consultant
2. You must be rated “able to demonstrate” for each and every competence listed on this certificate. If
the certifying consultant feels that you have not demonstrated each and every competence, or they are
unable to comment on any competence, your certificate will be rejected.
3. You can ONLY use this certificate if you worked for the consultant in a post WITH acute medical
responsibility as listed in Appendix 1. If you have worked with them in a post without acute medical
responsibility as listed in Appendix 1 – use certificate B.
4. Consultants are only eligible to sign these certificates if you have worked with them for a minimum of
three months whole-time equivalent since 1st August 2007
5. The certificate MUST be complete in every detail, including details about the person completing it for
you.
6. Failure of the person certifying your competency to correctly complete the section about themselves
in every particular will render you, the applicant, ineligible to be considered further for specialty
training in this recruitment round. It is recommended that you check the form after they have
completed it using the attached checklist.
Once they have completed it, please complete and sign the declaration below, and submit the certificate according
to the instructions in the applicants guide for your Specialty or Deanery
Applicant declaration:
I confirm that I have worked for at least 24 months in educationally approved posts since qualification and I have
worked for the consultant who has completed this certificate for a minimum of three months since 1st August
2007 in a post with acute medical responsibilities as defined in Appendix 1.
Speciality this certificate
Applicant Name
relates to
Speciality you are applying
Applicant GMC No
to
Signature Application No.
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Countersignature confirming final decision agreed by all panel members (please √ as appropriate and
Associate Director to sign & print name)
Sufficient evidence of Foundation Competency demonstrated to permit continued

assessment via the selection process
OR
Insufficient evidence has been submitted for continued progression in the current
recruitment round (give details)
AD Signature …………………………………………………………………………
Print Name ……………………………………………………………………………

Signed on behalf of Foundation Competence Assessment Panel
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Instructions to those completing the certificate:
The person who has asked you to fill in this form has applied for Speciality Training in the United Kingdom. In order
to process their application, we need to know that they have achieved the competences listed in this certificate to
the standard expected of UK foundation year 2 doctors. Before filling in this certificate please view the standards
expected of foundation programme doctors by following the links:
For an overview: http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/pages/home/key-documents.
For assessment: http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/pages/home/training-and-assessment
For the curriculum: http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/pages/home/key-documents#foundation-

programme-curriculum
Please note that in order to progress, candidates need to have demonstrated ALL the listed competences.
Please also note that this document has to be correctly completed in every particular, including the
section about you, and failure to complete it fully will render the applicant ineligible to be considered
further for ST training in this recruitment round.
About the person signing the certificate:

Your name:
Professional status :
Current post:
Address for correspondence:
Email address:
Your UK GMC Number:
If not registered with the UK GMC:
Name of your registering body:
Your Registration Number:
If not registered with the UK GMC please attach
photocopy evidence of your professional status to this
certificate.
About how you know the applicant and their work: Please give details of the post this applicant held
at the time when you observed their work
Specialty and level
Hospital
Country
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About the applicant’s competencies:
Able to Unable to Unable to
F2 Competence Demonstrate Demonstrate Comment
√ √ √
1. Good Clinical Care:
1.1 Demonstrates the knowledge, attitudes, behaviours, skills and competences to be able to take a history and examine patients,
prescribe safely and keep an accurate and relevant medical record
(i) History taking
(ii) Examination
(iii) Diagnosis and clinical decision making
(iv)Safe prescribing
(v) Medical record-keeping, letters, etc
1.2 Demonstrates appropriate time management and organisational decision
making
1.3 Understands and applies the basis of maintaining good quality care and ensuring and promoting patient safety
(i) Always maintains the patient as the focus of care
(ii)Makes patient safety a priority in own clinical practice
(iii)Understands the importance of good team working for patient safety
(iv)Understands the principles of quality and safety improvement
(v)Understands the needs of patients who have been subject to medical harm or
errors and their families
1.4 Demonstrates the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to reduce
the risk of cross infection.
1.5 Understand the principles of clinical governance – i.e. the processes that
safeguard high standards of care and facilitates the development of
improved clinical services
1.6 not assessed by this certificate
1.7 Demonstrates the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to be able
to educate patients effectively
1.8 Demonstrates the knowledge and skills to cope with ethical and legal issues which occur during the management of patients
with general medical problems.
(i) Understands the principles of medical ethics
(ii)Demonstrates understanding of, and practises appropriate procedures for valid
consent
(iii) Understands the legal framework for medical practice
2. Maintaining Good Medical Practice:
(i) Demonstrates the knowledge, attitudes, behaviours, skills and competences
needed to start self-directed life-long learning
(ii) Demonstrates the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to use
evidence and guidelines that will benefit patient care.
(iii) Demonstrates the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to use audit to
improve patient care
3. Teaching and Training:
(i) Demonstrates the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to undertake a
teaching role during a presentation to peers or the team
4. Relationships with Patients and Communication: Demonstrates the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to be able to
communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues in the circumstances outlined below.
(i) Within a consultation
(ii) Breaking bad news
(iii) Complaints
5. Working with Colleagues: Demonstrates effective teamwork skills within the clinical team and in the large medical context.
(i) Communication with colleagues and teamwork
(ii) Interface with different specialties and with other professionals
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√ √ √
6. Professional Behaviour and Probity: Develops the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to always act in a professional
manner
(i) Doctor-patient relationships
(ii) Health and handling personal stress
7. Acute Care
7.1 Core Skills in relation to acute illness
(i) Promptly assesses the acutely ill or collapsed patient
(ii) not assessed by this certificate
(iii) not assessed by this certificate
(iv) Reassesses ill patients appropriate after starting treatment
(v) Requests senior or more experienced help when appropriate
(vi) not assessed by this certificate
(vii) not assessed by this certificate
(viii) Manages patients with impaired consciousness, including convulsions
(ix) not assessed by this certificate
(x) Understands and applies the principles of managing a patient following self-harm
(xi) Understands and applies the principles of management of a patient with an acute
confusional state or psychosis
(xii) Ensures safe continuing care of patients on handover between shifts
(xiii) Considers appropriateness of interventions according to patients’ wishes, severity of
illness and chronic or co-morbid diseases
7.2 Demonstrates the knowledge, competencies and skills to be able to recognise
critically ill patients
7.3 Demonstrates the knowledge, competences and skills to be able to function
safely in an emergency on call.
7.4 Demonstrates the knowledge and skills to be able to plan discharge for
patients, starting from the point of admission and taking into account the effects
of any chronic disease.
8. Procedures
Venepuncture and IV cannulation
Local Anaesthetics
Arterial puncture in an adult
Blood cultures from peripheral and central sites
Subcutaneous, intradermal, intramuscular and intravenous injections
IV medications
Intravenous infusions, including the prescription of fluids, blood and blood products
ECG
Spirometry and peak flow
Urethral catheterisation
Airway care, including simple adjuncts
Nasogastric tube insertion
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Declaration:
APPLICANTS FULL NAME:
A) I confirm that I have viewed the Foundation website

