āĻāĻĒāĻžāύāϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϏā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŦāĻž āϧā§āϰā§āϝ āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻāĻāύāĻāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāύāĨ¤ āĻĒāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻĢ āĻĄāĻžāĻāύāϞā§āĻĄ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻāĻ

āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋāĻāϰ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāύāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύ⧠āύāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϞā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻāύâā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĨ¤
1. https://youtu.be/LwDr40nuiDU?si=ZiWpM4xZKEvuu5WU
2. https://www.imtrecruitment.org.uk/recruitment-process/interview/interview-structure-and-content
3. https://medcourse.co.uk/speciality-guide/imt-interview-guide/
āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻž Station āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĻ
Station 1: 11 Minutes
Application and achievements
Suitability for IMT
Ethical, professionalism and governance scenario
Station 2: 11 minutes
Clinical scenario – Investigations/diagnosis/management
Clinical scenario – communication mark
Clinical scenario – handover
Station 1
āϏāĻŽā§āĻ ā§§ā§§ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻā§āϤāĨ¤
- Part 1: Application and Suitability for IMT
- Part 2: Ethical, professionalism and governance question
Part 1: Application and Suitability for IMT
āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻāĻļā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ ā§Ŧ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
A. 2 minute presentation
B. Questions related to your your application/CV/ Portfolio and suitability to be a trainee in medicine
A. 2 minute presentation
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ
āĻāĻļā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻž ⧍ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻā§āύā§āĻā§āĻļāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻŋāĻā§āĻ
âGive an overview of your achievements to date which are most relevant to your application to be a trainee in internal medicineâ
āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ ⧍ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻāĨ¤ā§¨ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϝā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§āύ āϏā§āϞāĻžāĻāĻĄ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻĒāϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āύāĻžāĨ¤āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āύā§āĻ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§āύāĨ¤
B. Questions related to your your application/CV/Portfolio and suitability to be a trainee in medicine:
āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻāĻļā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ IMT āϤ⧠āĻĸā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ⧠āĻāϤāĻā§āĻā§ suitable āϏā§āĻāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻāĻĢā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŦāĻž āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§, hence the name âSuitability for IMTâ.
Commonly asked questions in this part:
- Why do you want to get into IMT?
- What have you done so far to get into IMT/that shows your committment to get into IMT?How have you prepared yourself for IMT?
- What do you know about IMT curriculum?
- Tell us about your research experience
- Tell us about your quality improvement project
- Tell us about your publication
- Tell us about your teaching experience
- Why do you think teaching is important for an IMT?
- Why do you think research is important for an IMT?
- Why do you think quality improvement is important for an IMT?
Suggested Preparatory Materials for Part 1:
- Medibuddy
- Optimize Interviews
- CT-ST Interviews Book
- IMT Curriculum
Please prepare the commonly asked questions really well. āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ âāĻŽāύ⧠āĻšā§ āϝ⧠āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĢā§āϞāϞ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāύâā§āϝ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āύā§ā§āĻž āϏāĻšāĻ āĻšāĻŦā§, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĢā§āϞā§āύ- āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āϞāĻŋāĻā§ practice āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšā§ āϝ⧠āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāύâā§āϝ⧠āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāϰ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āϏā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύāĨ¤
Part 2: Ethical, professionalism and governance question
āϏāĻŽā§āĻ ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ
āĻāĻ āĻ
āĻāĻļā§ āĻāϏ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ/āĻāĻāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§ āϝā§āĻā§āϞ⧠Ethical/Professionalism/Governance āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāύāϏā§āĻĒā§āĻ āĻā§āĻžāϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŦā§ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āϏāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ⧠āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻā§āύ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻĻā§ā§āĻž āĻšāĻŦā§āύāĻžāĨ¤
āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻā§āϞ⧠āϤāĻŋāύ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§āĻ
- Purely Ethical Question
- Governance related Questions
- STAR questions
Purely Ethical questions:
āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻāĻž purely ethical: āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠patient related, āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠colleague related. āϝā§āĻŽāύāĻ
Example 1: You have a patient in the hospital who has been diagnosed with pneumonia and is refusing treatment. On the other hand, his family members have an impression that the doctors have decided not to treat him. How would you plan to manage this scenario?
Example 2: You are in a morning shift and one of your colleagues appear to be drunk. How would you deal with this situation?
āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§ā§āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ medical ethics āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāύā§āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāϞ (Autonomy, Beneficence, Non-maleficence, Justice) āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŦāĻž Good Medical Practice āĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύā§āϰ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻŦ āĻšā§āĨ¤
https://www.gmc-uk.org/professional-standards/professional-standards-for-doctors/good-medical-practice
Clinical Governance Related Questions:
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ knowledge based question āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§. āĻāĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŽāύ āύāĻž, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāϰ⧠āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§:
- What do you mean by audit? What are the steps of audit?
- What do you mean by research?
- What is the difference between audit and research?
- What is QIP?
- What do you mean by Clinical Governance?
- What are the pillars of Clinical Governance?
- What do you mean by portfolio?
- What do you mean my apprisal?
- What do you mean by revalidation?
-What do you mean by Evidence Based Medicine?
STAR Questions:
āĻāĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āϝā§āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϞāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻāĻā§āϏāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋā§ā§āύā§āϏ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āϝā§āĻŽāύāĻ
Tell us about:
- a Mistake that you have done
- your Strength
- â your Weakness
- â a Conflict that you have had with one of your colleagues
- â Difficult situation that you have faced
- â a situation where you showed Leadership
- â a situation where your Communication skills helped to make a difference
- â a situation where you showed Teamwork
- â a situation where you face Difficulty communicating with a colleague
- a situation where you showed integrity
Suggested Study Materials:
- Medibuddy
- CT-ST Interviews
- Optimise Interviews Course Material
- GMC Good Medical Practice
- Principles of Medical Ethics
Station 2: Clinical Scenario and Patient Handover
āϏāϰā§āĻŦāĻŽā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ ā§§ā§§ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻŋāύ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āϞāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻā§āϞāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ āϏāĻŋāύāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻ ā§§ā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āϧāϰ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ ā§§ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāύ colleague āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ handover āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύâā§āϝā§āĨ¤
āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻ
- How will you assess and manage this scenario
- what next steps you would take, e.g. further investigations?
- What are your differential diagnosis?
- any potential treatments possible?
- any further information you would gather?
- how you would go about communicating with any people (eg patients, family members, colleagues) involved in the scenario?
āĻĻāĻļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āĻļā§āώ āĻšā§ā§ āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ āϰā§āĻā§āĻā§ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻāĻāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝā§āĨ¤
Can you hand this patient over to your colleague?
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ hospital āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŦāĻž Outpatient- āϝā§āĻā§āύ setup āĻāϰ āϰā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤ You should be able to do the initial assessment, management and produce a list of necessary investigations and differential diagnosis of a patient coming with the following presentations.
Acute setting:
- Patient presenting with Shortness of Breath
- Patient presenting with Chest Pain
- Patient presenting with hematemesis/Malena
- Patient presenting with Headache
- Patient presenting with seizures
- Patient presenting with Confusion/Altered mental status
- Patient presenting with palpitation
- Patient presenting with low GCS
- Patient presenting with fever
- Patient presenting with fever, night sweats, weight loss
- Patient presenting with lew pain and/or swelling
- Patient presenting after a fall
- Patient presenting with diarrhoea +/- vomiting
- Patient presenting with poisoning
- Patient presenting with palpitations
OP setting:
- Deranged LFTs
- Asthma Patient presenting for annual review
- High Blood pressure in clinic
- Stable COPD Management
- Stable Asthma Management
- Hyperlipidemia
- Diabetes
- Chronic Heart Failure
- Angina
- Migraine
Diseases:
- Pneumonia+ CURB 65 Score
- Sepsis
- Acute Severe Asthma
- Acute exacerbation of COPD
- Tension Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Paracetamol Poisoning
- Hypoglycemia
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis/HHS
- Acute Upper GI Bleeding
- Hyperkalemia
- Hyponatremia
- Anaphylaxis
- Cardiac Arrest (ALS Protocol)
- Tachycardia
- Bradycardia
- ECG interpretation (ST elevation, TWI, Hyperkalemia, SVT, Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Block)
- X-Ray interpretation (Pneumonia, Pulmonary Edema, Pneumothorax, Pleural Effusion)
- ABG interpretation
- Stroke
- Addissonian Crisis
- AF
- SVT
- Fall
- Respiratory Failure
- Stroke
- Lymphoma
- TB
Suggested Preparatory Materials for Part 2:
- Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine
- Medibuddy
- Optimize interviews
- NICE Guideline
- SBARD Handover from ALS Manual
Use this cheatsheet to prepare for the interview:
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