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Turn your preparation into clear, confident interview answers. Practise both IMT stations, refine your two-minute presentation and explain your clinical reasoning under pressure. Join a maximum of eight candidates for a live, one-day Zoom course with personalised feedback.
Develop authentic answers from your own experience — not scripts to memorise.
One-day live Zoom course · Maximum 8 candidates · £325 including VAT
Check availability for our 2027 IMT interview preparation courses in the calendar, then use the form below to choose your date and book your place.
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Knowing the answer and delivering a strong interview answer are not the same thing. This course helps you select the right evidence, organise your thoughts and communicate your judgement while the clock is running.
Prepare for achievements and suitability questions, ethical and professional scenarios, clinical reasoning and handover. The emphasis is on interview performance: using what you already know, rather than reteaching medicine or learning a bank of model answers.
Practise IMT-style questions in a small group and receive feedback on the content, structure and delivery of your answers. The aim is to develop approaches you can adapt when the wording changes or a follow-up question takes you in a new direction.
Select the achievements and experiences most relevant to Internal Medicine Training. Explain what they demonstrate and why IMT is the right next step, rather than giving a chronological account of your CV.
Decide what belongs in two minutes, give enough context for your achievements to mean something and practise a delivery that sounds natural. Be ready to develop your answer when the panel asks a follow-up question.
Identify the central issues in an ethical, professional or governance scenario, consider the people affected and explain proportionate action. Move beyond naming principles to showing how you would apply them.
Organise your assessment, differential diagnoses, investigations and management. Make immediate priorities and appropriate escalation explicit, then adapt your reasoning as further information becomes available.
Answer the question directly, make your reasoning easy to follow and avoid unnecessary repetition. Consider communication with patients and colleagues as well as your delivery to the interviewers.
Select the clinically important information, organise it logically and relay it clearly and accurately within one minute. Avoid repeating every detail of the scenario at the expense of the information that matters.
The published national format has two 11-minute stations, with communication assessed in each. Your course covers both stations, including the two-minute achievements presentation and one-minute clinical handover.
11 minutes · Four scored areas
Discuss your application and achievements, explain your suitability for IMT and respond to an ethical, professionalism or governance scenario. Your communication is also assessed throughout this station.
Course focus: a concise two-minute presentation, relevant evidence and thoughtful, clearly explained answers.
11 minutes · Three scored areas
Work through an unfamiliar clinical scenario, explaining investigations, diagnosis and management as information develops. Communication is assessed separately, and the station ends with a one-minute handover.
Course focus: safe priorities, explicit reasoning and a clear, concise summary for a colleague.
The sections below explain how we help you approach each part. Practice focuses on the skills being assessed, not predicting the questions you will receive.
The interview begins with an exploration of your achievements and suitability for Internal Medicine Training. You need to do more than list what is on your application. The interviewers are interested in what your achievements demonstrate, which experiences are most relevant to becoming an internal medicine trainee and whether you can communicate your motivation and suitability convincingly.
During the course, we help you identify the strongest evidence from your own experience and present it concisely without turning your answer into a chronological tour of your CV.
You are required to begin the interview with a two-minute verbal presentation on your achievements relevant to becoming a trainee in internal medicine. Two minutes is a very short time. The challenge is selecting the right evidence, creating a clear structure and giving enough context for your achievements to mean something without becoming lost in detail.
We work on how to decide what deserves to be included, how to create a coherent narrative and how to deliver the presentation naturally rather than sounding as though you are reciting a memorised script. The published presentation guidance asks you to focus on achievements relevant to becoming an internal medicine trainee. Your answer should connect the evidence to that purpose, rather than simply list everything you have done.
You will also be presented with an ethical, professional or governance scenario that you have not seen in advance. The course helps you approach these questions systematically: identifying the central issue, recognising the relevant professional principles, considering the people affected and explaining what you would actually do.
