Internal Medicine Training
IMT is a 3 year programme leading to eligibility for application to all medical specialties. Rotations are every 4-6 months and cover a range of medical specialties. Experience in geriatrics, intensive care and outpatients is mandatory for completion of the programme. For some specialties only 2 years of IMT is required however those exiting at this point forfeit the opportunity to apply for the full range of medical specialties without further training and development.
Group 1 specialties require completion of 3 years IMT - completion of higher training results in dual training with Internal Medicine
Acute Internal Medicine
Cardiology
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus
Gastroenterology
Genitourinary Medicine
Geriatric Medicine
Infectious Diseases (except when dual with Medical Microbiology or Virology)
Neurology
Palliative Medicine
Renal Medicine
Rheumatology
Stroke Medicine
Tropical Medicine (except when dual with Medical Microbiology or Virology)
Group 2 specialties require completion of 2 years IMT
Allergy Medicine
Audiovestibular Medicine
Aviation and Space Medicine
Clinical Genetics
Clinical Neurophysiology
Dermatology
Haematology
Immunology
Infectious Diseases (when dual with Medical Microbiology or Virology)
Medical Oncology
Medical Ophthalmology
Nuclear Medicine
Paediatric Cardiology
Pharmaceutical Medicine
Rehabilitation Medicine
Sport and Exercise Medicine
Tropical Medicine (when dual with Medical Microbiology or Virology)
Chemical Pathology, Clinical Oncology, Medical Microbiology, Medical Virology and Occupational Medicine will also recruit trainees who have completed the first 2 years of IMT. Trainees will also be able to apply for Intensive Care Medicine single CCT training after 2 years of IMT.
IMT Application Evidence:
IMT applications are shortlisted based on a scoring checklist of achievements therefore it is important to have a evidence for each section particularly around teaching and leadership. This could be a certificate or a letter from a consultant you have worked with.
