Evidence Documents for Higher Specialty Training Application

As part of my application to higher specialty training (HST) in the UK, I have decided to collect all evidence documents and publish them online. I already have them stored on my hard drive but I thought it would be helpful to others who are also interested in applying to HST at a later date.

A link to the revised application scoring criteria, applicable from November 2022 for the 2023 academic recruitment (August 2023 to December 2023) is here

Edited - 26 October 2023

Images from the application scoring criteria are shown below for easier understanding. Text highlighted in green applies to my application, highlighted in yellow/orange is what is possible before I submit my application (such as scoring a full 8/8 for MRCP UK; scoring 8/8 for a publication as first author).

My scores in all areas of the application are highest, except in Additional achievements, for which I can only get 1 point and score for training in teaching is likely to be the same at 2 points.

The domains in the portfolio are 

1. A PG Degree 

2. Additional Achievements

Scored 3rd amongst a total of 134 graduates who passed. Graduated MD General Medicine with honors.

3. Presentations in

Presented a paper on 'Profile of Electrocardiographic Changes in Scorpion Envenomation' in IMA NATCON-2020 (Indian Medical Association - National Conference 2020)

4. Publications 

Samitinjay A, Vaishnavi K, Gongireddy R, Kulakarni SC, Panuganti R, Vishwanatham C, Manikanta AK, Biswas R. Understanding clinical complexity in organ and organizational systems: Challenges local and global. J Eval Clin Pract. 2023 Jun 19. doi: 10.1111/jep.13886. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37335625.

5. Teaching Experience - 

Example evidence for designing, contributing and conducting the teaching programme is shared here. A quality improvement project conducted on this teaching programme is shared here. Our parent project dashboard can be found here.

6. Training in teaching - PG Diploma for training in teaching. CPD UK certified.

7. Quality Improvement

Links to our quality improvement projects, data analysis, charts, the data masterchart can all be accessed here - Quality Improvement Projects.

8. Leadership and Management - 7 month Administrative and Academic Financial Secretary for the Telangana State Senior Resident Doctors Association (TSRDA) from November 2021 to May 2022. 

9. MRCP UK - Status - Cleared Part 1 & Part 2 Written; Awaiting a slot to take PACES. I now have the full MRCP UK diploma.