http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/pages/home/key-documents and that I am aware of the
standard expected of UK Foundation programme doctors.
B) I confirm that the doctor named above has worked for me for a minimum of three months
since 1st August 2007 in a post with acute medical responsibilities.
C) I can confirm that I have observed the doctor named above demonstrate all of the above
competences - or where I have not personally observed them, I have received alternative evidence that I
know to be reliable.
NB This form is invalid unless all three boxes above are checked.
SIGNATURE of person
completing certificate
PRINT NAME
DATE
HOSPITAL STAMP
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CHECKLIST FOR CANDIDATES SUBMITTING CERTIFICATE A
Page 1 – This page is specific to the specialty you have applied for.
1. Have you put your name, application number, GMC number and specialty of the post the
certificate relates to in the relevant boxes of the Applicant Declaration section?
2. Have you put the specialty you are applying to and your application number in the relevant
boxes of the Applicant Declaration section?
3. Have you signed the Applicant Declaration?
Page 2 – This and subsequent pages are generic and applicable to all specialties
1. Has the consultant you have asked to sign the certificate filled in their details correctly:
a) Name
b) Professional status
c) Current post
d) Address for correspondence
e) Email address
f) GMC number OR if NOT registered with the UK GMC, the name of the registering body
and their registration number
2. Have they told us how they know you?
a) Specialty and level of the post this certificate relates to
b) The hospital
c) Country
Pages 3 & 4
1. Has the consultant signing this certificate rated you as “able to demonstrate” for every
competence?
Page 5
1. Have they put your name in the box at the top?
2. Have they ticked boxes A B and C?
3. Have they signed the declaration and printed their name and the date?
4. Is there a hospital stamp?
If the answers to any of the above questions are NO, then your certificate will be rejected and
you will be deemed not to have demonstrated that you have achieved foundation competence.
SUBMIT THE CERTIFICATE ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE APPLICANTS GUIDE

FOR YOUR SPECIALTY OR DEANERY
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Appendix 5 Certificate B
Instructions to applicants:
Please note:
1. This certificate can only be signed by a consultant
2. You must be rated “able to demonstrate” for each and every competence listed on this certificate. If
the certifying consultant feels that you have not demonstrated each and every competence, or they are
unable to comment on any competence, your certificate will be rejected.
3. You should use this certificate if you worked for the consultant in a post WITHOUT acute medical
responsibility as listed in Appendix 1.
4. Consultants are only eligible to sign these certificates if you have worked with them for a minimum of
three months whole-time equivalent since 1st August 2007
5. The certificate MUST be complete in every detail, including details about the person completing it for
you.
6. Failure of the person certifying your competency to correctly complete the section about themselves
in every particular will render you, the applicant, ineligible to be considered further for specialty
training in this recruitment round. It is recommended that you check the form after they have
completed it using the attached checklist.
Once they have completed it, please complete and sign the declaration below, and submit the certificate according
to the instructions in the applicants guide for your specialty or Deanery
Applicant declaration:
I confirm that I have worked for at least 24 months in educationally approved posts since qualification and I have
worked for the consultant who has completed this certificate for a minimum of three months since 1st August
2007 in a post WITHOUT acute medical responsibilities as defined in Appendix 1.
Speciality this certificate
Applicant Name
relates to
Speciality you are applying
Applicant GMC No
to
Signature Application No.
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Countersignature confirming final decision agreed by all panel members (please √ as appropriate and
Associate Director to sign & print name)
Sufficient evidence of Foundation Competency demonstrated to permit continued

assessment via the selection process
OR
Insufficient evidence has been submitted for continued progression in the current
recruitment round (give details)
AD Signature …………………………………………………………………………
Print Name ……………………………………………………………………………

