# Practising for Clinical Radiology (ST1) with MedMock

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## What is the Clinical Radiology ST1 interview, and how do you practise for it?

Clinical Radiology ST1 national recruitment interview (NHS England; Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Radiology share one selection process): two 15-minute panel stations. Station A covers your portfolio, your understanding of the specialty and your skills; Station B is a clinical scenario prioritisation question, then coping with pressure and managing uncertainty, then team involvement. You are the requesting clinician, not a radiologist, and you are not tested on image interpretation. MedMock lets you practise it out loud against an AI interview panel, with examiner-style feedback on any station you finish.

## About Clinical Radiology (ST1) recruitment (official sources, checked 2026-10-13)

- 2025 recruitment round, NHS England figures for Clinical Radiology ST1: 4011 applications for 356 posts, a competition ratio of 11.27.
- Clinical Radiology recruitment is a centralised process run alongside the Royal College of Clinical Radiologists.
- For 2027 entry, the final score used for ranking and offers is 30% portfolio and 70% interview.
- The interview has 2 stations of up to 15 minutes each, held online on the Qpercom Recruit system.
- In Station A, one panel member reviews and scores the applicant's portfolio evidence for up to 10 minutes beforehand. The first 2 questions in the station are then about the portfolio.
- The portfolio review has 5 domains. Each domain has descriptors of typical levels of experience, assigned to categories.
- Applicants are required to score above the minimum cut-off score in the MSRA, which is 201 on each of the 2 components.

Sources: https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/competition-ratios/2025-competition-ratios https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/clinical-radiology/core-clinical-radiology/overview-of-core-training/overview-of-st1-training https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/clinical-radiology/core-clinical-radiology/overview-of-core-training/applying-for-st1-training https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/clinical-radiology/core-clinical-radiology/overview-of-core-training/interviews https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/clinical-radiology/core-clinical-radiology/overview-of-core-training/clinical-radiology-st1-portfolio-review-guidance

Recruitment dates: Applications 22 October 2026 to 19 November 2026 (national Round 1); Interviews within the national Round 1 window, 11 January 2027 to 2 April 2027 (source: NHS England Medical Specialty Recruitment, checked 2026-09-24).
All Clinical Radiology (ST1) dates: https://medmock.com/exams/clinical-radiology-st1#dates

## Stations you can practise

- **Station A — Portfolio, Specialty and Skills** — Station A: two questions on your portfolio, a question on your understanding of the specialty, and a skills question, with follow-up questions.
- **Station B — Clinical Scenario, Pressure and Teamwork** — Station B: a clinical scenario prioritisation question in which you act on a report as the requesting clinician — escalation, prioritisation and safe handover — then questions on coping with pressure and managing uncertainty, and on team involvement.

## Sample Clinical Radiology (ST1) questions

- *Station A — Portfolio, Specialty and Skills:* What subspecialty within clinical radiology interests you most at this stage, and why?
- *Station A — Portfolio, Specialty and Skills:* What do you see as the greatest professional challenge facing UK radiology over the next five years, and what would you do about it as a trainee?

## Example scenarios

- *Station A — Portfolio, Specialty and Skills:* What skills have you learnt that will make you an effective radiologist, and why?
- *Station B — Clinical Scenario, Pressure and Teamwork:* A CT requested to look for a post-operative collection shows an unexpected spiculated lung lesion. As the requesting doctor, how would you act on this report?

## 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, £45 per month for 300 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 Radiology ST1 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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