# Practising for Urology (ST3) with MedMock

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

Urology ST3 national recruitment interview, coordinated by NHS England North East and Yorkshire: four 13-minute stations, each after 2 minutes of reading time — Outpatient, Emergency, Communication and Skills. MedMock runs the Outpatient, Emergency and Communication stations; the Skills station is not included. MedMock lets you practise it out loud against an AI interview panel, with examiner-style feedback on any station you finish.

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

- 2025 recruitment round, NHS England figures for Urology ST3: 343 applications for 74 posts, a competition ratio of 4.64.
- The National Recruitment Office for ST3 Urology is NHS England North East and Yorkshire, which recruits to ST3 posts across the United Kingdom.
- In the 2026 round, the Urology interview had four 13-minute stations: an outpatient scenario, an emergency scenario, communication and skills.
- In 2026, Urology interviews were held online via Qpercom. Applicants could bring paper notes and make notes during the interview, but not use an electronic device or books.
- In 2026, Urology applicants were shortlisted using their validated self-assessment score, with the highest scoring applicants invited to interview. A panel of clinicians reviewed the uploaded evidence.
- For 2026 Urology entry, applicants had to have completed all parts of the MRCS exam by the date initial offers were released, 14 April 2026, and have CT1 and CT2 core surgery competences by appointment.
- For 2027 entry, Urology ST3 applications open at 10am on 19 November and close at 4pm on 10 December 2026. A round 2 is not expected in 2027.

Sources: https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/medical-specialty-training/competition-ratios/2025-competition-ratios https://www.yorksandhumberdeanery.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/urology_applicant_handbook_2026_v2.docx https://www.yorksandhumberdeanery.nhs.uk/recruitment/national-recruitment/national-urology-st3-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: NHS England Medical Specialty Recruitment, checked 2026-09-24).
All Urology (ST3) dates: https://medmock.com/exams/urology-st3#dates

## Stations you can practise

- **Outpatient Scenario** — Outpatient clinical-management viva — LUTS / BPH, haematuria, PSA counselling, recurrent UTI, prostate-cancer pathway, NICE NG12 / NG75 / NG131.
- **Emergency Scenario** — Single-case acute urology management — testicular torsion, acute urinary retention, ureteric colic with sepsis, Fournier's gangrene; recognition, resuscitation, definitive plan, escalation thresholds.
- **Communication Scenario** — Patient-encounter station — breaking bad news of new cancer diagnosis, Duty of Candour on a missed torsion, explaining post-TURP complications to a patient or family.

## Sample Urology (ST3) questions

- *Emergency Scenario:* The on-call SHO calls you about a 19-year-old man with a 4-hour history of sudden-onset, severe right testicular pain. Describe your immediate instructions to the SHO and your subsequent management plan.
- *Communication Scenario:* Explain to a 62-year-old patient that their histopathology results from a recent radical prostatectomy show a positive surgical margin. Discuss what this means, the prognosis, and the potential need for adjuvant or salvage radiotherapy.

## Example scenarios

- *Outpatient Scenario:* A 65-year-old man with worsening LUTS, IPSS 22, PSA 8.6, smooth moderately enlarged prostate, PVR 180 ml. Talk me through your workup and management.
- *Emergency Scenario:* A 20-year-old man presents to ED with four hours of left scrotal pain and vomiting, transverse high-riding testis, absent cremasteric. Talk me through your approach.
- *Communication Scenario:* Mr Walker, 68, has been referred after PSA 84; biopsy Gleason 4+5 = 9, PSMA-PET shows multifocal bony metastases. He is here with his wife to discuss the results. Break the news and outline next steps.

## 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 Urology ST3 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.

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