Anaesthesia Recruitment for ST4 February 2023 start

The RCoA Recruitment Committee has considered the new software for Multi-Station interview format proposed by the Anaesthetics National Recruitment Office (ANRO), and feel it is not suitable in its current format or sufficiently tested on high volume recruitment specialties like anaesthesia.  The Committee is working with ANRO to review the software and will be engaging with recruiters and assessors to undertake the relevant training to perform multi-station interviews on this system in the future. 

With this in mind, the Committee feels the best option is to conduct the ST4 February 2023 interview as a single station 30-minute extended interview on a platform that trainees and assessors are familiar with. The single station interview will have a 15-minute clinical question followed by a 15-minute general interview with two assessors.

The College will provide a recorded ‘mock’ interview in this format for trainees to view in the coming months to help them prepare.

The matrices for scoring and the ST4 self-assessment guidance document are now completed and can be accessed via the ANRO website.