Phase 2: Short Listing Short Listing Methods 2.1. Application forms 2.2. Machine Marked Tests (MMT) 2.2.1. Clinical Problem Solving Tests 2.2.2. Situational Judgement Tests Application Form...

Located in JCST Archive / Selection and Good Practice / The Toolkit / Phase 2

Phase 3: Selection Centre Overview 3.1. Development of selection methods in surgery Designing Reliable & Valid SCs/ Interviews 3.2. Selection centres 3.3. ‘Blueprinting’ selection criteria to...

Located in JCST Archive / Selection and Good Practice / The Toolkit / Phase 3

Phase 4: Evaluation/Validation Evaluation Methods 4.1. Psychometric analysis 4.1.1. Reliability 4.1.2. Validity 4.2. Candidate reactions 4.3. Stakeholder evaluation 4.4. Recommendations for...

Located in JCST Archive / Selection and Good Practice / The Toolkit / Phase 4

Situational Judgement Test Situational Judgement Tests (SJTs) are a measurement method designed to assess individuals’ judgement regarding situations encountered in the workplace. Candidates are...

Located in JCST Archive / Selection and Good Practice / Situational Judgement Test

Contacts For more information about the JCST Good Practice Toolkit contact: Maria Bussey Head of ISCP Joint Committee on Surgical Training 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields London WC2A...

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Complete this form if you want to know what information the Joint Committee on Surgical Training (JCST) holds about you. Please note that the JCST is hosted by the Royal College of Surgeons of...

Located in Data Subject Access Requests

JCST Fee If you have been appointed to an ST3 training programme in the Republic of Ireland on or after 1 July 2015, you will be required to use the ISCP website and pay the trainee fee - for the...

Located in Irish Trainees / JCST Fee

Acting Up as a Consultant Under supervision ‘acting up’ provides final year trainees the transitional experience from trainee to consultant. A period of ‘acting up’ offers trainees an opportunity...

Located in Irish Trainees / Acting Up as a Consultant

Review of an SAC decision If you are not happy with a decision made by the SAC in relation to an outcome of an application, you may wish to have it reviewed further. Further review of the...

Located in Irish Trainees / Review of an SAC decision

Exceptional Leave The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) or your Training Programme Director (TPD) may allow an interruption to your training for a total of three months throughout the...

Located in Irish Trainees / Exceptional Leave