IMY3 - Am I Eligible?

Full MRCP(UK) completion must be gained by the first offers deadline for the round. The MRCP(UK) section of the PHST recruitment website has detailed information about this criterion. 

Please note that there are no alternative specialty pathways to IMY3 training and so only the MRCP(UK) or the designated non-UK alternatives are permissible. 

It is a requirement for IMY3 applicants to have achieved capability to the same level of core capabilities as someone completing the second year of internal medicine training. This will be primarily done by completing the Alternative Certificate to Enter Group 2 Higher Physician Specialty Training. 

The 'Alternative' tab of the Core capability page of the PHST Recruitment website has detailed information about completion of this certificate. 

However there are some key additional requirements. 

It is a requirement of completing the Internal Medicine Stage 1 curriculum that completion of a four month attachment to a team led by a consultant geriatrician during the training programme is an absolute minimum.  As this experience cannot be guaranteed during IMY3, applicants are required to have gained it prior to application. 

On your application form, you will be asked to confirm whether you have met this requirement and describe the role in which you attained the experience. 

You will also be asked how you can evidence attainment of the capability in practice (CiPs 3 and 6 from the Internal Medicine Stage 1 curriculum) for showing experience in management of the elderly patient. This will normally be via one or more of: a supervised learning event, work-place based assessment or a supervising consultant report/letter. 

Those progressing to shortlisting will be required to load evidence of how they have met the capabilities in practice and this will be assessed by a consultant physician. The planning your application section has more information about the evidence required. 

As with geriatric medicine experience, it is also necesssary to have the critical care experience curricula requirements prior to application.

Applicants need a minimum 3-months' experience in an intensive care unit or medical high dependency unit where the trainee is fully integrated within all aspects of the ICU/HDU team's work, including the delivery of out of hours care. Experience should be attained in no more than two separate blocks. 

This will initially be a self-declaration via the application form, where you will also be asked the following:

• To describe the role(s) in which you attained this experience, including dates, the type of unit in which you were based, and what did your role entail. 
• How can you evidence attainment of the capability in practice (CiP 7 from the Internal Medicine Stage 1 curriculum) for showing experience in management of the critically-ill patient. This will normally be via one or more of: a supervised learning event, work-place based assessment or a supervising consultant report/letter.
• Confirmation that you have attainment of both of the following procedures:

1. CV line insertion (supervised)
2. Lumbar puncture (unsupervised)

Those progressing to shortlisting will be required to load evidence of how they have met the capability in practice and attainment of the procedures, which will be assessed by a consultant physician. The planning your application section has more information about the evidence required. 

Predominantly, the experience section of the PHST Recruitment website also applies to IMY3 - referring to the Group 2 specialty requirements. However, as noted in the core capability section, the experience requirements for geriatric medicine and critical care must be met.

A requirement specific to IMY3 is that anyone currently employed in a UK IMT or ACCS internal medicine training programme is not eligible to apply. 

It is permissible to apply having previously held a training programme, provided that you can submit a support form from your previous training region, but the IMY3 process is not a route to try and change training regions during the programme. 

If you wis to change your region, you are advised to explore the Inter-Deanery Transfer (IDT) process. 

Other requirements, including GMC registration, UK eligibility, language skills and fitness to practice are as detailed on the PHST recruitment website.