Signed on behalf of Foundation Competence Assessment Panel
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Instructions to those completing the certificate:
The person who has asked you to fill in this form has applied for Speciality Training in the United Kingdom. In order
to process their application, we need to know that they have achieved the competences listed in this certificate to
the standard expected of UK foundation year 2 doctors. Before filling in this certificate please view the standards
expected of foundation programme doctors by following the links:
For an overview: www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/pages/home/key-documents.
For assessment: www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/pages/home/training-and-assessment
For the curriculum: www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/pages/home/key-documents#foundation-

programme-curriculum
Please note that in order to progress, candidates need to have demonstrated ALL the listed competences.
From what the applicant has declared to us, your speciality appears to have a limited range of
opportunities to display all the competencies required because of the limited range of patients or types of
condition normally encountered within your speciality. We therefore require further clarification with
regard to this and require that you specify how the candidate has demonstrated acute care competencies.
Please also note that this document has to be correctly completed in every particular, including the
section about you, and failure to complete it fully will render the applicant ineligible to be considered
further for ST training in this recruitment round.
About the person signing the certificate:

Your name:
Professional status :
Current post:
Address for correspondence:
Email address:
Your UK GMC Number:
If not registered with the UK GMC:
Name of your registering body:
Your Registration Number:
If not registered with the UK GMC please attach photocopy evidence
of your professional status to this certificate.
About how you know the applicant and their work: Please give details of the post this applicant held at
the time when you observed their work
Specialty and level
Hospital
Country
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About the applicant’s competencies:
√ √ √
1. Good Clinical Care:
1.1 Demonstrates the knowledge, attitudes, behaviours, skills and competences to be able to take a history and examine patients,
prescribe safely and keep an accurate and relevant medical record
(i) History taking
(ii) Examination
(iii) Diagnosis and clinical decision making
(iv)Safe prescribing
(v) Medical record-keeping, letters, etc
1.2 Demonstrates appropriate time management and decision making
1.3 Understands and applies the basis of maintaining good quality care and ensuring and promoting patient safety
(i) Always maintains the patient as the focus of care
(ii)Makes patient safety a priority in own clinical practice
(iii)Understands the importance of good team working for patient safety
(iv)Understands the principles of quality and safety improvement
(v)Understands the needs of patients who have been subject to medical harm or
errors and their families
1.4 Demonstrates the knowledge, skills attitudes and behaviours to reduce
the risk of cross-infection.
1.5 Understands the principles of clinical governance – i.e. the processes
that safeguard high standards of care and facilitates the development of
improved clinical services and facilitates the development of improved
clinical services
1.6 not assessed by this certificate
1.7 Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to be able to
education patients effectively
1.8 Demonstrates the knowledge and skills to cope with ethical and legal issues which occur during the management of patients
with general medical problems.
(i) Understands the principles of medical ethics
(ii)Demonstrates understanding of, and practises appropriate procedures for valid
consent
(iii) Understands the legal framework for medical practice
2. Maintaining Good Medical Practice:
(i) Demonstrates the knowledge, attitudes, behaviours, skills and competences
needed to start self-directed life-long learning
(ii) Demonstrates the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to use
evidence and guidelines that will benefit patient care.
(iii) Demonstrates the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to use audit to
improve patient care
3. Teaching and Training:
(i) Demonstrates the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to undertake a
teaching role during a presentation to peers or them team.
4. Relationships with Patients and Communication: Demonstrates the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to be able to
communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues in the circumstances outlined below.
(i) Within a consultation
(ii) Breaking bad news
(iii) Complaints
5. Working with Colleagues: Demonstrates effective teamwork skills within the clinical team and in the large medical context.
(i) Communication with colleagues and teamwork
(ii) Interface with different specialties and with other professionals
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√ √ √
6. Professional Behaviour and Probity: Develops the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to always act in a professional
manner
(i) Doctor-patient relationships
(ii) Health and handling personal stress
7. Acute Care
7.1 Core Skills in relation to acute illness
(i) Promptly assesses the acutely ill or collapsed patient
(ii) not assessed by this certificate
(iii) not assessed by this certificate
(iv) Reassesses ill patients appropriate after starting treatment
(v) Requests senior or more experienced help when appropriate
(vi) not assessed by this certificate
(vii) not assessed by this certificate
(viii) Manages patients with impaired consciousness, including convulsions
(ix) not assessed by this certificate
(x) Understands and applies principles of managing a patient following self-harm
(xi) Understands and applies the principles of management of a patient with an acute
confusional state or psychosis
(xii) Ensures safe continuing care of patients on handover between shifts.
(xiii) Considers appropriateness of interventions according to patients’ wishes, severity of
illness and chronic or co-morbid diseases
7.2 Demonstrates the knowledge, competencies and skills to be able to recognise
critically ill patients
7.3 Demonstrates the knowledge, competences and skills to be able to function
safely in an emergency on call
7.4 Demonstrates the knowledge and skills to be able to plan discharge for
patients, starting from the point of admission and taking into account the effects
of any chronic disease.
7. Acute Care - Description
From what the applicant has told us, your specialty does not normally deal with patients with acute medical needs. Please therefore describe an occasion upon
which you base your assessment of their acute care competences. It should be one when you have observed (or a reliable witness has reported to you) the
applicant using those skills with a patient whose clinical problem is normally seen within a specialty with acute medical responsibility. Please describe the case
and the actions taken by the applicant, not just the setting.
8. Procedures
Venepuncture and IV cannulation
Local Anaesthetics
Arterial puncture in an adult
Blood cultures from peripheral and central sites
Subcutaneous, intradermal, intramuscular and intravenous injections
IV medications
Intravenous infusions, including the prescription of fluids, blood and blood products
ECG
Spirometry and peak flow
Urethral catheterisation
Airway care, including simple adjuncts
Nasogastric tube insertion
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Declaration:
APPLICANTS FULL NAME:
A) I confirm that I have viewed the Foundation website

