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The 2010 edition of 'The Gold Guide' (A Reference Guide for Postgraduate Specialty Training in the UK) has now been published, on the website of the Medical Programme Board (formerly known as MMC - Modernising Medical Careers). The Guide can be found at..."... Read More"

Data on short-listing scores is available from the  downloads page of our website. Candidates can request their score from their interviewing deanery. Should you require further information on the feedback process please follow..."... Read More"

Now that the CMT R2 application period has closed, deaneries/UoAs are checking your eligibility to be considered for CMT. This process will be completed on, or possible before, Friday 30 April. By then, you will have received an email confirming..."... Read More"

With the Interview stage of the CMT recruitment process approaching, the RCP-SRO has today published an updated version of the CMT Applicants' Guide - including a new full chapter (chapter 5) devoted to the Interview stage. Ahead of the upcoming second..."... Read More"

Please note that the second round of recruitment to 2010 Core Medical Training posts in England & Wales has now closed (as of 12.00 midday, Tuesday 20 April 2010). "... Read More"

The second round of recruitment to 2010 England & Wales CMT CT1 posts will open at 9.00am on Tuesday 6 April 2010. As with Round 1, a link to the application system will be made available from the homepage of this website at that time/date. The..."... Read More"

Following recent UK Borders Agency rulings, there have been a number of changes to the proposed timeline and make-up of the second round of recruitment to 2010 CMT CT1 posts. However, we can now officially confirm that the application system will be..."... Read More"

Ahead of the upcoming second round of recruitment to 2010 CMT posts, the RCP-SRO has today published an updated version of the CMT Applicants' Guide. As before, this document contains fully comprehensive information and guidance on applying to 2010 CMT..."... Read More"

Now that all interviews have been completed, data on Final Assessment scores is available from the  downloads page of our website. Candidates can request their score from their interviewing deanery. Should you require further..."... Read More"

The current, i.e. first, round of recruitment to 2010 CMT posts will continue over the coming weeks and into the spring, as interviews are completed and deaneries continue to make offers to suitable candidates. At the end of Round 1 (R1), any deaneries..."... Read More"

Over the coming weeks, deaneries in England & Wales will begin making CMT offers to candidates (in addition to, of course, many other specialties across all UK deaneries beginning to make offers of posts as well.) In most cases, candidates must..."... Read More"

The Northern Deanery have made available the rotation preferences sheet for those candidates they have invited to CMT interviews. This sheet can be downloaded from the Northern Deanery page  of this website. Candidates are invited to rank in..."... Read More"

By now, all applicants to CMT both eligible and suitable for interview will have received an invitation; the majority of whom have now also booked their interview. For more information on this, please see the Interviews  section of our website;..."... Read More"

Invitations to CMT interviews will soon be sent out to all eligible candidates.  Please note that all invitations are not being sent out at the same time – this will vary between deaneries - hence do not worry if you have not yet received an..."... Read More"

Provisional dates for the second round of recruitment to 2010 CMT posts have been announced, and can be seen on the Calendar  page of our website. Applications to Round Two (R2) can begin from Tuesday 30th March 2010 , with a deadline for submission..."... Read More"

The deadline for the first round of applications to 2010 CMT posts has now passed; no further applications will be accepted until later recruitment rounds have opened - more details will follow on this website shortly. Regarding those..."... Read More"

Ruling We have this afternoon received Department of Health advice stating that non-UK / non-EEA doctors who are classed as UK graduates - i.e. are graduates of medical schools in the UK, and are currently undertaking UK Foundation training - will..."... Read More"

The latest version of our Applicants' Guide - Version 3.0 - has been published, and is available for download from either our homepage , or from the Downloads  section of this website. This version - Version 3.0 - contains the following changes..."... Read More"

As you will be aware, the process of recruitment to CMT in 2010 will NOT include a knowledge test at any stage.  However, as suggested elsewhere on this website, other bodies are piloting such tests, one such body being the Academy of Medical Royal..."... Read More"

The recent edition of the BMJ contains a number of articles relating to specialty recruitment. These can be viewed online, at the BMJ homepage ( www.bmj.com ), but we have included links to the individual articles below: Recruitment to medical..."... Read More"

The advertisement for 2010 CMT posts has been released, and is available for viewing and download from our  homepage . A version of this advertisement can be viewed at the NHS Jobs website at the following link:..."... Read More"

Interview dates and provisional post numbers for each deanery/UoA in England & Wales have been released, and can be viewed from our website at the  Interviews  page. Please note that these are subject to change, and should be taken..."... Read More"

The 2010 CMT Applicants' Guide has been published and is available for download from our website (please see homepage download box) The Applicants' Guide is a comprehensive guidance document, giving information to candidates on all aspects and areas of..."... Read More"

In the event of a national emergency involving spread of pandemic 'flu across the UK, the DH has put in place contingency plans so as to minimise the effect on medical training recruitment - scheduled to take place over winter & spring in 2009/10...."... Read More"

The process of national recruitment to 2010 CMT posts will NOT include a knowledge test. In 2009, the CMT recruitment team piloted a national CMT machine-marked knowledge test (MMT) based on the test employed in the GP recruitment process. The..."... Read More"

The BMJ has published an article describing the CMT recruitment process in 2009, and our expectations for the process in 2010.  To read this article, please visit the BMJ website, at the following link:..."... Read More"

In 2010, the Wales Deanery will be joining the national recruitment process for Core Medical Training posts.  The Deanery will be split into three ‘UoAs’ (Units of Application): North Wales, Mid & Southwest Wales, and Southeast Wales...."... Read More"