CAREER IN PLASTIC SURGERY 

• Intracurricular: How to make the most out of placements, logbooks and tips to your portfolio. 

• Extracurricular: Research, audit, prizes and bursaries! 

• Medical elective: Where to go to gain exposure in Plastic Surgery.

I N T R O D U C T I O N 

 

 

 

This website is dedicated to medical students who are interested in doing Plastic Surgery in the future as a speciality.

 

In 2008, there were 23 applicants per post for Plastic Surgery Higher Surgery Training (ST3) post. (1) With such high rates of competition, the need for a specialised career guide dedicated to Plastic Surgery is in high demand. Thus, the sole aim of this guide is to provide the appropriate information to enhance an application for a Plastic Surgery training post. This is a one-stop guide for Plastic Surgery, which will hopefully cover your career development enquiries from undergraduate training to surgical training.  

 

Although this website is available for all, it will be aimed at medical students who are in their last years of medical school i.e. Year 4, 5 & 6, in the United Kingdom. For this reason, all the details written will be based from the perspective of a medical student in the United Kingdom. 

 

Use the main menu bar above to navigate yourself around the site. There is a comment box in most of the pages. Please feel free to add any comments or any corrections.

 

I hope you will find this guide useful!

 

 

 

 

• FP Deaneries: Where should you apply in order to develop your career in Plastics? 

• Portfolio: This page provides vital portfolio scoring information that is used in CT1 application. 

• Courses: A list of recommended courses and general tips. 

• Prizes: Specific prizes that are available for Foundation Doctors. 

• Examinations: General information about MRCP. 

• Career Pathway: A diagramatic description of the Plastic Surgery career Pathway. 

• Advanced Courses: Specialised courses related to Plastic Surgery. 

• Examinations: General information about FRCS.

• Plastics Units: A guide to the different Plastics Units within the UK.

• Applications: Information about applying for training posts, related deadlines and requirements.  

• Interviews: An example of the interview process for Core Surgery and Higher Surgical Training. 

• Short-listing Protocols: Information of the common protocols used to short-list applicants. 

Information to:

• Guide Books

• Medical & Surgical Society Websites

• Plastic Surgery Society Websites

• Career Guide: FY to ST 

• Portfolio Guide

• Plastic Surgery Journal

• Plastic Surgery RSS