At the time of application opening (20 November 2025), do you have any university awarded qualifications other than an undergraduate medical degree?

Please do not score the same qualification in more than one domain. NB. Please refer to the Research domain question for PhD qualifications.

• Masters qualification in relevant field e.g. Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, Leadership, Management, Ultrasound, Genetics  : 5
• Postgraduate diploma in relevant field e.g.  Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, Leadership, Management, Ultrasound, Genetics : 4
• UK primary postgraduate qualification e.g. MRCP Part 1, MCEM A (excluding MRCOG), Ultrasound : 3
• Postgraduate certificate in relevant field e.g. Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, Leadership, Management, Ultrasound : 3
• Diplomate of National Board or equivalent and/or none of the above  : 0

Evidence that will be required:

• Evidence for this Domain has no specified time period but must not be dated after the 20 November 2025.
• Please provide your degree certificate. NB. Only fully completed qualifications with certificate or official letter of proof of outcome will be counted.
• The definition of ‘Masters’ used here represents a period of training in a nationally recognised university-associated institution separate to standard undergraduate and postgraduate training programmes. A mandatory element of achieving a \‘Masters\’ will be the submission of an essay or dissertation, deemed of sufficient quality and content by external assessors and/or an examination process. A Masters would be expected to cover a specific area of learning for example leadership, management, education or an allied field of medicine not covered in detail by standard medical student or postgraduate curricula. NB. Masters in Education may only be claimed under Domain 4 - Teaching.
• For the above reason Non-UK Masters qualifications in O&G cannot generally be counted. The rationale for this decision is that they represent a period of training in a non-UK training hospital associated with a submission of an essay or audit, the equivalent of which would not count as a Masters in the UK and as such this would unfairly advantage those trainees who have used this to score marks in this category. However, we do acknowledge that there are Masters qualifications that would count and that these should evidence a period of learning in a recognised institution, with an assessment by external assessors of a dissertation and or examination process. It would be expected to cover a specific area of learning for example leadership, management or education, as detailed and explained in the definition provided in the above point – please ensure any claim made meets the requirements of this definition and that you are able to sufficiently evidence this.
• Further specific common examples, for purposes of clarity, are Masters in O&G from Egypt or India, which are qualifications at the level of MRCOG Parts 2 & 3 and are therefore also not equivalent to a UK Masters in a specialist subject and so cannot be counted. This may not be limited to the countries mentioned.
• MRCPi is no longer accepted under Postgraduate qualifications.
• Please ensure that any qualification claimed for is university awarded or awarded by an organization affiliated with a university. Any awards and/or certificates for non-university courses, etc, will not be eligible to score and will be rejected, e.g. paid for courses run by external organisations.
• University awarded qualifications should be of a significant depth and duration to qualify, i.e. short 1-2 day and/or week courses will not count.

At the time of application opening (20 November 2025), how many complete quality improvement projects (QIP) have you undertaken in the last 36 months (WTE)* of employment (excluding any periods of statutory leave)? Evidence for no more than a total 2 QIP should be included.

NB. QiPs cannot be counted under Domain Question 6 - Presentations

• Two QIPs (at least one presented nationally/internationally) : 6
• Two QIPs (at least one presented regionally) : 5
• Two QIPs (both presented locally) : 4
• One QIP presented nationally/internationally : 3
• One QIP (presented regionally) : 2
• One QIP (presented locally) : 1
• None : 0

Evidence that will be required:

• Evidence for this Domain must be dated between 20 November 2022 and 20 November 2025, unless you can demonstrate any period(s) of statutory leave or less than full time employment, in which case it may be extended to cover a 3-year WTE (whole time equivalent) period but must still not be dated after 20 November 2025.
• For each QIP please provide a summary (e.g. PowerPoint presentation) – including:
  • QIP details
  • Action plan
  • Evaluations/re-audit/assessment to quantify impact of intervention, led by yourself.
• Dates QIP undertaken
• Clear evidence of where/when it was presented and the intended audience (ie. local/regional/national/international) eg. Official Conference/meeting agenda
• Please evidence your involvement in each QIP e.g. email acknowledgement of registration of QIP with Clinical Governance team or response from QIP lead and/or written signed confirmation on letter headed paper from Educational Supervisor or QiP Lead for local, regional, national or international change.
• Although QiPs cannot be counted under Domain Question 6 – Presentations, if you do not have sufficient evidence to claim a QiP or QiPs under Domain 2 – QiPs but you have QiP presentation evidence, then this can be counted in isolation under Domain 6 – Presentations instead. NB. You cannot double count any evidence.
• As this Domain has a time constraint on evidence, please ensure you have provided a copy of your employment history during the evidence upload process, if you have undertaken any periods of less than full time employment and/or statutory sickness and/or have any employment gaps that will impact on the set time period.

At the time of application opening (20 November 2025), have you been involved in any research?

Please do not score the same qualification in more than one domain. Please refer to Domain 1 before scoring this Domain.

• Completion of a PhD with original research : 6
• Significant involvement in research (e.g. two-year MD with original research) OR PhD awaiting submission with first author publication  : 5
• I have had personal and direct involvement of leading a postgraduate research project : 4
• I have had ongoing commitment to research as a co-investigator OR recruited a significant number of patients during the period of study : 3
• I have been involved with recruitment of participants to research projects and hold certified Good Clinical Practice (GCP) OR assisted with data collection and hold certified Good Clinical Practice (GCP) : 2
• I have been involved with recruitment of participants to research projects : 1
• MD linked to primary Medical qualification  : 0
• I have not participated in research  : 0

Evidence that will be required:

• Evidence for this Domain has no specified time period but must not be dated after the 20 November 2025.
• PhD certificate, if applicable
• PhD/MD and other higher degrees: must be awarded to get full marks (i.e. completed, examined and results awarded)
• Signed headed letter from research supervisor/project sponsor confirming your role in the research project and a copy of research project summary/abstract
• Research to be evidenced by degree or publications which are first author, if applicable
• The definition of \‘MD\’ used here is a full-time, usually one- or two-year, research undertaking that is not part of a standard undergraduate or postgraduate training programme. If applicable, evidence your MD is not part of a standard training programme, i.e. acquired subsequent to gaining MBBBS or equivalent 
• Please note that shorter periods of research are often taken routinely as an element of the standard Primary Medical Qualification and these cannot be counted as an MD, i.e. they cannot be used to evidence significant involvement in research.
• GCP (Good Clinical Practice) certificate

At the time of application opening (20 November 2025), please select the statement that best describes your experience in formal teaching events?

