# Practising for Rehabilitation Medicine (ST3) with MedMock

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

Rehabilitation Medicine ST3 national interview, recruited through Physician Higher Specialty Training: two stations. Station 1 is a written clinical scenario, then an ethics, professionalism and governance question given verbally; Station 2 is a written ethical scenario, then suitability and commitment. There is no medical registrar question at ST3. MedMock lets you practise it out loud against an AI interview panel, with examiner-style feedback on any station you finish.

## About Rehabilitation Medicine (ST3) recruitment (official sources, checked 2026-10-13)

- 2025 recruitment round, NHS England figures for Rehabilitation Medicine ST3: 69 applications for 17 posts, a competition ratio of 4.06.
- The lead recruiter for rehabilitation medicine is the Midlands.
- Rehabilitation medicine training typically consists of a four-year programme covering the clinical areas.
- The interview has two stations of 18 minutes each, with a separate pair of interviewers in each. It has four questions of 8 to 10 minutes and takes about 45 minutes in total.
- The four scored areas are a clinical scenario, an ethical, professionalism and governance question, an ethical scenario, and suitability and commitment.
- Besides core physician training, rehabilitation medicine accepts applicants from anaesthetics, general practice, obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology, paediatrics, psychiatry and surgery training routes.
- In the previous round's person specification, one route for physician applicants was MRCP(UK) Part 1 at the time of application and the full MRCP(UK) diploma by the offer date.

Sources: https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/competition-ratios/2025-competition-ratios https://www.phstrecruitment.org.uk/specialties/rehabilitation-medicine https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/person-specifications/person-specifications-2026/rehabilitation-medicine-st3-2026

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 Rehabilitation Medicine (ST3) dates: https://medmock.com/exams/rehabilitation-medicine-st3#dates

## Stations you can practise

- **Station 1 — Clinical Scenario, Professionalism & Governance** — Station 1: a short written clinical scenario in rehabilitation medicine to read and discuss — the steps you would take, treatments, further information and communication — then an ethics, professionalism or governance question given verbally.
- **Station 2 — Ethical Scenario, Suitability & Commitment** — Station 2: a short written ethical scenario to read and discuss — your suggested responses and the moral, ethical and legal considerations — then your suitability for and commitment to rehabilitation medicine, expanding on your application form.

## Sample Rehabilitation Medicine (ST3) questions

- *Station 1 — Clinical Scenario, Professionalism & Governance:* A 63-year-old man on the rehabilitation ward following a stroke has not passed urine for eight hours and is reporting lower abdominal discomfort. How would you manage this?
- *Station 2 — Ethical Scenario, Suitability & Commitment:* You notice that a senior colleague, a 44-year-old physiotherapist, has repeatedly documented assessments that do not appear to have taken place. What are the issues here and how would you approach this?

## Example scenarios

- *Station 1 — Clinical Scenario, Professionalism & Governance:* A 27-year-old is four weeks after a severe traumatic brain injury. Walk us through your rehabilitation assessment and goal-setting.
- *Station 2 — Ethical Scenario, Suitability & Commitment:* A man with a brain injury wants to go home against the team's advice while his family want him to stay on the ward. What are the issues here, and how would you approach 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, £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 Rehabilitation 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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