Situational judgment test is scrapped under new system for allocating foundation training places

The way medical students are allocated to foundation training places in the UK will undergo a major change this year, NHS England has announced.The system that determines where in the UK medical graduates complete two years of foundation training will be based on a ranking generated through the Oriel computer system. Medical graduates also will no longer need to sit the situational judgment test (SJT).The changes will be applied across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland for the 2024 foundation programme round, which opens for applications in August 2023. Under the “preference informed allocation” system, applicants will give a preference to all UK foundation schools, which cover trusts and local deaneries in a geographical area. A computer system will then allocate as many applicants as possible to their first preference foundation school.1Where there are no remaining vacancies in an applicant’s first choice foundation school they will be allocated their next…
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