Supporting information

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The supporting information page is is the part of the form where the most marks are available. This section is made up of a number of sections where you can provide information; below we have added some guidance on how best to complete these.

Please note - wherever you enter some information, or select an option, you must give some justification for your answer/choice and how it relates to medicine.

Obviously, this requirement is less strict for the 'achievements outside of medicine' section; although you should try and suggest how any items included in this area are relevant to your application.

‹ Achievements outside of medicine ›

This is a free-text box, allowing you to describe any achievements you feel are appropriate. As suggested above, please ensure that you describe the relevance of these to your application and future training.

This field is non-mandatory; however you are advised to try and include something here if possible.

The word limit for this free-text box is 150 words.

‹ Presentations ›

In this section, you will be required to give details of any presentations you have given at any medical meetings. You will need to select an option from a drop-down list - you should select the highest option which is applicable to you.

If you select any of the top four options, a free-text box will appear in which you should give details on your selection; there is a limit of 350 words here.

Please note:

for an item to be included here as a 'presentation', a full presentation must have been given
the showing of one poster at an international meeting should be included under the 'I have shown a poster at a national or regional medical meeting'; however, if you were first author you can include this under the 'I have made an oral presentation at a regional meeting' option
in all cases, presentation of audit must be included under the audit section (below).

‹ Publications ›

In this section - as above - please select the highest option from the drop-down list which is applicable to you.

If necessary, a free-text box will appear allowing you to give full citation details of any articles etc. you have had published. The word limit for this box is 300 words.

Citation details should be given in the same format as that in PubMed (excluding your own name); for some examples of PubMed citations, please visit their website at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed.

‹ Teaching ›

As with areas above, you should select the highest option applicable to your teaching experience from the drop-down list; then provide further details as necessary in the accompanying free-text box.

The free-text box in this section has a limit of 350 words.

‹ Clinical Audit ›

As with areas above, you should select the highest option applicable to your experience of clinical audit from the drop-down list; then provide further details as necessary in the accompanying free-text box. The word limit here is 250 words.

As noted previously, if you have given a presentation relating to audit, this should be included in this section, under 'audit', not under 'presentations'.

‹ Commitment to specialty ›

This section is very important. Here, you are required to explain (via a free-text box) how you believe you are suitable for the ST3 programme to which you are applying, why you believe the programme is suitable for you, and why you want to train in this specialty.

Please be aware that there is a word limit to this free-text box (400 words), and you should use this to supply fresh information in support of your application, rather than simply repeating what you have included elsewhere in your form (qualifications, achievements, etc.)