http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/pages/home/key-documents and that I am aware of the
standard expected of UK foundation programme doctors.
B) I confirm that the doctor named above has worked for me for a minimum of three months
since 1st August 2007 in a post without acute medical responsibilities.
C) I can confirm that I have observed the doctor named above demonstrate all of the above
competences - or where I have not personally observed them, I have received alternative evidence that
I know to be reliable and give that person’s details below:
If you have not personally observed a situation described in this certificate, please give the witness
name, qualification and grade:
NB This form is invalid unless all three boxes above are checked and the evidence section for
competency 7 is appropriately completed.
SIGNATURE of person
completing certificate
PRINT NAME
DATE
HOSPITAL STAMP
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CHECKLIST FOR CANDIDATES SUBMITTING CERTIFICATE B
Page 1 – This page is specific to the specialty you are applying for
4. Have you put your name, application number, GMC number and specialty of the post the
certificate relates to in the relevant boxes of the Applicant Declaration section?
5. Have you put the specialty you are applying to and your application number in the relevant
boxes of the Applicant Declaration section?
6. Have you signed the Applicant Declaration?
Page 2 – This and subsequent pages are generic and applicable to all specialties
3. Has the consultant you have asked to sign the certificate filled in their details correctly:
a) Name
b) Professional status
c) Current post
d) Address for correspondence
e) Email address
f) GMC number OR if NOT registered with the UK GMC, the name of the registering body
and their registration number
4. Have they told us how they know you?

a) Specialty and level of the post this certificate relates to
b) The hospital
c) Country
Pages 3 & 4
2. Has the consultant signing this certificate rated you as “able to demonstrate” for every
competence?
3. As the speciality appears to be one where acute medical conditions do not normally occur, have
they adequately described, where asked, a situation in which they have seen you demonstrate
those competencies with a patient whose clinical problem is normally seen within a specialty
with acute medical responsibilities?
Page 5
5. Have they put your name in the box at the top?
6. Have they ticked boxes A B and C?
7. Have they signed the declaration and printed their name and the date?
8. Is there a hospital stamp?
If the answers to any of the above questions are NO, then your certificate will be rejected and
you will be deemed not to have demonstrated that you have achieved foundation competence.
SUBMIT THE CERTIFICATE ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE APPLICANTS GUIDE

FOR YOUR SPECIALTY OR DEANERY
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Appendix 6 Deanery contact details for CMT (CT1) England
Deanery / Unit of Application Email address
East Midlands (North) medicalrecruitment2010@eastmidlands.nhs.uk
East Midlands (South) medicalrecruitment2010@eastmidlands.nhs.uk
East of England recruitment.helpdesk@eoe.nhs.uk
Kent, Surrey and Sussex cmt@kssdeanery.ac.uk
London recruitmentenquiries@londondeanery.ac.uk
Mersey 2010recruitmentenquiries@merseydeanery.nhs.uk
North Western helpdesk.recruitment@pat.nhs.uk
Northern cdda-tr.coremedical@nhs.net
Oxford pgmde.recruitment@oxford-pgmde.co.uk
Severn severn.stsupport@southwest.nhs.uk
South West Peninsula swphelpdesk@peninsuladeanery.ac.uk
Wales specialtytraining@cf.ac.uk
Wessex wessex.recruitment@nesc.nhs.uk
West Midlands mmcteam@westmidlands.nhs.uk
Yorkshire and the Humber specialtyrecruitment@yorksandhumber.nhs.uk
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Appendix 7 JRCPTB Medical Specialties
The following is a list of medical specialties, as defined by the Joint Royal College of Physicians Training
Board. The DH Medical Programme Board has confirmed that undertaking any of these posts will
contribute to the knowledge and skills required for Core Medical Training.
Experience gained during employment in any of these specialties (excepting experience gained during
Foundation modules) anywhere in the world will therefore contribute to the overall ‘experience in the
specialty’ allowance (18 months or less) prior to commencing a CMT CT1 post:
Acute Medicine Allergy Audiological Medicine
Cardiology Clinical Genetics Clinical Neurophysiology
Clinical Pharmacology & Endocrinology & Diabetes

Dermatology
Therapeutics Mellitus
Gastroenterology General (Internal) Medicine Genitourinary Medicine
Geriatric Medicine Haematology Immunology
Infectious Diseases & Tropical

