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DEVELOPING YOUR
PORTFOLIO IN
PREPARATION FOR ST3Miss Rebecca Harrison (ENT ST3)
Aims of CST
• Outcome 6 at ARCP
• Pass exams
• MRCS/ DOHNS
• Start functioning at the level of a registrar
• Clinics
• Operating
• Improve portfolio
• Publications
• Audits
• Presentations
Aims of CST
• Outcome 6 at ARCP
• Pass exams
• MRCS/ DOHNS
• Start functioning at the level of a registrar
• Clinics
• Operating
• Improve portfolio
• Publications
• Audits
• Presentations
➢Get an ST3 number
Competition Ratios
Applicants Jobs Competition
Ratio
CST 1870 636 2.94
General Surgery 396 257 1.54
T&O 409 142 2.88
ENT 132 56 2.36
Plastic surgery 134 32 4.19
Paeds surgery 42 10 4.20
Cardiothoracics 33 9 3.67
Neurosurgery 12 2 6.00
Competition Ratios
Applicants Jobs Competition
Ratio
CST 1870 636 2.94
General Surgery 396 257 1.54
T&O 409 142 2.88
ENT 132 56 2.36
Plastic surgery 134 32 4.19
Paeds surgery 42 10 4.20
Cardiothoracics 33 9 3.67
Neurosurgery 12 2 6.00
Time line
August
2019August
2021
CT1 CT2 START
ST3
March 2021
- Interview
November 2020
- Applications
June 2020
- ARCP
Time line
August
2019August
2021
CT1 CT2 START
ST3
March 2021
- Interview
November 2020
- Applications
June 2020
- ARCP
Portfolio
• Check the portfolio checklist early
• Be tactical
• Don’t double up
• Be realistic
• Eg extra degrees
• Use the checklist as a guide for setting your learning
objectives
Portfolio checklist
Publications
• Can take up to 1 year
• Something to start now rather than in CT2
• Supervisor
• Time intensive
• Unlikely to be a quick win
• Check the journal
• Might not count at interview
• Check the small print
• Abstract/ letter to editor/ clinical skills
Surgical experience
• Number of specific type of procedure
• Consider rotations
• Discuss this with your educational supervisor early
• Which lists to target
• Move on when you have full points
• Remember evidence
Presentations
• Check deadlines and conference dates
• Often a good place to also win a prize
• Tips from other trainees – which conferences to target
• Might not have to be specialty specific eg CMT
Audits
• Read the portfolio checklist carefully
• How many single / complete loops
• Do at least the specified number
• Team up with another trainee
Teaching
• Organising a course
• Speak to supervisors – are they involved in any courses?
• Early years or GP training
• ATLS/ BSS
• Have you already been involved in running a course?
• Get the evidence early
Easy wins
• Courses
• ATLS, CCRISP, BSS
• IPLS, radiology courses
• Teaching the teachers
• Leadership roles
• Read the notes carefully
• Might not count MDT/ rota co-ordinator
• Extra-curricular
• Management/ leadership/ teamwork
• Sports teams
In Summary…
• Review the portfolio checklist early
• Use this to set learning objectives
• Get all the easy wins
• Be tactical!
• Enjoy CST
GOOD LUCK!Any questions?