# Practising for Community Sexual & Reproductive Health (ST1) with MedMock

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## What is the Community Sexual & Reproductive Health ST1 interview, and how do you practise for it?

A single online panel interview of about 30 minutes (two assessors, with lay representative input) assessing general professional capabilities in four areas: Communication (a prepared presentation), Specialty Interest, Teamwork and Data Handling. The four areas are sections of one interview, not separate stations, and the time given to each is not published. Here each area is practised as its own section of about 8 minutes, one examiner voice speaks for the panel, and the full mock runs all four back to back. MedMock lets you practise it out loud against an AI interview panel, with examiner-style feedback on any station you finish.

## About Community Sexual & Reproductive Health (ST1) recruitment (official sources, checked 2026-10-13)

- 2025 recruitment round, NHS England figures for Community Sexual and Reproductive Health ST1: 1379 applications for 14 posts, a competition ratio of 98.50.
- NHS England East of England coordinates the national recruitment process for Community Sexual and Reproductive Health ST1 posts. The interviews are hosted online.
- The selection centre is a single 30-minute online video interview on the Qpercom Vids system. The panel has two assessors, administrative support and lay representative input.
- The interview covers four domains: Communication (a PowerPoint-based presentation), Specialty Interest, Data Handling and Teamwork. Marks are out of 60 from each of 2 interviewers, 120 in total.
- Not all applicants are invited to the selection centre. The Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment (MSRA) is used to decide who is invited, by ranking order and places available.
- The interview does not test advanced specialty knowledge. Previous experience in the specialty is not required for ST1, so questions reflect generic competences.
- The programme is a six-year run-through specialty training programme starting at ST1, with basic training in Years 1 to 3, intermediate training in Years 4 and 5 and advanced training in Year 6.

Sources: https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/competition-ratios/2025-competition-ratios https://heeoe.hee.nhs.uk/recruitment/community-sexual-and-reproductive-health-csrh/csrh-applicants-guide https://heeoe.hee.nhs.uk/recruitment/community-sexual-and-reproductive-health

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 Community Sexual & Reproductive Health (ST1) dates: https://medmock.com/exams/community-sexual-and-reproductive-health-st1#dates

## Stations you can practise

- **Communication (Presentation)** — A presentation prepared in advance from material supplied before the interview day, then questions from the panel.
- **Specialty Interest** — Your interest in and commitment to community sexual & reproductive health.
- **Teamwork** — Your own experience of working in and leading teams — the multidisciplinary sexual health team, safeguarding partners and clinic colleagues.
- **Data Handling** — Discussion of an article circulated before the interview, a research paper or a patient opinion piece. Here you read a practice article summary at the door.

## Sample Community Sexual & Reproductive Health (ST1) questions

- *Specialty Interest:* Present your commitment to a long-term career in community SRH.
- *Teamwork:* Describe a time you noticed an SRH service-level problem and brought it to your clinical lead.

## Example scenarios

- *Communication (Presentation):* Present your chosen topic on improving access to long-acting reversible contraception, then take questions from the panel.
- *Specialty Interest:* Why community SRH and not O&G or GP? What evidence is shaping LARC provision in the UK?
- *Teamwork:* Tell us about a time you helped a team work better together, and what your role was.
- *Data Handling:* What are the key messages of the article, and how far would you trust them?

## 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 Community Sexual & Reproductive Health ST1 stations?

Yes. You can pick any of the 4 stations 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.

Start with the £5 taster: https://medmock.com/auth/signup