1. Applicants’ Self-Assessment 2025
As part of your application for Nuclear Medicine ST3, you are required to complete a self-assessment of your previous experience and achievements with submitting documentation as evidence.
There are 7 domains, with descriptors of typical levels of experience which have been assigned scores. You should use your discretion to align your experience and achievements compared to these descriptors and choose a score which best reflects your situation. Include documentation to support your decision.
All achievements should be dated after the commencement of your first relevant undergraduate degree, and in any case, within the last 10 years prior to 21st November 2024.
‘National’ achievements
For UK applicants – national refers to activity within the England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or the UK as a whole. Local would mean at the level of a hospital single Trust or University
Scoring
For each domain, please select the descriptor and score which most truly reflects your experience. When more than one descriptor is appropriate for you for a particular domain, choose only the one which results in the higher score. Include evidence which supports your score.
If an achievement legitimately may fit under multiple domains, it is valid to claim in both categories (for example, academic work which was presented orally then subsequently published).
To receive a domain score at verification you will need to provide a response in the box under the domain. If you have scored yourself a 0 for a domain please write not applicable in the box. Please note that not every domain ask for additional clarification.
Please note, scores are finalised when the form is submitted. This means they cannot be edited in the event of a mistake, or an additional achievement completed after the submission.
Completed achievements only
Only include achievements which are fully completed at the time of submission. Do not include anything which is still in progress. For example:
- do not include qualifications if you have not yet been awarded an outcome
- do not include articles submitted for publication if they have not been accepted
- do not include a presentation if you have not yet presented it
Over-claiming
You should be honest with your evaluation and not attempt to gain unfair advantage by exaggerating or misrepresenting achievements. If this is identified, it could be considered a probity matter which could lead to outright rejection of your application and, in extreme cases, fitness to practice proceedings.
Your scores will be reviewed by trained assessors and based on your evidence can be revised up or down.
Please check your responses before submitting as once your application is submitted no changes can be permitted.
I confirm I have read the 2024/2025 self assessment guidance before submitting my application [Tickbox]
I confirm I understand I am not able to request changes to my self assessment score following submission of my application [Tickbox]
Domain 1: Commitment to Specialty
A significant exposure means a period of at least 3 whole day equivalent time attached to a clinical radiology/nuclear medicine department. For example:
- A taster week/observership placement.
- A student-selected component, elective, or similar part of a degree course.
- A radiology/nuclear medicine based clinical (not lab) research project involving presence in a radiology department and/or working with a radiologist.
Multiple exposures must be meaningfully different; for example, more than one of the above types. Two taster weeks in different settings would qualify for the highest descriptor and score 10 points, but two taster weeks offering the same experience would not and would score 6.
Evidence for this section could include:
- Letter confirming placement from your clinical supervisor/education lead.
- Official university documents confirming radiology/nuclear medicine-based placement/component.
- Details of a radiology-based project with evidence of your involvement from your supervising consultant.
- Course/conference certificate.
Select from:
- Multiple significant exposures to the work of a clinical radiology/nuclear medicine department
- One significant exposure to the work of a radiology/nuclear medicine department
- Attended a radiology/nuclear medicine-based course or conference of at least 1 day in length
- None of the above
How does the evidence you have provided demonstrate your commitment to Nuclear Medicine? [Words allowed: 100]
Domain 2: Leadership and Management
Any roles claimed must have been for a minimum period of 6 months.
Appropriate evidence would include confirmation of election/appointment, evidence of attendance at committee meetings, letters from chair or senior figure within relevant organization. Evidence should specify the applicant by name, the role, and major responsibilities thereof.
Roles outside healthcare include voluntary activity, arts, and other sciences, but not paid employment.
Select from:
- Hold/have held a national level leadership or managerial role involving radiology/nuclear medicine
- Hold/have held a national level leadership or managerial role not involving radiology/nuclear medicine, but relating to healthcare OR Hold/have held a local/regional level leadership or managerial role involving radiology/nuclear medicine
- Hold/have held a national level leadership or managerial role outside healthcare OR Hold/have held a local/regional leadership or management role not involving radiology/nuclear medicine but relevant to healthcare
- Hold/have held a local/regional leadership or management role outside healthcare
- None of the above
Elaborate on your role pertaining to the evidence you have provided [Words allowed: 100]
Domain 3: Teaching and Training
For the purposes of this section a formal teaching programme should have a duration of at least 3 months in total.
A major contribution means a leading or organising role, such as a formal teaching fellowship or personally organising a formal, multi-session teaching course. National or international programmes should be open to all relevant learners in that discipline and would usually form part of a formal qualification such as Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree, specialty diploma, etc.
Local or regional programmes would be organised at the level of, for example, a single hospital Trust, and could include Foundation Programme teaching or similar activities. Formal teaching outside medicine e.g. to school students or in the community can also be included
One-off, small group teaching would qualify in the 3rd descriptor, as would evidence of solely delivering a single session to a larger local or national programme.
