IMT Interview Preparation 2024: Part 1: Starting from the Scratch

Guideline to prepare for the interview of internal medicine training for 2024

āφāĻĒāĻžāύāϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦ⧜ āĻĒā§‹āĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻĒ⧜āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻž āϧ⧈āĻ°ā§āϝ āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āĻāχ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāϟāĻž āĻāĻ•āύāϜāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύāĻŋāύāĨ¤ āĻĒāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻĢ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϞāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ•āĻ“

IMT Interview Preparation Cheatsheet

āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡āχ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻ­āĻŋāωāϰ āϖ⧁āρāϟāĻŋāύāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻœā§‡āύ⧇ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦā§‹ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨â€ā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻāχ āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇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/


āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻ­āĻŋāωāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āχāϟāĻž Station āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇āσ
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§Ÿāσ ā§§ā§§ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻž āĻĻ⧁āχāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤāĨ¤

  1. Part 1: Application and Suitability for IMT
  2. Part 2: Ethical, professionalism and governance question
Part 1: Application and Suitability for IMT

āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿāσ ā§Ŧ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻžāϰ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧁āχāϟāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āφāϛ⧇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…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž ⧍ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻ–āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻāχ āϟāĻĒāĻŋāϕ⧇āσ
“Give an overview of your achievements to date which are most relevant to your application to be a trainee in internal medicine”
āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āχ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻ­āĻŋāω āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ ⧍ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĨ¤ā§¨ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇ āφāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āĻ¸ā§āϞāĻžāχāĻĄ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āύāĻžāĨ¤āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϚāĻžāχāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āĻœā§‡ āύ⧋āϟ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤

B. Questions related to your your application/CV/Portfolio and suitability to be a trainee in medicine:
āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ IMT āϤ⧇ āĻĸ⧁āĻ•āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ•āϤāϟ⧁āϕ⧁ suitable āϏ⧇āϟāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟāĻĢā§‹āϞāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻž āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇, hence the name ‘Suitability for IMT’.

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 āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ ‍āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿ āϝ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨â€ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻ¨ā§‡ā§ŸāĻž āϏāĻšāϜ āĻšāĻŦ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āύ- āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇ practice āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿ āϝ⧇ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨â€ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āϏ⧇āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤


Part 2: Ethical, professionalism and governance question

āϏāĻŽā§Ÿāσ ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ
āĻāχ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•/āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ Ethical/Professionalism/Governance āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āύāϏ⧇āĻĒā§āϟ āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤āĻāχ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟāĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇ āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇āύāĻžāĨ¤
āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϤāĻŋāύ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§€āσ

  • Purely Ethical Question
  • Governance related Questions
  • STAR questions

Purely Ethical questions:
āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϟāĻž purely ethical: āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ patient related, āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ colleague related. āϝ⧇āĻŽāύāσ

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?

āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ medical ethics āĻāϰ āϚāĻžāϰāϟāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāϞ (Autonomy, Beneficence, Non-maleficence, Justice) āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻž Good Medical Practice āϕ⧇ āĻāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻœā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤
https://www.gmc-uk.org/professional-standards/professional-standards-for-doctors/good-medical-practice

https://www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/essential-learning-law-and-ethics#:~:text=Autonomy%20%E2%80%93%20respect%20for%20the%20patient’s,all%20people%20equally%20and%20equitably.

Clinical Governance Related Questions:
āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ knowledge based question āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇. āĻāχ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽāύ āύāĻž, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡:

  • 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:
āĻāĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϝ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻĒ⧇āϰāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
āϝ⧇āĻŽāύāσ
Tell us about:

  • a Mistake that you have done
  • your Strength
  • ⁠your Weakness
  • ⁠a Conflict that you have had with one of your colleagues
  • ⁠Difficult situation that you have faced
  • ⁠a situation where you showed Leadership
  • ⁠a situation where your Communication skills helped to make a difference
  • ⁠a situation where you showed Teamwork
  • ⁠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

āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŽā§‹āϟ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿāσ ā§§ā§§ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻž āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāχ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞ āϏāĻŋāύāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŽā§‹āϟ ā§§ā§Ļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āϧāϰ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ ā§§ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ colleague āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ handover āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨â€ā§āϝ⧇āĨ¤
āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āσ

  • 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 āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻāχ āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€āϕ⧇ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇āĨ¤
    Can you hand this patient over to your colleague?

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ hospital āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻž Outpatient- āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ setup āĻāϰ āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇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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