Those competition ratios

1 Based on data current at 14 March 2007
2 Applications per post is the ratio of applications to posts.

Competition ratios by Specialty for Entry Level ST1
Posts1

Specialty

Applications per post2

Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS)

7.7

Anaesthesia

4.8

Chemical Pathology

8.5

Clinical Radiology

18.1

Core Medical Training

5.8

General Practice

6.1

Histopathology

8.7

Medical Microbiology & Virology

16.6

Neurosurgery

7.6

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

7.0

Ophthalmology

8.2

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS)

8.7

Paediatrics

4.5

Psychiatry

5.1

Public Health

17.9

Surgery in General

6.1

Competition ratios by Specialty for Entry Level ST2
Posts1

Specialty

Applications per post2

Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS)

7.6

Anaesthesia

4.3

Core Medical Training

6.5

General Practice

5.5

Neurosurgery

6.0

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

6.0

Ophthalmology

6.7

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS)

4.2

Paediatrics

5.6

Psychiatry

6.5

Surgery in General

8.8

Competition ratios by Specialty for Entry Level ST3
Posts1

Specialty

Applications per post2

Acute Medicine

5.6

Allergy

1.0

Anaesthesia

7.0

Audiological Medicine

2.0

Cardiology

15.0

Cardiothoracic Surgery

53.8

Clinical Genetics

3.9

Clinical Neurophysiology

2.3

Clinical Oncology

5.9

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics

0.0

Dermatology

9.1

Emergency Medicine

5.5

Endocrinology & Diabetes

8.9

Gastroenterology

13.2

General Practice

3.8

General Surgery

20.3

Genito-urinary Medicine

5.4

Geriatric Medicine

5.4

Haematology

6.8

Immunology

0.6

Infectious Diseases

9.1

Infectious Diseases & MMV - Medical Microbiology

4.2

Infectious Diseases & MMV - Virology

3.5

Medical Oncology

7.1

Medical Ophthalmology

1.5

Neurology

14.4

Neurosurgery

10.2

Nuclear Medicine

1.4

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

9.4

Occupational Medicine

3.0

Ophthalmology

10.8

Otolaryngology (ENT)

19.8

Paediatric Surgery

15.9

Paediatrics

6.5

Palliative Medicine

12.2

Plastic Surgery

18.2

Psychiatry

6.1

Rehabilitation Medicine

2.0

Renal Medicine

7.7

Respiratory Medicine

10.4

Rheumatology

7.8

Sports & Exercise Medicine

11.8

Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery

22.6

Urology

17.7

Competition ratios by Specialty for Entry Level ST4
Posts1

Specialty

Applications per post2

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

5.8

Emergency Medicine

1.5

Forensic Psychiatry

7.2

General Adult Psychiatry

6.9

Neurosurgery

11.9

Old Age Psychiatry

5.7

Paediatric Cardiology

11.8

Paediatrics

5.8

Psychiatry of Learning Disability

4.8

Psychotherapy

4.0

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Specialty/Level

Number of Applications Received

Number of Applicants Invited to Interview

Number of Run Through Vacancies

Competition Ratio (number of applications per vacancy)

Number of FTSTA Vacancies in Round 1

Number of FTSTA Vacancies in Round 2

ACCS Acute Medicine ST1

51

7

3

17.00

2

0

ACCS Anaesthetics ST1

49

8

3

16.33

3

0

ACCS Anaesthetics ST2

34

6

3

11.33

3

2

ACCS Emergency Medicine ST1

113

13

7

16.14

8

3

ACCS Emergency Medicine ST2

82

7

3

27.33

3

0

Anaesthethics ST1

161

35

17

9.47

4

2

Anaesthethics ST2

230

38

19

12.11

10

5

Anaesthetics ST3

123

24

15

8.20

0

0

Emergency Medicine ST3

26

9

2

13.00

0

0

Emergency Medicine ST4

9

5

2

4.50

0

0

Core Medical Training ST1

342

97

44

7.77

8

4

Core Medical Training ST2

405

84

26

15.58

23

10

Acute Medicine ST3

29

13

7

4.14

0

0

Cardiology ST3

56

12

3

18.67

0

0

Clinical Neurophysiology ST3

2

0

1

2.00

0

0

Gastroenterology ST3

43

10

3

14.33

0

0

Geriatrics ST3

20

6

1

20.00

0

0

Geriatrics ACF ST3

0

0

1

0.00

0

0

Haematology ST3

13

8

1

13.00

0

0

Palliative Medicine ST3

19

8

1

19.00

0

0

Rehabilitation Medicine ST3

3

2

2

1.50

0

0

Renal Medicine (Nephrology) ST3

5

5

1

5.00

0

0

Clinical Radiology ST1

154

21

8

19.25

0

0

Medical Microbiology ST1

18

6

1

18.00

0

0

Obstetrics & Gynaecology ST1

69

36

12

5.75

0

0

Obstetrics & Gynaecology ST2

48

37

6

8.00

3

0

Paediatrics ST1

84

24

12

7.00

2

0

Paediatrics ST2

110

23

12

9.17

4

0

Paediatrics ST3

102

25

12

8.50

7

3

Paediatrics ST4

41

13

3

13.67

0

0

Paediatrics ST4 ACF

4

3

1

4.00

0

0

Psychiatry ST1

87

36

18

4.83

0

0

Psychiatry ST2

146

36

18

8.11

0

0

Psychiatry ST3

169

28

14

12.07

2

0

General Adult Psychiatry ST4

35

4

2

17.50

0

0

Old Age Psychiatry ST4

8

4

2

4.00

0

0

Surgery in General Generic ST1

14

3

1

14.00

0

0

Surgery in General ENT ST1

16

6

2

8.00

0

0

Surgery in General ENT ST2

24

8

1

24.00

3

0

ENT ST3

43

8

2

21.50

0

0

Surgery ACF ST2

6

1

1

6.00

0

0

Surgery in General General Surgery ST1

97

21

4

24.25

3

3

Surgery in General General Surgery ST2

91

21

2

45.50

4

0

Surgery in General Paedatric Surgery ST1

12

4

1

12.00

0

0

Surgery in General Paediatric Surgery ST2

25

1

1

25.00

0

0

Surgery in General Plastic Surgery ST1

24

6

1

24.00

2

0

Surgery in General Plastic Surgery ST2

30

6

1

30.00

1

0

Surgery in General Trauma & Orthopaedics ST1

71

12

5

14.20

3

1

Surgery in General Trauma & Orthopaedics ST2

75

16

1

75.00

6

3

Surgery in General Urology ST1

7

6

2

3.50

0

0

Surgery in General Urology ST2

19

5

1

19.00

0

0

Urology ST3

39

7

1

39.00

0

0

Ophthalmology ST1

29

10

2

14.50

4

2

Ophthalmology ST2

55

13

3

18.33

4

2

Ophthalmology ST3

28

5

2

14.00

0

0

Neurosurgery ST1 ACF

8

5

1

8.00

0

0

Neurosurgery ST2

21

5

1

21.00

1

0

Neurosurgery ST3

18

5

1

18.00

0

0

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery ST1

18

7

1

18.00

1

0

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery ST2

14

7

1

14.00

0

0

TOTAL

3674

881

325

114

40

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