MMC Specialty Training Structure

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MMC Specialty Training Structure Recruitment
in 2007General Information pertinent to all
specialties

• Welsh GP Programme Directors Meeting
• Phil Matthews - November 2006

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Overview

• Application Portal is -Medical Training
  Application Service (MTAS)
• All 4 home countries and all specialties involved
  
• Timetable (very tightly specified) and the agreed
  UK process is available from www.mmc.nhs.uk

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Reminder of latest MMC model
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What candidates can apply for in 2007 (1)

• Applicants can apply for Specialties and FTSTAs
• All programmes are August entry
• All programmes are in year multiples (length of
  each depends on specialty and level of entry i.e.
  ST1, ST2, ST3 or ST4)
• A Unit of Application (UoA) is the geographical
  area administering applications to the specialty
  and broadly relates to deaneries (except in GP)

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What candidates can apply for in 2007 (2)

• Possible application combinations in terms of
• Specialties,
• UoAs
• Applicants can apply at only one level for a
  single specialty
• But can apply at a different level in a second
  specialty where skills match a different level of
  person specification
• There will be two recruitment rounds for most
  specialties

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Applicants who dont get into run-through
training in 2007

• For F2s who dont get a place on run-through
  training, they can apply in tandem for an FTSTA
• The same will also be the case for SHOs unless
  they have three or more years of SHO training
  which will qualify them to be able to apply for a
  career post (bearing in mind that availability
  of these posts is driven by service need)
• To be eligible for career posts, trainees need a
  minimum of 4 years, post-qualification
  training(these arrangements are not
  significantly different to the current system in
  this respect)

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FTSTAs (1)

• FTSTAs will be offered at ST1 and ST2 in most
  specialties
• Also offered at ST3 in paediatrics and psychiatry
  only as these two specialties include three core
  years in their new curricula.
• Max 2 years FTSTA in any one specialty
• Need to reapply in open competition after 1st
  year of any FTSTA

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FTSTAs (2)

• Once a doctor has undertaken two years of FTSTAs
  in a specialty, there are several options open to
  that doctor, e.g.
• Seek appointment to a career post
• Apply for a run-through training programme at the
  appropriate level
• Apply for an FTSTA in another specialty
• In 2007, doctors can apply to FTSTAs during 1st
  and 2nd recruitment rounds
• Selection for all FTSTAs is likely to be
  confirmed at the end of the second round of
  applications.

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Recap of broad timetable

• Foundation Programme
• August 2005 Foundation Programme launched
• 25 October 2006 FP new online recruitment process
  opens
• Specialty/GP training
• September 2006 Indicative number of specialty and
  GP programmes across the UK announced
• 13 November 2006 MMC Conference the future of
  specialty training
• 22 January 2007 First round of recruitment to
  specialty and GP programmes begins
• 28 Feb 13 Apr 07 Interviews for specialty/GP
  programmes take place
• 28 April 2007 Second round of recruitment begins
• 4 22 June 2007 Second round of interviews
• Aug - Dec 2007 New training programmes begin
  (start dates for junior docs negotiated
  locally)
• Career grade doctors
• Feb 2007 NCCG Best Practice Guide for Employers
  published

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Any more questions?