# Practising for Medical Virology (ST3) with MedMock

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## What is the Medical Virology ST3 interview, and how do you practise for it?

Combined Infection Training ST3 (Medical Virology) national interview: two 10-minute stations. Station 1 is a prepared presentation on a research paper with discussion, then suitability and commitment; Station 2 is a written clinical scenario, then an ethics, professionalism and governance question given verbally. MedMock lets you practise it out loud against an AI interview panel, with examiner-style feedback on any station you finish.

## About Medical Virology (ST3) recruitment (official sources, checked 2026-10-13)

- The lead recruiter for combined infection training is Scotland.
- Single-accredited medical virology programmes are in Group 2 of combined infection training.
- Group 2 programme combinations include medical virology alone, infectious diseases and medical virology, and tropical medicine and medical virology.
- Clinical virologists concentrate on diagnosing and managing patients with viral infections, using molecular tests for rapid diagnosis, monitoring antiviral drug resistance and managing outbreaks.
- Virology contributes to public health through input into surveillance and immunisation programmes.
- Like other combined infection training applicants at Group 2 level, medical virology applicants have two interview stations of 10 minutes each, with four questions ranging between 4 and 6 minutes.

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 Medical Virology (ST3) dates: https://medmock.com/exams/medical-virology-st3#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 infection training.
- **Clinical Scenario and Ethics** — Station 2: a short written clinical scenario in virology to read and discuss — for example HIV drug resistance, hepatitis B reactivation during chemotherapy or CMV in a transplant recipient — then an ethics, professionalism or governance question given verbally.

## Sample Medical Virology (ST3) questions

- *Commitment to specialty & registrar suitability:* Tell me about your strongest completed clinical audit cycle. Walk me through the standards you used, the data collection timeline, and the specific change you implemented between the first and second cycles.
- *Presentation and Suitability:* How would you balance an interest in academic virology with the service commitments of the specialty?

## Example scenarios

- *Clinical Scenario and Ethics:* A 30-year-old presents with a newly positive HIV test from screening. Talk me through your initial workup and antiretroviral therapy plan.
- *Presentation and Suitability:* After your three-minute presentation on a recent infection research paper: what has confirmed your commitment to a career in medical virology, and what would you bring to infection training?

## 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 Medical Virology 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.

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