Topics may involve areas such as consent, capacity, confidentiality, safeguarding, mistakes, professional conduct, escalation and reflection. The objective is not to recite ethical principles or GMC guidance. You need to demonstrate that you can apply professional judgement to the situation you have been given.
Communication is now scored separately in Station 1, so how you communicate your answers matters in its own right. You need to be structured and concise, answer the question directly and communicate your reasoning in a way that is easy for the interviewers to follow.
Throughout the course, feedback therefore considers not only what you say but how effectively you communicate it.
In Station 2, you are given a clinical scenario and asked questions about how you would assess and manage the patient. The scenario may develop as the discussion progresses, with additional information or data provided by the interviewers.
You will learn how to:
The aim is not to test obscure medical knowledge. It is to help you demonstrate safe clinical reasoning at the level expected of an applicant to Internal Medicine Training.
Communication is also scored separately in Station 2. This includes how you would communicate with patients, relatives and colleagues within the scenario, as well as how clearly you communicate with the interviewers themselves. We therefore look at the way you explain decisions, adapt your communication to the people involved and maintain structure even when the scenario changes.
The clinical scenario finishes with a one-minute handover of the patient to a colleague. A good handover needs to be concise, clinically relevant and easy for the recipient to follow. You cannot simply repeat everything that has been discussed during the scenario. The course gives you opportunities to practise selecting the information that matters, organising it logically and delivering it accurately within the time available.
Published guidance checked: 15 October 2026. This overview follows the official interview structure and presentation guidance and interview scoring guidance. Follow the recruitment team's current instructions for your own interview.
Interview technique develops through doing, not simply listening to someone describe a good answer. A maximum of eight candidates keeps the day interactive and creates room for participation and personalised feedback.
Answer IMT-style questions and work through scenarios. Practise selecting what matters, organising it quickly and explaining your reasoning rather than relying on knowing what you would say in theory.
Feedback can identify an answer that is too long, a structure that is difficult to follow, an important issue you have missed or stronger evidence from your experience that you could use.
Apply feedback during the course and learn from how other candidates approach the same question. Leave with clearer priorities for your continued preparation, rather than simply a list of things that went wrong.
Your motivation, achievements and reflections should be grounded in your own experience. We provide structures to organise those ideas, not formulaic model answers. Understanding why an answer works makes you more adaptable when an interviewer changes the wording or probes further.
The course is designed and overseen by experienced NHS consultants, with an emphasis on clinical judgement, professional behaviour and the standards expected in postgraduate medical recruitment. Live delivery centres on practical preparation, interview technique and individual feedback.
Arrive with your experiences fresh in your mind, not with a set of finished answers. Preparing beforehand means the day can be spent developing your responses rather than trying to recall examples for the first time.
Review your application and portfolio, think about your motivation for IMT and prepare a first version of your two-minute presentation. Reflect on professional experiences and revisit your approach to common acute medical presentations.
Choose a course date that leaves time to practise and apply your feedback before your interview. The techniques can also be used immediately when your interview is closer.
Read your CV, application and portfolio. Reflect on why you chose Internal Medicine Training, what attracts you to the programme and which achievements provide the strongest evidence of your suitability.
Draft and practise a two-minute verbal overview of your relevant achievements. Select what deserves inclusion and give enough context to show its significance. Treat it as a starting point to improve, not a script to defend.
Consider experiences involving mistakes, professionalism, ethics, conflict and learning. Review your approach to common acute medical presentations so you can focus on explaining priorities and clinical reasoning during practice.
Our IMT interview trainers bring clinical, educational and interview coaching experience to a practical day of preparation, questions and personalised feedback.
Practical answers to help you choose the right support, plan your attendance and make use of your feedback.
The course helps you make better use of the experience you already have. Teaching, quality improvement, teamwork and everyday clinical responsibilities can provide useful examples when you can explain your contribution and what you learned. It cannot add achievements to a submitted application or change shortlisting decisions. The focus is on presenting your evidence accurately and explaining its relevance to IMT.
