Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MSRA)

The Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MSRA) is a computer-based assessment. It assesses essential competences in the person specification through clinical scenarios.

Full details of the MSRA along information to help you prepare for the MSRA can be found on Medical Specialty Recruitment website.

For the August 2027 intake, all eligible applicants to Anaesthesia (such as those who have been assessed as demonstrating evidence of eligibility as outlined in the person specification) will be invited to attend the Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MSRA).

The MSRA is a computer-based assessment, delivered in partnership with Work Psychology Group and Pearson. It is designed to assess some of the essential competences outlined in the Person Specification and is based around clinical scenarios.

The MSRA has two parts: a Professional Dilemmas (PD) paper and a Clinical Problem Solving (CPS) paper. The MSRA is delivered as a single assessment.

The MSRA will be delivered at Pearson testing centres and there will be an option available for online delivery for those that require this, this will be assessed on a case-by case basis. The testing window is Tuesday 5 January to Wednesday 20 January 2027.

The MSRA will be used as a shortlisting tool to determine invitation to online interview where the number of eligible applicants exceeds interview capacity.

MSRA scores are scaled for each specialty, so that they can be combined with the rest of the selection process, and appropriately weighted, as intended. For anaesthesia an applicant’s MSRA score will contribute 15% towards their total selection score. The PD and CPS elements will be weighted equally at 7.5%.

Full information and guidance on the MSRA can be found on the MSRA pages on Medical Specialty Recruitment website.

Applicants who sat the MSRA in Round 1 or Round 3 in 2026 will need to retake the MSRA for this recruitment round. Scores from those rounds are non-transferable.

Upon receiving the MSRA results, applicants will be able to view their scores by accessing their CT1 Anaesthetics "Applicant Dashboard” on Oriel, their raw MSRA score will be available under the "Shortlist" tab.

To view the breakdown of the CPS and PD scores, applicants are advised to click on the "Station Scores" tab.