Open AccessThe insider’s guide to obtaining a national training number in plastic surgery
Author(s) -
Sophia Opel,
Yaser Ghani,
OA Branford
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/147363514x14042954769474
Subject(s) - insider , competition (biology) , medicine , medical education , political science , law , biology , ecology
Plastic surgery is one of the most competitive surgical specialties in the UK. There is a nationalised recruitment system in place and in 2011 there was a competition ratio of applicants to successful candidates of 10:1, with 177 applicants applying for a final number of 18 posts. 1 In 2012 the corresponding ratio was 17:1, with 166 applicants for 10 posts. 2 With such a high number of applicants for so few ST3 posts, candidates must be aware of the requirements to attain a national training number (NTN) early in their surgical career.