# Practising for Paediatric Cardiology (ST4) with MedMock

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## What is the Paediatric Cardiology ST4 interview, and how do you practise for it?

Paediatric Cardiology ST4 national recruitment interview, run online by NHS England Wessex. The applicant guide publishes two assessed components: suitability questions on career history and training, personal qualities and dealing with specific challenges seen in the specialty; and clinical scenarios, each a stem question followed by further subsidiary questions. It publishes no station count, timings, reading time or materials, and says details may change. MedMock practises each component as its own 20-minute station; that length is ours, not a published timing, and nothing is shown on screen. MedMock lets you practise it out loud against an AI interview panel, with examiner-style feedback on any station you finish.

## About Paediatric Cardiology (ST4) recruitment (official sources, checked 2026-10-13)

- 2025 recruitment round, NHS England figures for Paediatric Cardiology ST4: 63 applications for 10 posts, a competition ratio of 6.30.
- Paediatric cardiology is not part of the Physician Specialty Recruitment Office coordinated process. Recruitment is coordinated by the NHS England Wessex Recruitment Office.
- Entry to paediatric cardiology training is at ST4 level. The programme lasts five years, with three years of core training and two years in an area of special interest.
- Paediatric cardiology accepts recruits from both paediatric and adult internal medicine backgrounds. Recruits from adult internal medicine must complete some requisite paediatrics training before starting.
- Current areas of special interest include congenital and structural interventions, cross-sectional imaging, fetal cardiology, and heart failure and transplantation.
- For 2027 entry, paediatric cardiology applications open at 10am on Thursday 19 November 2026 and close at 4pm on Thursday 10 December 2026. Interviews are on Monday 8 March 2027 and will all be carried out remotely.

Sources: https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/competition-ratios/2025-competition-ratios https://www.phstrecruitment.org.uk/specialties/paediatric-cardiology https://wessex.hee.nhs.uk/medical-dental-training-recruitment/core-and-specialty/paediatric-cardiology-st4-national-recruitment/

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 Paediatric Cardiology (ST4) dates: https://medmock.com/exams/paediatric-cardiology-st4#dates

## Stations you can practise

- **Suitability Questions** — Suitability questions on your career history and training, the personal qualities paediatric cardiology needs and your evidence for them, and how you would deal with the specific challenges of the specialty.
- **Clinical Scenarios** — Clinical scenarios: the examiner puts a paediatric cardiology scenario to you as a stem question, then asks further subsidiary questions on assessment, investigation, management and communication with the family and colleagues.

## Sample Paediatric Cardiology (ST4) questions

- *Suitability Questions:* How has any experience working outside your usual training environment shaped your approach to paediatric cardiology?
- *Suitability Questions:* Which training placement has most influenced how you practise today, and why?

## Example scenarios

- *Suitability Questions:* What has your training so far shown you about the demands of paediatric cardiology, and what makes you suited to them?
- *Clinical Scenarios:* A 6-week-old baby is referred with poor feeding, sweating during feeds and a loud murmur. How would you assess and manage this baby? Then: how would you explain the plan to the parents?

## 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 Paediatric Cardiology ST4 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