# Practising for Nuclear Medicine (ST3) with MedMock

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## What is the Nuclear Medicine ST3 interview, and how do you practise for it?

Nuclear Medicine ST3 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 Nuclear Medicine (ST3) recruitment (official sources, checked 2026-10-13)

- Nuclear medicine does not use the national Physician HST process. It is recruited alongside clinical radiology, which is coordinated by London and KSS (LaKSS) Recruitment.
- Nuclear medicine training is a dual CCT programme with clinical radiology, over an indicative six years of higher specialty training.
- The programme has three years focused on clinical radiology (80% of training time), then an indicative three years focused on nuclear medicine (80% of training time), during which trainees complete a postgraduate diploma in nuclear medicine.
- Entry is two years of Internal Medicine Training or three years of ACCS-IM with full MRCP(UK), three years of Level 1 Paediatrics with full MRCPCH, or two years of Core Surgical Training with full MRCS, or equivalent.
- The nuclear medicine interview is on Friday 12 March 2027, online through Qpercom Recruit, with 2 stations of up to 15 minutes each. Applicants who applied for both nuclear medicine and clinical radiology attend one interview.
- In the first interview station a panel member reviews the applicant's uploaded portfolio evidence, and the first 2 questions are about the portfolio. The second station has 3 sections on the person specification.
- The portfolio review is 40% of the final score and the interview stations 60%. To be appointable an applicant needs a minimum of 48 out of 80 overall.

Sources: https://www.phstrecruitment.org.uk/specialties/nuclear-medicine https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/medicine/higher-training-in-medicine/nuclear-medicine/overview-of-nuclear-medicine/interviews https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/medicine/higher-training-in-medicine/nuclear-medicine/overview-of-nuclear-medicine/appointability-preferencing-and-offers

Recruitment dates: Applications 22 October 2026 to 19 November 2026 (Round 1, August 2027 intake); Interview Friday 12 March 2027 (source: NHS England Medical Specialty Recruitment, checked 2026-10-13).
All Nuclear Medicine (ST3) dates: https://medmock.com/exams/nuclear-medicine-st3#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 Nuclear Medicine (ST3) questions

- *Station A — Portfolio, Specialty and Skills:* Discuss your motivation for higher specialty training in nuclear medicine.
- *Station A — Portfolio, Specialty and Skills:* Discuss handling a clinical incident in radionuclide therapy administration.

## 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, £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 Nuclear Medicine 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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