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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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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