Use any previous feedback or score breakdown to identify two or three priorities before you attend. Were your examples insufficiently specific? Did you describe what you did without explaining your reasoning? Did you run out of time? Use the practice to test a different approach, then turn the feedback into concrete changes for your next attempt.
Choose the group course if you want to work across both IMT stations and learn from other candidates' answers as well as your own. Our one-to-one interview coaching gives you dedicated time to work on your individual application, answers and concerns.
One-to-one coaching focuses on non-clinical preparation and does not cover clinical diagnosis or treatment scenarios. It can complement the group course if you want further work on particular non-clinical answers.
For this one-day course, a first postponement is free with at least eight days' notice; subsequent postponements cost £80. Transfers take effect when confirmed by email. Once postponed, a booking cannot be cancelled for a refund.
Cancellations are refunded less £20 with at least 22 days' notice, or £80 with 8–21 days' notice. Cancellations and postponements are not accepted with seven days' notice or less. Email enquiries@iscmedical.co.uk with your request and check the full booking terms applicable to your booking.
Joining instructions are sent a couple of days before the course. If you have not received them by the day before, check your junk or spam folder, then contact us with your name and course date. Check that you can open Zoom and that your microphone and camera work before the session starts.
Convert the course's UK start and finish times to your local time for the date you have booked; daylight-saving changes can affect the difference. For practical interview work, we recommend a laptop or desktop, a reliable internet connection and a quiet space where you can speak freely. Test your sound and camera beforehand.
Your CPD certificate is delivered on the next working day after the course. Certificates are issued following confirmation of full attendance by the trainer.
Please plan to attend the whole day and keep your camera on for most of the course. If you have a specific participation concern, contact us before booking.
You can email questions about interview practice or the interview process after attending. Further formal interview practice or one-to-one coaching is booked separately; see our after-course support terms.
Choose two or three specific changes to work on first. Record an answer to a fresh practice question and check whether the change is audible: a clearer opening, a more relevant example or less repetition. Practise follow-up questions as well as opening answers, and ask a colleague to challenge your reasoning. This helps you check whether you can apply the feedback when the wording or scenario changes.
Candidates describe their experience of practical preparation, small-group learning and feedback. The comments below are individual experiences, not a guarantee of an interview result.
“The IMT interview preparation course completely transformed my approach. I went in feeling anxious and unsure, and came out with a clear strategy for tackling every type of question. The mock interviews and personalised feedback gave me the confidence I needed. I was delighted to be ranked in the top 5% of applicants for Internal Medicine Training. This is hands down the best IMT interview course out there.”
“This course broke down the interview process step by step, covering everything from clinical scenarios to ethical dilemmas. Ram’s advice on structuring answers was simple but powerful, and it made such a difference to my performance.”
“What I loved most was how interactive it was. Unlike other large group courses, this one had small numbers, which meant I got personal feedback on my answers. The role plays felt just like the real interview. By the end of the day, I felt well-prepared and confident.”
“I walked in nervous about how I’d come across, but by the end of the day I felt confident, polished, and ready. The trainer’s knowledge of NHS structure, management questions, and communication skills was second to none. I honestly think this course gave me the edge that helped me secure my IMT training post.”
“Excellent IMT interview preparation course! It covered all aspects of the process, from portfolio questions to clinical judgement. The teaching was clear, practical, and inspiring. I especially appreciated the insider tips on common pitfalls and how to avoid them.”
Explore the interview format, maximise your application score and strengthen your understanding of medical training and clinical governance.
Join a maximum of eight candidates for a full day of focused IMT interview preparation. Practise, receive personalised feedback and leave with a clearer approach to both stations.
One day live on Zoom · 9:30am–5:45pm · 6 CPD points · £325
View dates & book →Further preparation: read our IMT interview guide and IMT application scoring guide.
