International Training Fellowship UHB NHS TRUST – CPSP MTI UK

College of physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) has announced
International training Fellowship jobs in collaboration with University
Hospital Birmingham (UHB) NHS Trust, UK. UHB TRUST is one of the leading
teaching hospitals of UK. The clinical positions are distributed among the four
constituent hospitals covering Birmingham.

The International Fellowship job is for the CPSP fellows
from Pakistan, to get further clinical exposure and enhance their skills. The
duration of fellowship is for 2 years. The training is supervised by a clinical
instructor and the program is overseen by an educational supervisor. CPSP itself
has a regional center and director based in Birmingham, who can be contacted
regarding cpsp training requirements and issues faced by the residents during
their 2 years international training fellowship

The application process has been initiated and the closing
date for applications is 21^st of November 2022. The application form
has to be filled online, the application fields correspond to your biodata, clinical
experience, education, any research activity along with evidence of English
language competency.

English language competency is required by the GMC, at the
time of license registration, both the OET and ILETS are acceptable. The score
for OET is a minimum B in each component and also an overall B. ILETS needs 7.0
band at least in each component with an overall 7.5 band.

The positions are open for both the CPSP junior fellows (currently in training having passed the
IMM exam) and senior fellows (having passed the FCPS part II exam and in good
standing with CPSP)

The positions open for the junior fellows are:

• 1.
  Acute and General Medicine

A Fellowship in Acute and General Medicine will require
you to rotate through a number of subspecialties of medicine, including acute
medicine. These include, but are not limited to, Infectious Diseases;
Respiratory Medicine; Nephrology; Diabetes; Gastroenterology, Geriatric
Medicine and Critical Care.

• 2.
  Medical Oncology
• 3.
  General Surgery
• 4.
  Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery

• 5.
  Neurosurgery
• 6.
  General Paediatrics
• 7.
  General Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine
• 7.
  Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Senior International fellowship training
placements:

• 1.
  Accident and Emergency Medicine (you must be registered with the College
  for Emergency Medicine to be eligible to apply)
• 2.
  General Anaesthesia
• 3.
  Critical Care
• 4.
  Acute Medicine
• 5.
  Cardiology
• 6.
  Diabetes and Endocrinology
• 7.
  Nephrology
• 8.
  Neurology
• 9.
  Medical Oncology
• 10.
  HIV and Infectious Diseases

• 11.
  Immunology
• 12.
  Colorectal Surgery
• 13.
  Upper GI Surgery
• 14.
  Urology
• 15.
  Cardiothoracic Surgery
• 16.
  Burns and Plastic Surgery
• 17.
  Hand Surgery
• 18.
  Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
• 19.
  Neurosurgery
• 20.
  General Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine
• 21.
  Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Interviews will be held in January 2023, in CPSP regional
centers, and following selection process the session will commence in July
2023.

Here is the link to the official application form.

Read more about the MTI – CPSP training program in Detail
here, on how to prepare your application and what to expect in your interview. For
OET we have shared in detail over here, how to prepare and test centers and
cost. For GMC registration, you will need EPIC verification of your documents,
more on that here. If MTI cpsp is not for your try Ireland as an alternative,
for which there is no requirement for any licensing exam for Irish license registration for Pakistanis.