Medical Oncology Medical Ophthalmology
Medicine
Metabolic Medicine Neurology Nuclear Medicine
Paediatric Cardiology Palliative Medicine Pharmaceutical Medicine
Rehabilitation Medicine Renal Medicine Respiratory Medicine
Rheumatology Sport & Exercise Medicine Stroke Medicine
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Appendix 8 Deanery / UoA websites
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INFORMATION IN THIS APPENDIX IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
If you are successful in gaining a post, most UoAs will seek your preferences (in terms of sector & specialties)
at selection centre / interview and then allocate based on your overall assessment ranking.
Below is a summary of the allocation method for each UoA where known, but please visit the Postgraduate
Deanery websites for further information.
East Midlands (North):

http://www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/page.php?id=729
The East Midlands (North) CMT programme is split into two zones to minimise travelling for trainees – the
Nottingham-Lincolnshire Zone, and the Mansfield-Derby-Chesterfield Zone.
The two-year programme delivers training based upon the JRCPTB CMT Curricula, and all rotations involve
training posts at both district general hospitals and teaching hospitals, with the majority of the rotations
involving at least eight months at a district general hospital. All training paths offer experience in a wide range
of medical specialties, as well as excellent exposure to acute medicine. All rotations consist of six four-month
posts.
East Midlands (South):

http://www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/page.php?id=830
Posts are allocated by ranking based on your assessment score. Successful applicants will be asked to rank
all CMT rotations after acceptance of a post in CMT within the School - but a particular post or rotation cannot
be guaranteed before appointment.
Details of rotations are available at www.LNRMed.org.uk
East of England:
http://www.eoedeanery.nhs.uk/medical/page.php?page_id=631
The majority of East of England CMT posts are held in the same trust for the whole of the programme’s two
years (the EoE Deanery contains 20 trusts). During the programme, is it usual for junior doctors to gain
experience in Cardiology, Care of the Elderly, Endocrinology & Diabetes, Gastroenterology, and Respiratory
Medicine. In addition, a number of EoE trusts offer rotations in Renal Medicine, Stroke Medicine, Oncology,
Rheumatology, and Haematology.
Candidates attending for interview will be asked to list their preferences for the CMT rotations within the
region. Allocations will be made by matching these preferences with the applicant’s interview score. This is a
large region, and consideration will be given to those who prefer a particular geographical area for social or
family reasons. Please see the EoE Deanery website for details of our rotations.
KSS:
http://www.kssdeanery.org/prospectus/opportunities/core-medical
The 2008 PMETB survey rated the KSS School of Medicine as excellent, and ranked it second-best in
England.
KSS CMT programmes are based in regional acute trusts, and include large, city-based hospitals and smaller,
more rural placements. Trainees are based in one trust for two years, and undertake six four-month rotations.
All CMT trainees have a dedicated Educational Supervisor who delivers individually-tailored local weekly
teaching sessions, and is adept in clinical teaching and appraisal. All trainees provide weekly teaching
sessions for medical students, and are exposed to acute medical takes to ensure complete coverage of the
CMT curriculum.
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London:
http://www.londondeanery.ac.uk/specialty-schools/medicine-and-medical-specialties
Applicants to London will choose from all available rotations as listed on the London Deanery web site, and
submit a preference sheet at interview listing all rotations they are willing to take up. Allocation will be based
on the score achieved during the application process.
Rotations vary with either four- or six-month attachments to a wide variety of specialties. In addition to clinical
training, we encourage trainees to develop skills in research, teaching or management.
Mersey:
http://www.merseydeanery.nhs.uk/medicine/specialties/core/
Mersey Deanery is one UOA which includes posts in all the general and specialist hospitals in Cheshire,
Merseyside and the Isle of Man. All the CMT rotations offer the necessary training and experience required.
When candidates attend interview, they will complete a choices sheet indicating their preference for trust and
specialties in year 1. The CMT CT1 rotations will be allocated to the successful applicants in recruitment
ranking order. Year 2 allocations are made during CT1 using a similar process.
Posts in all of the major medical specialties are available in the scheme, and each placement usually lasts for
four months. We group the teaching hospitals according to their geographical position; as the CMT
Programme lasts two years, we ensure that one year of training is within a central hospital, the other within a
peripheral hospital. In each year, one or more placements may be in an adjacent specialist trust.
North Western:
http://www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/specialties/?q=node/559
Details of all the 2-year CMT tracks are available on the NW Deanery website. At interview, applicants will be
asked to complete a preference sheet ranking all tracks, and allocation will be on the basis of assessment
score and expressed preference.
Each of the six four-month placements will involve at least one year in the main medical sub-specialties (Care
of Elderly, Chest Medicine, Endocrinology & Diabetes, Gastroenterology, and Cardiology). Each path will
provide 16-20 months of acute medical experience, with at least eight months of unselected acute medical
‘take’. The majority of trainees will be based in one site for each year of the programme.
Northern:
http://mypimd.ncl.ac.uk/PIMDDev/pimd-home/specialty-training-1/entering-specialty-training-in-the-northern-
deanery/entering-specialty-training-in-the-northern-deanery
The Northern Deanery is a large UoA, covering Northumberland, North Cumbria, Tyne & Wear and N & S
Tees. All the CMT rotations include posts in the general and specialist areas required to provide the
necessary training and experience for CMT. The rotations will be posted on the Northern Deanery website
prior to interview. Applicants, when they attend for interview, will complete a choices sheet indicating their
preference. Allocation will reflect recruitment ranking order.
Oxford:
http://www.nesc.nhs.uk/primary_areas/oxford_deanery.aspx
Applicants to Oxford will apply to the CMT training scheme in general, then around the time of interview, be
asked to list all rotations they are willing to take up, in order of preference. Allocation will be based on their
score achieved during the application process.
All rotations offered within the deanery provide a broad experience on which to base your future specialist
career. Some rotations are only within ORH (Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals), some only within a district general
hospital, and some rotating between the two. Typically, at the time of appointment, the trainee will know the
exact rotation they are committing to.
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Severn:
http://www.severndeanery.nhs.uk/recruit_menu.shtml
Candidates invited to interview will be asked to rank their choice of trusts by submitting a preference form to
the deanery, via the deanery website, in advance of their attendance at interview. All the rotations and the
trusts involved are detailed on the Severn School of Medicine website at http://medicine.severndeanery.org.
Successful candidates at interview will be allocated specific rotations by the College Tutors in the trusts as per
preference expressed by the trainees according to interview ranking.
The majority of core training rotations are offered on a split NHS Trust basis, with a number of posts offering a
single trust rotation. All our rotations have been designed to provide a similar broad high-quality experience of
the postgraduate CMT curriculum, whether in our district general or tertiary referral hospitals.
The posts in all rotations are appropriate to training in acute and general medicine, together with some
opportunities to gain experience in some of the specialties. Most involve a total of 6 x 4-month attachments,
but a few include some 6-month blocks (e.g. critical care medicine).
South West Peninsula:

