About CMT

Core Medical Training (CMT)

CMT is the primary stage of training and entry point for those trainees who wish to follow a career in medical specialties such as cardiology, dermatology, gastroenterology, etc.

Following completion of the Foundation Programme, CMT trainees will undertake two years of core training (labelled CT1 and CT2), during which they will take up a number of different posts – typically either four or six months in duration, labelled ‘rotations’. These rotations will give trainees much varied experience of, and exposure to, a wide range of medical specialties, acute medicine, the workings of differently-sized and structured hospitals and trusts; as well as the chance to work with and for a much greater variety of colleagues and patients from different backgrounds and with disparate levels of experience; in addition to the opportunity to become much more involved in medical teaching and training.

Upon successful completion of CMT, trainees will be able to access a huge range of possible CCTs and careers in areas of medicine such as cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology & diabetes, gastroenterology, geriatric medicine, renal medicine, and many others. For more information on the specialties covered by CMT, please visit the JRCPTB website at the following link:

http://www.jrcptb.org.uk/Specialty/Pages/default.aspx

MRCP (UK) Diploma

Trainees must gain the full MRCP(UK) Diploma to be eligible for CMT certification, and for entry into ST3 (from 2011 onwards); hence, it is strongly recommended that you examine the exam timetable on http://www.mrcpuk.org/Pages/Home.aspx, and you should plan to have passed the full diploma prior to the ST3 application period (planned to be in March of the CT2 year).

Please note that it is permissible, and indeed desirable, to take MRCP(UK) Part 1 prior to entry into CMT. Passing MRCP(UK) Part 1 prior to entry to CMT will give you a head start in terms of obtaining the full diploma. Over 20% of the applicants to CMT had obtained Part 1 in 2009. However, rest assured that passing Part 1 is not an essential entry criterion for CMT.

The Co-ordinated CMT Recruitment System

At the invitation of the Department of Health, in summer 2008 the Royal College of Physicians designed and implemented a nationally-coordinated recruitment system for CMT. The aim of the project was to introduce a process which was fair, effective, strong, robust, transparent, and efficient.

We believe that is the process that has been created. Since a successful launch in the 2009 recruitment period, feedback received by the recruitment office has been overwhelmingly positive.

The Royal College of Physicians of London

The RCPL provides a wide range of services to its 20,000 Members and Fellows and other medical professionals; such as examinations, training courses, continuous professional development, conferences, clinical audits.  The College also leads medical debate, and lobbies and advises government and other decision-makers on behalf of its members.

For more information, please visit the RCPL website: www.rcplondon.ac.uk