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Medical Specialty Application Tips

Practical advice for medical students and junior doctors on building portfolio evidence for UK specialty applications, including IMT, CST, ACCS, cardiothoracic surgery and exam planning.

Internal Medicine Training tips

How to maximise IMT points through publications, presentations, teaching, quality improvement, postgraduate qualifications and evidence collection.

Core Surgical Training tips

Practical CST portfolio advice covering operative logbooks, surgical commitment, MRCS, QI, teaching, conferences and publications.

ACCS and anaesthetics tips

Advice on anaesthetics and ICM tasters, courses, exams, QI, research and teaching evidence for ACCS and CT1 applications.

Cardiothoracic Surgery ST1 tips

Run-through cardiothoracic ST1 advice covering clinical attachments, self-assessment evidence, research, QI, PubMed publications and interview preparation.

Choosing a medical specialty

Compare lifestyle, rota intensity, training routes, flexibility, portfolio fit and academic opportunities before committing to a specialty.

Academic Clinical Fellowship tips

ACF application advice covering clinical academic pathways, academic CVs, critical appraisal, benchmarking and interview preparation.

Exam and portfolio planning

Overview of MRCP, MRCS and MSRA timing, plus teach-the-teacher, conferences and portfolio evidence strategy.