http://www.peninsuladeanery.nhs.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=982%3Acore-medical-
training-ct1-portal&catid=13&Itemid=1009
Applicants will be asked to rank two-year programmes in order of preference prior to interview. Details of the
two-year programmes will be made available on the Deanery website. Allocations will be based on score
achieved during the selection process.
Successful applicants will spend two years at one trust, rotating through four- or six-month posts in medical
disciplines. Rotations provide a broad training in general medicine; satisfy requirements for completion of
CMT; and allow trainees to be exposed to a variety of medical specialties, including inpatient and outpatient
responsibilities to help them choose a specialty to apply for at ST3 level, once CMT is completed.
Wales:
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/pgmde/careersandrecruitment/index.html
In 2010, there will be three UoAs within Wales to which you can apply: Southeast Wales (assessment centre
based in Cardiff); Mid & Southwest Wales (Swansea); and North Wales (Wrexham).
Please note that these three UoAs will be regarded independently during the recruitment process – candidates
cannot select ‘Wales’ as one of their four UoA preferences and then another three UoAs.
For allocation of rotations – each candidate will be given a preference sheet and will be asked to fill in ranked
preferences of rotations as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. When we have established a ranking order of candidates following
completion of interviews, rotations will then be allocated on that basis – with the highest-ranking candidate
having his / her preferences considered first, then the second-highest, and so on. Each candidate will be
given their highest-preference rotation of those left available.
We hope to publish these preference sheets in mid-November at www.mmcwales.org. When candidates are
invited to interview, we will email them requesting that they bring a copy of the preference form with them.
Wessex:
http://www.nesc.nhs.uk/primary_areas/wessex_deanery.aspx
Applicants to Wessex will apply to the CMT training scheme in general, then at the time of interview applicants
will be asked to list all rotations they are willing to take up, in order of preference. Allocation will be based on
their score achieved during the interview process.
The majority of the posts rotate through six four-month posts, but some are through four six-month posts; or
one year in four-month posts, and the other in six-month posts. All will provide experience and training in at
least three of the ‘big six’ (Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine, Gastroenterology, Diabetes & Endocrinology,
Elderly Care Medicine, and Acute Medicine) to give adequate training in the acute medicine aspects of CMT.
CT1 and CT2 rotations are not necessarily linked in each trust, so there are opportunities to move between
rotations in each year, and sometimes between trusts.
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West Midlands:
http://www.westmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/SpecialtySchools/Medicine.aspx
CMT within the West Midlands Workforce Deanery is delivered in 5 zones; Birmingham, Black Country, Keele
(Staffordshire & Shropshire), Coventry & Warwickshire and Hereford & Worcestershire. Placement in a zone
is based on trainee preference and interviewing ranking. CT2 rotation details are decided at a later stage,
subject to consultation with the RCP Tutors.
In addition there will be more specific information on the deanery website with regards to rotations and
preferences.
Yorkshire and the Humber

