Public Health Medicine ST1 - Specialty Specific Application Form Questions

These are the UK Specialty Training application form questions used on Oriel for applications to ST1, CT1, ST3 and ST4 specialty training posts. 

The questions are presented here to help you prepare for your future applications. Please be aware application form structures, questions, word counts, etc. can change and there is no guarantee that future application forms will remain the same. 

Supporting Information

1. Overseas test centre request
If you are working/living overseas (i.e. outside the UK) and are successful in being invited to attend the assessment centre (online tests) would you prefer a test centre place at an overseas venue? (Yes/No)
 
2. First Choice Preference
Please indicate your first choice preference from the list below.  This information will not be used at the offers stage but is used to inform initial competition ratios.  If you are successful in being invited to attend the selection centre, you will have an opportunity later in the process, to specify your preferences in rank order from all available posts on offer for August 2025.
 
First choice preference – select one from the list
  • Defence Deanery (only select this option if a Defence Deanery candidate)
  • East Midlands
  • East of England
  • Kent, Surrey and Sussex
  • London
  • North East
  • North West
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland
  • South West
  • Thames Valley
  • Wales
  • Wessex
  • West Midlands
  • Yorkshire and Humber
 
3. Monitoring
Part of Public Health’s work and mission is to address inequalities of opportunity. This extends to our future workforce. We invite you to answer two optional questions that are being used by the national Public Health Recruitment Executive Group to reduce the risk of unconscious or indirect bias.
 
Your answers to these questions will have no bearing on your recruitment this year or in the future.
 
Reference: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/713739/Annex_A-_Evaluation_of_measures_of_Socio-economic_background.pdf  
Reference: https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/census/2011census/howourcensusworks/howweplannedthe2011census/questionnairedevelopment/finalisingthe2011questionnaire/final-recommended-questions-2011-language_tcm77-183991.pdf 
 
What is the highest level of qualifications achieved by either of your parent(s) or guardian(s) by the time you were 18? 
  • Degree level or Degree equivalent or above (for example first or higher degrees, postgraduate diplomas, NVQ/SVQ level 4 or 5, etc) 
  • Qualifications below degree level (for example an A-level, SCE Higher, GCSE, O-level, SCE Standard/Ordinary, NVQ/SVQ, BTEC, etc) 
  • No qualifications
  • Do not know or cannot remember
  • Prefer not to say
  • Not applicable
 
What is your main language? (Drop-down list)

Specialty Applications

This site provides data and information on the medical and dental specialty training application process to help doctors and dentists plan their applications to speciality training posts in the UK.