Please note a teaching session should be for a minimum of 30 mins. Clinical supervision should not be included.

• I have a higher degree in Medical education (e.g. Masters/PhD) : 4
• I have made a major contribution to a local/regional/national teaching programme including organising a programme  : 3
• I am involved in organising a multi disciplinary teaching programme e.g. PROMPT : 3
• I have attended a Train the Trainers course, Generic Instructors course (GIC) or equivalent  : 2
• I have carried out informal teaching of colleagues (including nurses and medical students) : 1
• I have not contributed to teaching   : 0

Evidence that will be required:

• Evidence for this Domain has no specified time period but must not be dated after the 20 November 2025.
• Please provide evaluation from teaching events which should include the date, time and target audience.
• Signed headed letter confirming involvement in a teaching programme
• Overview of lectures delivered, and feedback received – if you do not provide this, your score will be amended to informal teaching
• Evidence of course attendance/completion/certification, as applicable
• Do not include presenting a QiP project as teaching, nor presenting own research etc. at a meeting
• Please supply any supporting qualification/course certificates
• If applicable, evidence your MD is not part of a standard training programme, i.e. acquired subsequent to gaining MBBBS or equivalent 
• Please note 5th year PACES teaching can be counted at the appropriate level (Score: 1), provided teaching evidence and associated feedback at medical student level can be provided.
• RCP physician educator qualification can be counted at the appropriate level (Score: 3), provided the respective certificate and other supporting evidence can be provided.
• PG Certificates in Education may be scored under this Domain only

Have you achieved any publications within the last 60 months (WTE)* prior to 20 November 2025? This excludes posters and published abstracts. NB. Posters may be counted under the Presentations and Poster Presentations domain category (Q6).

Select the highest scoring option applicable.

• I am first author in more than one peer-reviewed PubMed indexed publication as a postgraduate, OR sole author of several book chapters  : 5
• I am first author on one peer-reviewed PubMed indexed publication as a postgraduate, OR sole author of a book chapter  : 4
• I am co-author in more than one peer-reviewed PubMed indexed publication as a postgraduate, OR co-author of a book chapter   : 3
• I am co-author in one peer-reviewed PubMed indexed publication as a postgraduate OR I am an author of an undergraduate publication   : 2
• I have published one or more abstracts or articles (including e-publications) OR I have published a letter  : 1
• I have not published anything  : 0

Evidence that will be required:

• Evidence for this Domain must be dated between 20 November 2020 and 20 November 2025, unless you can demonstrate any period(s) of statutory leave or less than full time employment, in which case it may be extended to cover a 3-year WTE (whole time equivalent) period but must still not be dated after 20 November 2025.
• For each publication, please include a screenshot or pdf copy of the publication or the acceptance letter from the relevant journal. Please note: PubMed index evidence is required.
• Do not include publication of a poster or an oral presentation abstract as these will not be counted as evidence.
• Un-submitted, or submitted but not yet accepted evidence cannot be counted.
• Non PubMed indexed publications can only score under criteria score 1.
• As this Domain has a time constraint on evidence, please ensure you provide a copy of your employment history during the evidence upload process, if you have undertaken any periods of less than full-time employment and/or statutory sickness and/or have any employment gaps that will impact on the set time period.

At the time of application opening (20 November 2025), have you given an oral and/or poster presentation within the last 36 months (WTE)*?

Select the highest scoring option applicable.

NB. QiP presentations can only be counted under Domain 2 - QiP and CANNOT be counted in this Domain unless you have not been able to include/claim under Domain 2 (see note below).

• I have made an oral presentation at a regional, national or international meeting : 5
• I have made a poster presentation at a regional, national or international meeting : 4
• I have presented at a local meeting on more than one occasion  : 3
• I have made a local/departmental presentation   : 1
• I have made no presentations nor shown any posters : 0

Evidence that will be required:

• Evidence for this Domain must be dated between 20 November 2022 and 20 November 2025, unless you can demonstrate any period(s) of statutory leave or less than full-time employment, in which case it may be extended to cover a 3-year WTE (whole time equivalent) period but must still not be dated after 20 November 2025.
• Please provide a copy of the relevant page or digital screenshot of the meeting programme(s) naming you as a presenter. NB. If claiming for regional/national/international credit it must be clear from evidence provided that it is not a local meeting. It is not the location of the meeting but the audience and organizing body, e.g. A national meeting would be organized by a national body, a regional meeting implies a meeting of a regional organization both of which could be held at the local Trust/hospital where you were working at the time.
• Please provide a copy of the presentation material, i.e. Presentation slides/poster
• QiP presentations may not normally be claimed under this Domain, however, if you have not been able to claim for a QiP presentation under Domain 2, providing you have the required evidence you may claim for it under this Domain instead. It may not be counted under both Domains.
• As this Domain has a time constraint on evidence, please ensure you have provided a copy of your employment history if you have undertaken any periods of less than full-time employment and/or statutory sickness and/or have any employment gaps that will impact on the set time period.