The Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO) coordinates the recruitment process to the Internal Medicine Training (IMT) programme, which replaced Core Medical Training from August 2019.
The PSRO started life in 2008 based at the Royal College of Physicians and transferred to Health Education England, working on behalf of the four nations, in November 2018.
The team initially coordinated recruitment to core medical training (the programme that IMT is replacing) in England, with the process since growing to incorporate all four UK nations and acute care common stem (acute medicine). The team also coordinates recruitment to 24 specialties and the subspecialty of stroke medicine at ST3 level.
The process was intended to be fair, effective, strong, robust, transparent and efficient.
We believe that this has been achieved and the process receives very positive feedback each year from all stakeholders – candidates, clinicians and the four nations.
We work in partnership with the Royal College of Physicians to provide governance and intend to continue working to deliver a high-quality and robust recruitment process in future years, providing an excellent service to all stakeholders and helping to improve patient care by ensuring the standards required of new trainees.
Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians plays a pivotal role in setting standards through a variety of activities, and influences the quality of medical practice. It conducts examinations, carries out training, education and research activities and advises the government and the profession on health and medical matters.