What sets SJT Preparation apart from similar courses?

We place a large focus on a programme designed by, and taught by, junior doctors who have recently been through the process and who practise in competitive training programmes around the UK.

We build on peer-to-peer feedback each year, which greatly strengthens our content and keeps it as beneficial and up to date as it can be. We engage in open, supportive discussions with students who attend our events and learn from them to understand specifically what they need help with individually.

Last year we added in an extremely useful medico-legal session presented by MDU experts. This is unique to SJT Preparation's course and gives context to the focus on real-life scenarios within the SJT.

What do you think students find most difficult when preparing for and sitting the SJT?

In the final academic medical school year where students have at the very minimum finals, prescribing skills exams, preparation for practice, electives, and the added stress of starting a new job at the end of it, adding the SJT with its considerable weight can be a huge pressure.

Many students find the hardest part to be balancing all the different elements, having never had experience of them before. Almost universally, they handle the pressure remarkably well and will look back with satisfaction at one of the most challenging years a student can face.

What one piece of reassurance would you give students coming up to their SJT?

Recall how good doctors handled challenging situations throughout your experience of medical school – be it in GP surgeries, ward rounds, theatre or community settings, and use what you have learnt to help your decision-making under pressure in the test.

Remember, it's not an assessment of medical knowledge, but rather a test of how you should respond in difficult real-life scenarios.

Practice makes perfect: SJT Preparation

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Martin Ferguson

Practice makes perfect: SJT Preparation