http://www.yorksandhumberdeanery.nhs.uk/specialty_training/medicine.aspx
Yorkshire & the Humber will operate as one UoA for CMT applicants. Candidates will be asked to preference
locality (East, South or West) at the assessment centre. Candidates who are successful in gaining a place will
be offered a post in their preferred locality and will be asked to accept (or otherwise) an offer of a CMT post
without knowing which CMT programme they have been allocated to. If the preferred sector has no
vacancies, other Y&H sectors will be offered. Applicants will be allocated to their CMT programme at a later
stage. Programme allocation is done according to preferences and ranking (which is based on the overall
assessment score). Within each sector, the allocation will be done by the relevant CMT Programme Director.
Applicants' wishes for particular programmes and specialties will be taken into account where possible.
However all CMT programmes in the UoA offer the necessary training and experience for CMT competencies
to be gained.
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Appendix 9 Immigration Status and the Resident Labour Market
For certain professions in the UK, employers are legally required to ensure that residents in the labour market are
recruited before non-residents. Employers are only permitted to recruit non-residents once the resident labour market has
been exhausted. This is known as the Resident Labour Market Test (RLMT). Please note that the RLMT will not be
deemed to have been met in Round 1 of CMT CT1 recruitment – thus it will not be possible to make any offer of a post to
a non-resident in Round 1 of CMT CT1 recruitment. Applications from non-residents are welcome in Round 2 of CMT
CT1 recruitment but offers of posts cannot be made until the conditions of the RLMT are met. Please visit the UK Borders
Agency website for further information:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/employers/points/sponsoringmigrants/employingmigrants/residentlabourmarkettest/.
The following table sets out the main categories of limited leave to remain and eligibility to take up specialty training
programmes. Please note that where status is “can take up a training programme”, this only applies where applicants are
otherwise eligible – it may still be necessary to satisfy the RLMT.
Category Status
Refugee status awarded by UK, and partner/civil partner or spouse Can take up a training programme
Partner/civil partner or spouse of a UK citizen Can take up a training programme
Partner/civil partner or spouse of a UK citizen on a probationary period Can take up a training programme
HSMP or partner/civil partner or spouse of HSMP (no restriction placed on you to prevent you
Can take up a training programme
working as a ‘doctor in training’).*
Postgraduate Doctor or Dentist or partner/civil partner or spouse Can take up a training programme
Science and Engineering Graduates Scheme or partner/civil partner or spouse Can take up a training programme
Can take up a training programme, provided you
Medical Graduates of Scottish medical schools on a ‘Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland’ visa are currently on the Foundation Programme or in
Specialty Training
Tier 1 clearance or partner/civil partner or spouse of Tier 1 (no restrictions placed on you to
Can take up a training programme
prevent you working as a ‘doctor in training’).
UK Ancestry or partner/civil partner or spouse Can take up a training programme
Partner/civil partner or spouse of work permit holders Can take up a training programme
Partner/civil partner or spouse of students with initial grant of more than 12 months Can take up a training programme
Citizens of other EEA country Can take up a training programme
Residents of other EEA countries (with only indefinite leave to remain in other EEA country) Cannot take up a training programme
Cannot normally take up a training programme
Non EEA partners of EEA nationals unless have been granted leave to enter the UK
as the partner of an EEA national
HSMP or partner/civil partner or spouse (restriction placed on you to prevent you taking specialty
Cannot take up a training programme
training posts – your endorsement will read “no employment as a doctor in training).*
Tier 1 clearance (restriction placed on you to prevent you taking specialty training posts – your
endorsement will read “no employment as a doctor in training”). See above
Clinical attachment visa Cannot take up a training programme
Partner/civil partner or spouse of students with initial grants of less than 12 months Cannot take up a training programme
Students Cannot take up a training programme

Working Holiday Makers Cannot take up a training programme
Visitors Cannot take up a training programme
Non EEA nationals with leave to remain in other EEA countries (including those with refugee
status in other countries)
Cannot take up a training programme, unless it is
PBS Tier 2 sponsored workers part of the job in respect of which the Tier 2 leave
was granted
Partner/civil partner or spouse of a PBS Tier 2 worker with a visa endorsement which reads “no
employment as a doctor in training”.**
Cannot take up a training programme, unless it is
PBS Tier 5 sponsored workers part of the job for which the Tier 5 leave was
granted
Partner/civil partner or spouse of a PBS Tier 5 worker with a visa endorsement which reads “no
employment as a doctor in training”.**
* The immigration rules were changed on 29 February 2008. From that date, some doctors with leave under the HSMP
(and their partners) will not be able to take employment as ‘doctors in training’.
** The immigration rules were changed on 27 November 2008. From that date, new applicants for Tier 2 or Tier 5
sponsorship (and their partners) will not be able to take employment as ‘doctors in training’.
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Appendix 10 Evidence Summary Form
First name: Last name:
You are required to bring any evidence you have quoted on the application form to your interview.
The evidence is in two sections. Firstly you are required to show proof of your eligibility (e.g. proof of name,
address, medical qualification, etc.) Please follow the deanery instructions regarding the evidence (and
number of copies) you are required to bring to interview.
This checklist concerns the second part of the application form, i.e. the ‘achievements’ section, where you list
any achievements you wish to be taken into account. The interviewers will wish to see the evidence you have
quoted on your application form.
In order to make the evidence easier to find, and to be fair to all applicants we are asking you NOT to bring
your personal training portfolio. Instead, we would like you to bring to the interview an ‘Evidence Folder’ which
shows all the evidence you have quoted on your application form, in the order in which it is quoted. Full
portfolios which do not follow the structure as defined below may not be looked at.
It is strongly suggested that you use this check list as the first page in your evidence folder, so the interviewers
can see, at a glance, what you have brought and find it easily. You may wish to use dividers, or other
markers, to identify the relevant sections.
You may wish to show other evidence of satisfactory training and assessments
Page Description of evidence Tick if appears in folder

Copy of your completed application form
Additional undergraduate degrees and qualifications
Postgraduate degrees and qualifications
Additional achievements e.g. prizes, honours etc
Training courses attended
Achievements outside medicine
Presentations
Publications
Teaching experience
Clinical audit
Commitment to specialty
Other evidence – please list below:
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Appendix 11 Glossary
Those applying to CMT are referred to throughout the guide as either

