Applying to Core and Higher Training
Thank you for joining us to learn more about applying to core and higher psychiatry training.
Each year, we host webinars for anyone considering applying for core or higher training in the near future. These webinars cover how to apply, what factors to consider when applying, reflection on the application process, and are an opportunity to hear from resident doctors about their experiences of applying to and starting psychiatry training. These webinars are also useful to those trainers wishing to support their resident doctors in this process.
Applying to Core Training
You can read back on the questions and answers that were discussed during last year's webinar by looking at the Applying To CT1 - QA Report
Entering Higher Training
You can read back on the questions and answers that were discussed during last year's webinar by looking at the Entering ST4 Training - QA Report
Resources
The National Psychiatry Recruitment Office is your first 'port of call' for specific information relating to the Core Training programme in psychiatry, within 萝莉视频, Scotland and Wales.
Below you can find helpful information about applying to Core Training:
You can contact the National Psychiatry Recruitment Office by email at psychiatryrecruitment.nw@hee.nhs.uk or by phone on +44 1612 689 996.
For information about how to apply in Northern Ireland, please contact via email at psychiatry.nimdta@hscni.net or visit the of the NIMDTA website.
The National Psychiatry Recruitment Office is your first 'port of call' for specific information relating to the Higher Training programme in psychiatry, within 萝莉视频, Scotland and Wales.
Below you can find helpful information about applying to Higher Training:
Key dates
| Stage | Dates |
|---|---|
| Application window | Between Thursday 16 November 23 and Thursday 7 December 2023 |
| Self-assessment evidence upload window | Tuesday 13 February 2024 – Friday 23 February 2024 |
| Interviews | Monday 29 January 2024/Tuesday 30 January 2024 Wednesday 31 January 2024/Thursday 1 February 2024 Monday 5 February 2024/Tuesday 6 February 2024 Wednesday 8 February 2024/Thursday 9 February 2024 |
| Preferencing Window | March 2024 – Preferences re-open between offers cycles. |
| Anticipated start date | Wednesday 7 August 2024 |
You can contact the National Psychiatry Recruitment Office by email at psychiatryrecruitment.nw@hee.nhs.uk or by phone on +44 1612 689 508.
For information about how to apply in Northern Ireland, please contact via email: psychiatry.nimdta@hscni.net or see their .
We’re a national community representing psychiatric resident doctors within the UK, here to support you throughout your training.
We believe passionately that by driving improvements in the quality of training and through supporting and valuing each other, we can improve the quality of care and the lives of people with mental illness.
- Psychiatric Resident Doctors’ Committee Homepage
- Your PRDC representatives
- The Registrar – Magazine of the Psychiatric Resident Doctors' Committee
Get in touch with the PTC via email: prdcsupport@rcpsych.ac.uk
You can find information about training and the curricula below:
- Curricula and guidance homepage
- Specialty training guides
- Dual training
- Run-through training
- Curricula documents and resources
Core Training Curriculum
Specialty Curriculum
- Child and adolescent psychiatry curriculum
- General psychiatry curriculum curriculum
- Psychiatry of learning disability curriculum
- Old age psychiatry curriculum
- Forensic psychiatry curriculum
- Medical psychotherapy curriculum
Subspecialty Curriculum
Get in touch with the Curricula team via email: psychiatrytraining@rcpsych.ac.uk.
News
The College has set up a National Recruitment and Selection Processes Task and Finish Group, which includes members of the PRDC, experienced College educationalists and members of the National Recruitment Board, to review both the selection methodology and also the operational viability of any proposed changes to Core Psychiatry recruitment, given the escalating competition ratios. You can find the Terms of Reference for that group here.
Read the PRDC response to core psychiatry training competition ratio.