You must check your eligibility against the nationally agreed person specification for your chosen specialty before applying

Updated person specifications for 2025

The person specifications which set out the eligibility criteria for ST1 and CT1 medical specialty training have been updated for 2025 recruitment which starts in October 2024.

The person specifications have evolved over the years and have become increasingly difficult for candidates to navigate. A joint working group which included the General Medical Council has been looking at the person specifications and how accessibility could be improved.

The key information on assessment criteria have been made clearer with key information including links to relevant guidance and forms.

Academic
Acute Care Common Stem
Acute Internal Medicine
Allergy
Anaesthetics
Audiovestibular Medicine
Aviation and Space Medicine
Cardiology
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chemical Pathology
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Clinical Genetics
Clinical Neurophysiology
Clinical Oncology
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Clinical Radiology
Combined Infection Training
Community Sexual and Reproductive Health
Core Psychiatry Training
Core Surgical Training
Dermatology
Diagnostic Neuropathology
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus
Forensic Psychiatry
Gastroenterology
General Adult Psychiatry
General Internal Medicine
General Practice
General Surgery
Genitourinary Medicine
Geriatric Medicine
Haematology
Histopathology
Immunology
Intensive Care Medicine
Internal Medicine Training
Medical Oncology
Medical Ophthalmology
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Nuclear Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Occupational Medicine
Old Age Psychiatry
Ophthalmology
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Otolaryngology
Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology
Paediatrics
Paediatric Cardiology
Paediatric Surgery
Palliative Medicine
Pharmaceutical Medicine
Plastic Surgery
Psychiatry of Learning Disability
Psychotherapy
Public Health
Public Health and General Practice Dual Programme
Rehabilitation Medicine
Renal Medicine
Respiratory Medicine
Rheumatology
Sport and Exercise Medicine
Stroke Medicine and General (Internal) Medicine
Thoracic Surgery
Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
Urology
Vascular Surgery