Reviews to look at how Medical and Dental Recruitment and selection (MDRS) is delivered
Two major reviews looking at how the Medical and Dental Recruitment and Selection (MDRS) delivers recruitment across over 70 specialities are currently underway. This key piece of work will provide some valuable insight and help shape how recruitment is delivered in future.
The reviews will focus on 2 areas.
- Evaluation of the success of the digital delivery of recruitment.
- Complexities in recruitment.
Evaluation of the success of the digital delivery of recruitment
This review will focus on a look at the processes that was initially introduced in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, to see whether it remains fair and equitable. It will include a review of reliability and validity of the selection methods and tools used by the various specialties and a review of the success of UK trainees in the selection process, for example Foundation trainees to core training or core trainees to higher training. This work is being undertaken by RSM UK consulting LLP.
The key findings of this work will be published in due course.
Complexities in recruitment
This review will evaluate the methods used to deliver medical and dental recruitment.
It will look at the of current and historic methods used by recruitment teams to deliver annual UK-wide recruitment processes across 70+ specialties. It will explore best practice in recruitment including validity, fairness, efficiency, likelihood of risk, alignment with NHS constitution values. This analysis will be used to help shape future speciality recruitment rounds. This review is being carried out by Work Psychology Group (WPG).
The key findings of this work will be published in due course.