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Welcome to the CT1 Recruitment website!

Please note - the round 2 application period for 2012 CT1 posts in CMT and ACCS-AM will be open from Tuesday 3 April 2012 (9am) until Tuesday 17 April 2012 (1pm). All applications must be submitted within this period.

This website contains information for candidates considering applying to 2012 CT1-level posts in the programmes of core medical training (CMT) and/or acute care common stem [medicine] (ACCS-AM).

This includes information on eligibility, participating deaneries, the application form, interviews and offers, subsequent recruitment rounds and clearing.

Please see the quick links menu to the left of this page, along with the tabs menu across the top, to visit pages of the site giving more information on applying to CT1 posts in CMT and/or ACCS-AM.

Above left you can view/download (free) the 2012 applicants guide for CT1 recruitment, giving an overview of the process and links to further information.

The 2012 CT1 recruitment process will be managed and coordinated by the specialty recruitment office (RCP-SRO) of the Royal College of Physicians.

The RCP-SRO has been managing recruitment to CT1 posts in CMT since 2008, and in 2012 will also be organising, in tandem, ACCS-AM recruitment.

Over the coming months, more information will be added to this website regarding the process of coordinated recruitment to 2012 CT1 posts, as and when information on dates, posts, eligibility requirements, etc. become confirmed and available.

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Timeline and interview dates

For information on the 2012 CT1 recruitment timeline and deanery/UoA interview dates (when confirmed), please visit the calendar page of this website.

The recruitment process

An overview of the recruitment/application process as a whole, along with more detailed information on the different stages of the process, can be found in the applying to CT1 section of the site.

Deaneries/UoAs

Details on each participating deanery/UoA are held in the deaneries/UoAs area; while information on the ACCS-AM and CMT programmes, as well as post numbers within each deanery/UoA, and the competition ratios from previous years, can all be found in the CT1 general info section of the site.

Making a CT1 application

Each page/section of the application form has its own dedicated page within the application form section; this area also gives information on applications more generally.

Documentation

Any documents which will be of use to candidates over the course of the recruitment year - such as the CT1 applicants' guide, person specifications, certificate A/B, reference form, etc. - will all be added to the downloads area.

This also includes a page containing documents from the previous year's CMT recruitment, which may be of interest to candidates preparing for applications.

Further questions

Should you not be able to find the information you are seeking, and/or you have a question relating to CT1 recruitment, you may find the solution in the FAQs section of the website.

The most common queries received by the RCP-SRO have been added here, and grouped into particular categories for ease of use (eligibility, application, interview, etc.)

Contact details

If you feel you need to raise a query which is not answered on this website, one option may be to email the RCP-SRO helpdesk (see below). However, before doing so please visit our contacts section, to ensure that you can address your query to the most appropriate body.

Helpdesk

If you cannot find an answer to a question, the RCP-SRO runs an email helpdesk which can be contacted with any queries relating to CT1 recruitment.

The RCP-SRO will respond to all queries within 48 hours (excluding bank holidays and weekends), although typically responses will be sent much more quickly than this.

To contact the helpdesk, please send an email to ct1recruitment@rcplondon.ac.uk.

Any important announcements will be added to this website and noted in the news section, as well as being announced on our twitter feed; please click either the link or the twitter button (above left) to access our twitter feed and follow us there.

Best wishes, and good luck with your application,

Professor Bill Burr
SRO clinical lead & JRCPTB medical director

Dr Emma Vaux
CMT recruitment clinical lead & JRCPTB associate medical director

Dr Jo Southgate
ACCS-AM recruitment clinical lead

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