Overview of Clinical Radiology Training ST3
Clinical Radiology ST3An overview of Clinical Radiology Training ST3.
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This specialty will not be participating in Round 3.
The information on these pages pertains to the 2025 recruitment process.
For the 2026 recruitment cycle, these pages will be updated by the day before applications open for Round 2.
Candidates looking to apply in 2026 are encouraged to wait until the new guidance is published.
Applies to: England. See guidance for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
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A career as a clinical radiologist will allow you to read and interpret medical images in order to diagnose, treat and monitor diseases and injuries. You will be able to do this by using a range of imaging techniques, including:
- X-ray ultrasound
- computed tomography (CT)
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- positron emission tomography (PET)
- molecular imaging
You will also be able to run patient clinics, take biopsy samples and prepare patients for surgery, as well as using real-time imaging to perform minimally invasive surgery, called interventional radiology.
You will have the opportunity to specialise, becoming experts in areas such as musculoskeletal, breast, cardiac, paediatric and gastrointestinal imaging.
You can also work as ‘generalists’, meaning that you work on all types of hospital imaging, as well as doing some interventional work.
The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) plays a major role in the training of clinical and interventional radiologists, setting the standards and curriculum that lead to the award of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) and entry onto the General Medical Council's (GMC) Specialist Register.
Page last reviewed: 19 June 2025
Next review due: 19 June 2026