Appropriate evidence would include (evidence of teaching in a paid for course is not deemed appropriate evidence):
- Official documentation indicating your role as an organiser or deliverer of teaching
- Contemporaneous feedback collated or countersigned by a 3rd party
Select from:
- Have made a major contribution to a national or international teaching programme
- Have made a major contribution to a local or regional teaching programme
- Have evidence of providing organised teaching or training
- None of the above
Elaborate on the teaching and training experience you have had so far and how this will support a career in nuclear medicine [Words allowed: 100]
Domain 4: Formal Teaching
Evidence should be in the form of either an official degree certificate/attendance certificate or transcript clearly stating the qualification and indicating the level of study.
For this section only, formal teaching qualifications obtained prior to studying medicine can be scored (for example, if you completed a postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) before your medical degree).
Select from:
- Hold a formal masters level teaching qualification or above
- Hold a formal teaching qualification awarded at postgraduate level (e.g. CILT, PGCert, PGDip) or FHEA
- Evidence of other training in teaching methods after study of at least 2 days (e.g. Train the Trainers)
- No formal qualification in teaching/education
Domain 5: Audit and Quality Improvement
Leading an audit/Quality Improvement (QI) project would usually include a major role in conception, data collection, analysis, and presentation. If your evidence does not demonstrate this, please select a different descriptor appropriately.
Evidence required:
- A letter from supervising consultant or QI/audit project stating level of involvement to satisfy the requirements described in the table above. The letter must be signed (can be digital signature to reproduce a physical signature) and include:
- 1. consultant name and GMC number (or corresponding national medical registration equivalent)
- 2. date
- Copy of audit project presentation outlining scope and impact (findings and improvements achieved) of project or, a summary of the project detailing scope and impact of the project.
Demonstration of changed practice could be via a closed-loop second audit cycle showing better compliance to gold standard, or by improvement in a quality metric, etc.
Relating to radiology/nuclear medicine means that diagnostic imaging formed a major part of the project
Select from:
- I have led 2 or more audits or quality improvement project relating to radiology/nuclear medicine which can be shown to have resulted in changed practice
- I have led an audit or quality improvement project relating to radiology/nuclear medicine which can be shown to have resulted in changed practice
- I have led an audit or quality improvement project but not meeting all criteria above
- I have contributed to, but not led, an audit or quality improvement project
- None of the above
Expand on your QIP/audit experience and your role in the project [Words allowed: 100]
Domain 6: Academic Achievements
Please note, as mentioned above, intercalated and additional undergraduate degrees have been removed from scoring according to national speciality recruitment policy. (Points scored in this section are only for postgraduate achievements).
All activity in this section should be scientific. Relating to radiology/nuclear medicine means the project should involve diagnostic imaging. This does not preclude papers in other fields, such as surgery, oncology, and so forth if they have a significant imaging focus.
Publications and presentations can relate to audit/QI activity.
Presentations should be proffered papers which have been through a process of peer-review and:
Copy of letter of acceptance of oral/poster presentation or copy of event programme citing presentation to include:
- the name of presenter or first author
- the institution convening meeting
- the date of the meeting/presentation
Evidence could include:
- Degree certificate
- Your Open Researcher and Contributor IDentifier (ORCID) summary
- Citation including DOI/indexing service identifier (for example PMID)
- Conference catalogue
Select from:
- I hold a postgraduate research degree (PhD, MD, MDRes, etc.) Or A research Masters
- I have at least one peer-reviewed publication relating to radiology/nuclear medicine as first author Or A postgraduate qualification with no substantial research component
- I have at least one peer-reviewed publication, not relating to radiology/nuclear medicine, as first author OR A case report related to radiology/nuclear medicine OR At least one oral or poster presentation relating to radiology/nuclear medicine at national or international level, as first author
- At least one peer-reviewed publication, not as first author OR A case report not related to radiology/nuclear medicine OR At least one oral or poster presentation at national or international level, as first author
- At least one oral or poster presentation, at any level OR Involvement in a research team as part of an elective, intercalated degree, extended student research and enterprise project, academic foundation programme , academic summer school or other research taster
- None of the above
Domain 7: Prizes and Awards
To be eligible, a prize must have been open to all peers at that level of training and geographic region. i.e. all medical undergraduates and/or postgraduates within a nation, region, or specific locality. A single hospital Trust, University or similar would constitute a “local” organisation.
Select from:
- Prize awarded by a recognised radiology/nuclear medicine institution/specialist society or at national/international level meeting
- Prize awarded by a recognised regional level institution or meeting
- Two or more prizes awarded by a local organisation or meeting
- One prize awarded by a local organisation or meeting
- None of the above
Elaborate on the work you did for the award/prize [Words allowed: 75]
