# Practising for Infectious Diseases (ST4) with MedMock

Canonical page: https://medmock.com/exams/infectious-diseases-st4

## What is the Infectious Diseases ST4 interview, and how do you practise for it?

Combined Infection Training ST4 (Group 1) national interview, about 45 minutes: three 10-minute stations, each with its own pair of interviewers, and five scored questions in all. Station 1 is a prepared 3-minute research-paper presentation with discussion, then suitability and commitment; Station 2 is a brief written clinical scenario from any infection specialty, then an ethics, professionalism and governance situation given verbally; Station 3 is medical registrar suitability, opened by a one-minute summary of your acute take experience. Here, one examiner asks the questions. MedMock lets you practise it out loud against an AI interview panel, with examiner-style feedback on any station you finish.

## About Infectious Diseases (ST4) recruitment (official sources, checked 2026-10-13)

- The lead recruiter for combined infection training is Scotland.
- Group 1 includes infectious diseases programmes that are dual accredited with general internal medicine, and it is not possible to single accredit in infectious diseases.
- Group 1 eligibility requires completion of the internal medicine training stage 1 programme or equivalent.
- Group 1 candidates answer an additional medical registrar suitability question lasting ten minutes, focused on two Capabilities in Practice from the Internal Medicine Stage 1 curriculum.
- With the medical registrar question included, the raw interview score is the sum of ten scores and must be 30 or above. An applicant found not appointable for ST3 cannot be considered appointable for ST4.
- Applicants in contention for both vacancies get two independent final assessment scores and rankings, ranked against the other applicants within each vacancy.
- All infection trainees spend two years on combined infection training, then three further years of higher specialty training in ID/general medicine, ID/microbiology or ID/virology.

Sources: https://www.phstrecruitment.org.uk/specialties/infection-specialties

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 Infectious Diseases (ST4) dates: https://medmock.com/exams/infectious-diseases-st4#dates

## Stations you can practise

- **Presentation and Suitability** — Station 1: your prepared presentation of up to three minutes on an interesting research paper relevant to infection specialties, about three minutes of discussion, then a question on your suitability for and commitment to higher training in infection.
- **Clinical Scenario and Ethics** — Station 2: a brief written clinical scenario of two or three sentences, from any infection specialty, to review for a short while; about 6 minutes of questions on the steps you would take, possible treatments, further information you would gather and how you would communicate with those involved; then an ethics, professionalism and governance situation given verbally, for about 4 minutes.
- **Medical Registrar Suitability** — Station 3 for ST4 applicants: medical registrar suitability, opened by your one-minute summary of your experience managing the acute unselected take, then questions on leading the take and the multidisciplinary team, including discharge planning.

## Sample Infectious Diseases (ST4) questions

- *Clinical Scenario and Ethics:* A 34-year-old man develops fever and right-upper-quadrant pain 10 weeks after returning from Delhi, India; ultrasound shows a solitary right-lobe liver abscess. How would you assess and establish the diagnosis?
- *Presentation and Suitability:* How do you keep yourself informed about antimicrobial resistance, and why does it matter to your career choice?

## Example scenarios

- *Clinical Scenario and Ethics:* A patient returning from Sub-Saharan Africa presents with cyclical fever and altered consciousness. Outline your diagnostic and management plan.

## 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 Infectious Diseases ST4 stations?

Yes. You can pick any of the 3 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.

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