# Practising for Clinical Genetics (ST3) with MedMock

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## What is the Clinical Genetics ST3 interview, and how do you practise for it?

Clinical Genetics ST3 national recruitment interview, run online by Physician Higher Specialty Training: two 15-minute stations with five scored areas. Station 1 is a brief written clinical scenario, then a research and service question on new technologies and their introduction into the NHS, with communication marked across the station. Station 2 is application and training, then suitability and commitment to clinical genetics. MedMock lets you practise it out loud against an AI interview panel, with examiner-style feedback on any station you finish.

## About Clinical Genetics (ST3) recruitment (official sources, checked 2026-10-13)

- 2025 recruitment round, NHS England figures for Clinical Genetics ST3: 84 applications for 15 posts, a competition ratio of 5.60.
- The lead recruiter for clinical genetics is the Midlands.
- The interview has two stations and four questions of between 5 and 10 minutes. Applicants are marked on the questions and on communication skills, giving five scored areas, and the interview takes approximately 40 minutes.
- One interview question, on research and service, focuses on new technologies and their introduction into the NHS. Another reviews the applicant's application form and training to date.
- Entry to clinical genetics is usually at ST3. Trainees usually come from adult or paediatric medicine and must have MRCP(UK), MRCPCH or equivalent before entry.
- Clinical genetics accepts applicants from anaesthetics, general practice, obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology, paediatrics, psychiatry and surgery, as well as core-level physician training.
- The specialty assesses commitment to specialty as part of shortlisting.

Sources: https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/competition-ratios/2025-competition-ratios https://www.phstrecruitment.org.uk/specialties/clinical-genetics

Recruitment dates: Applications 19 November 2026 to 10 December 2026 (national Round 2); Interviews within the national Round 2 window, 11 January 2027 to 9 April 2027 (source: Physician Higher Specialty Training Recruitment (PHST), checked 2026-09-24).
All Clinical Genetics (ST3) dates: https://medmock.com/exams/clinical-genetics-st3#dates

## Stations you can practise

- **Station 1 — Clinical Scenario, Research and Service** — Question 1 (about 10 minutes): a clinical scenario of two or three sentences to review for a short while, then the steps you would take, management, further information and how you would communicate with patients, families and colleagues. Question 2 (about 5 minutes): research and service, on new technologies and their introduction into the NHS, with no information in advance. Communication is marked across the whole station.
- **Station 2 — Application, Training and Suitability** — Question 1 (about 8 minutes): application and training, reviewing your career, achievements and engagement with training. Question 2 (about 7 minutes): your suitability for and commitment to training in clinical genetics. There is no material to read in this station.

## Sample Clinical Genetics (ST3) questions

- *Station 2 — Application, Training and Suitability:* Tell me about a complication or near-miss in your practice. What did you learn, and what changed?
- *Station 1 — Clinical Scenario, Research and Service:* A 6-year-old boy is referred with global developmental delay, dysmorphic features and a microarray showing a 1.5 Mb deletion at 22q11.2. Discuss your approach with the family.

## Example scenarios

- *Station 1 — Clinical Scenario, Research and Service:* A 32-year-old woman is referred to your clinic. Her father died of Huntington's disease at 58. She has just married and wants to discuss predictive testing before trying for a family. Discuss your assessment and how you would communicate with the patient and her partner. Then: how should a new genomic test be introduced into NHS practice?
- *Station 2 — Application, Training and Suitability:* Talk us through your career and achievements so far and how you have engaged with training. Then: why clinical genetics, and what have you done to test that choice?

## How a practice session works

1. **Choose a station** — Choose the kind of question or scenario you want to rehearse — ethics, motivation, a role-play, and more.
2. **Have the conversation** — Speak naturally, out loud. The AI interviewer listens and asks the demanding follow-ups, just as a real interviewer would.
3. **Get instant feedback** — The moment you finish, you get specific, examiner-style feedback and a score — what you did well, what cost you marks, and precisely what to fix before the next attempt.

## Price

Start with a one-off £5 taster: 30 credits (30 minutes of speaking practice), not a subscription. After that, or instead, £69 per month for 350 credits. One credit is one minute of spoken practice, or two typed exchanges, and where the examiner or patient speaks first, that opening line is free. Examiner scorecards, mark schemes and model answers for finished sessions are included at no extra credit cost. Cancel at any time. Full details: https://medmock.com/pricing

## Frequently asked questions

### How does the feedback work?

When you finish a station you can have it marked, and the scorecard comes back in seconds — what you did well, what cost you marks, and exactly what to work on next. Scorecards, mark schemes and model answers are included at no extra credit cost.

### Can I practise specific Clinical Genetics ST3 stations?

Yes. You can pick either station to drill a weak area, or run a mixed set to simulate the real interview.

### How much does it cost?

You can start with a one-off £5 taster: 30 credits, which is 30 minutes of speaking practice, with no subscription. After that, or at any time, you can choose a monthly plan, which includes a monthly credit allowance. Current prices are on the pricing page.

## About MedMock

MedMock is a web app for practising the spoken parts of UK medical and dental exams and interviews out loud. The candidate talks; an AI patient, examiner or interview panel answers in real time by voice; and when the station ends MedMock marks the performance against that exam's assessment domains and shows the model answer.

It covers 104 spoken exams and interviews — OSCEs, vivas, structured oral exams, simulated consultations, and specialty-training and consultant interviews. It does not cover written or multiple-choice papers, and it is not a question bank.

It was founded by Mr Sam Nahas, MBBS BSc MEd FRCS (Tr & Orth), a practising consultant orthopaedic surgeon in the UK, with co-founder and CTO Arjan Jandu. It is operated by VirtualPatients Ltd (company no. 16303492).

Pricing: a one-off £5 taster of 30 credits to try it (not a subscription, one per account), and a monthly subscription from £20 to £129 depending on the exam (student exams cost least, fellowship exit exams and consultant interviews most), or £199 to £275 for the Intensive plans, which carry more credits. One credit is one minute of spoken practice, or two typed exchanges, and where the examiner or patient speaks first, that opening line is free. Examiner scorecards, mark schemes and model answers for finished sessions are included at no extra credit cost. Subscriptions can be cancelled at any time.

It runs in a web browser on a laptop or phone; spoken practice needs a microphone. There is no public demo: practice needs an account with credits, usually from the taster or a monthly plan.

MedMock is for adults aged 18 or over. Sign-up asks every new account to confirm it.

MedMock is a revision tool. The patients, examiners and cases are fictional and AI-generated; it is not clinical guidance and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any Royal College, the GMC, the GDC or any examining body.

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