Applicants / Candidates ‘applicants’ or ‘candidates’. The terms are used interchangeably and there
is no difference between them
This is the stage of recruitment where an applicant will visit a UoA to be

assessed in person. The assessment takes the form of document checking
by administration staff, to confirm eligibility, and an interview (3 separate
Assessment Centre mini-interview stations). Some assessment centres will also ask you to
complete preference forms to indicate your preferred sector or programme,
and respond to surveys. Therefore the time spent in the assessment centre
may last several hours.
CMT Core Medical Training
CT1 Core Training year 1 – equivalent to ST1 (Specialty Training year 1)
Foundation Achievement of Competency Document 5.2

FACD 5.2 This is the official form describing and verifying a trainee’s satisfactory
achievement of all necessary Foundation training competencies
International English Language Testing System

IELTS
This is a widely-used test of English language skill
JRCPTB Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board
Round One is the initial recruitment episode for posts commencing in

R1 / Round One
August 2010
Round Two is the second recruitment episode for posts commencing in

August 2010. It is likely to be open in April 2010. This round is open to
R2 / Round Two
UK/EEA and non UK/EEA. However, non UK/EEA doctors may be subject
to the resident labour market test prior to an offer being made
RCP Royal College of Physicians
Resident Labour Market Test

RLMT The RLMT is the test UK employers are required to carry out before
employing migrants under Tier 2 (General) of the points-based system.
See http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk for further info
Specialty Recruitment Office

SRO The SRO is based at the RCP, co-ordinate national recruitment to CMT
posts in England & Wales, and are the authors of this document
Unit of Application
UoA Some Deaneries are split into separate UoAs, such as Wales or the East
Midlands. The term UoA will be used in relation to Deanery Units of
Applications throughout this guidance document
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APPLICANTS’ GUIDE 2010: RECRUITMENT ROUND ONE

How to make a good application

Specialty Recruitment Office (SRO)

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1.2 Important changes from 2009 ................................................................................................ 7

1.3 The Guaranteed Interview Scheme ....................................................................................... 7

2 Preparing your application ................................................................................................................... 8

2.1 Consider the entry criteria....................................................................................................... 8

2.1.1 Evidence of achievement of Foundation Competence (FC) by August 2010 ......... 8

2.1.2 Employment history.................................................................................................. 10

2.1.3 18 months or less CMT experience......................................................................... 10

2.1.4 ALL sections of application form to be completed FULLY...................................... 11

2.1.5 Eligibility to work in the UK....................................................................................... 11

2.2 What information do I need to complete an application? .................................................... 12

2.3 Prepare your documentation in advance............................................................................. 12

2.3.1 Acceptable personal identification documents........................................................ 13

2.3.2 Original evidence of your eligibility to take up employment in the UK.................... 13

2.3.4 Your original Medical Degree Certificate................................................................. 14

2.3.6 Evidence of achievement of Foundation competence............................................ 14

2.3.7 Your completed Evidence Summary Form and Evidence Folder.......................... 14

2.5 Consider the desirable criteria.............................................................................................. 15

3 The Recruitment Process .................................................................................................................. 16

3.1 The application portal and how to access it......................................................................... 16

3.2 Internet Access Warning ...................................................................................................... 16

3.3 Your login and password...................................................................................................... 16

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3.4 Linked applications ............................................................................................................... 17

3.5 Online application only.......................................................................................................... 17

3.6 Help with your application..................................................................................................... 17

3.7 The application window ........................................................................................................ 17

3.8 STAGE 1: Long-Listing........................................................................................................ 18

3.9 Scoring & ranking.................................................................................................................. 18

3.10 Invitation to / booking of places at Assessment Centre....................................................... 18

3.11 STAGE 2: Assessment Centre ............................................................................................ 19

3.12 STAGE 3: Offers process..................................................................................................... 19

3.13 Holding offers........................................................................................................................ 20

3.13.1 Co-ordinated CT1/ST1 specialties............................................................................ 20

3.13.2 CMT Scotland............................................................................................................ 20

3.14 Local Clearing ....................................................................................................................... 20

3.15 Pre-employment checks....................................................................................................... 21

3.16 Contract of Employment....................................................................................................... 21

4 Applying: Section-by-section guide ................................................................................................... 22

4.1 General points....................................................................................................................... 22

4.2 Supporting Evidence ............................................................................................................ 22

4.3 Word counts, spelling and grammar check, formatting....................................................... 22

4.5 Registration section .............................................................................................................. 23

4.6 Application section – Personal Information.......................................................................... 24

4.7 Application section – Foundation Competence ................................................................... 24

4.8 Application section – Medico-legal details ........................................................................... 24

4.8.1 Fitness to practise, criminal convictions, driving offences ...................................... 24

4.9 Application section – Qualifications...................................................................................... 25

4.10 Application section – supporting information ....................................................................... 26

4.10.1 Achievements outside Medicine (65 words) – Maximum score = 6....................... 26

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4.10.2 Presentations – Maximum score = 6....................................................................... 27

4.10.3 Publications – Maximum points = 8......................................................................... 27

4.10.4 Teaching – Maximum points = 10 ........................................................................... 27

4.10.5 Clinical Audit – Maximum points = 10 ..................................................................... 28

4.10.6 Commitment to specialty (300 words) – Maximum points = 10 ............................. 28

4.11 Application section – experience.......................................................................................... 28