Questionnaire re MTAS and MMC
14th June 2007
(please see links at the end, if looking for the March and April 2007 questionnaires)

This information is being collected by the authors of the letter to the Times, 28th May.

The main purpose of this questionnaire is to enable us to continue pressure on Colleges, PMETB, BMA, DoH to recognise flaws in the current round of appointments, and its fallout, and to help represent your views in discussions with the Tooke Review.

Because responses may differ according to the outcome of recent applications, and according to different grades, specialties and locations, we need some initial information about you.

You will be asked at the end of the questionnaire for your permission(s) how we might use your answers.
1. Are you medical:
2. If medical, what level:
3. If Junior what grade:
4. Do you belong to a College:
5. Are you a Member or a Fellow:
6. Surname:
7. Forename:
8. Middle Initials:
9. D.O.B. (optional):
10. GMC number (optional):
Please note we may not be able to use entries without one or both of D.O.B. and GMC number, if we are required to demonstrate authenticity of submissions.
11. Email (optional):
12. Current Post:
e.g. Consultant Physician
at St. Excellent Hospital,
Wondertown
13. Have you applied for a post under MTAS:
If No to question 13, please skip to question 27.
14. How many specialties did you apply for:
15. How many locations did you apply for:
16. For what level did you apply:
17. How many interviews did you have in round 1a:
18. What was your first-choice specialty: please spell out in full from MMC list (free text, 100 letters)
19. What was your first choice location: please spell out in full from MMC list (free text, 100 letters)
20. Have you had an interview in round 1b:
21. How many offers of posts have you received:
If you have received an offer, please answer the following:
a. Is this ST or FTSTA:
b. Do you think this was re-cycled - received after June 8th:
c. Have you accepted the offer:
If you have not received an offer, please tell us:
d. Have you been informed by Deaneries where you were interviewed that you were unsuccessful:
e. Were you informed by email, or by your telephoning:
22. If your top offer was not in your first choice specialty or location, please enter below:
Specialty:
Location:
23. If you have been unsuccessful, which of the following is your most likely plan at present:
24. If you have been unsuccessful, do you consider the result was:
25. If unfair, please select from the following reasons (NO limit on number):
a. Method of Short-listing:
b. Number of interviews
c. Conduct of interviews:
Please give some detail if (c) a strong reason (max 100 words)
26. Which of the following apply to your CV (please answer whether or not you have had an offer):
a. 1st class in BSc (or equivalent degree):
b. Distinction in finals:
c. PhD:
d. Papers in good journals:
e. Likely to have glowing references:
Other - please describe
27. Which of the following would be an acceptable solution to the unemployment in August of good applicants:
a. Posts to be re-advertised after 1 year:
if 'Yes', what proportion of posts to be
re-advertised:
b. No run-through:
c. Freedom to re-apply next year:
d. Appeal procedure, with guaranteed FTSTA for 1 year:
e. This year's round to be declared invalid by PMETB, all doctors to remain in post until re-run with valid procedures, new FY1s to be compensated while waiting to start (or shadowing existing FY1s):
f. Other - please describe
28. In question 27, which is your preferred option:
29. In the future, do you think appointments should be done locally (through Deaneries) or nationally for:
ST1/2:
ST3/4:
30. Do you think MMC-style run-through training will be an improvement upon:
i. SHO posts
ii. SpR posts
31. Do you regard the BMA or RemedyUK as the more representative voice of Junior Doctors:
a. In the last 3 months
b. During the next 12 months
32. Out of 1-5 (1=miserable, 5 = excellent), how would you score the performance during introduction of MMC/MTAS of:
i. Your College:
ii. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
iii. Your Deanery:
iv. Your Trust
v. Review Body
vi. BMA
vii. PMETB
viii. DoH
ix. RemedyUK
x. Patricia Hewitt
xi. Liam Donaldson
33. Other suggestions (optional, 100 words)
34. Your personal experience as an applicant or assessor (optional, 100 words)
35. Other suggested questions we might ask (optional, 100 words)
36. May we contact you if necessary for further information?
37. Are you willing for your answers to be used anonymously in providing summative information to support changes?
Thank you for completing this form.

Please email this web-address to as many colleagues as possible - particularly those you consider to have been unfairly treated. We need at least 3000 entries to influence decisions. However even a small number of examples of gross unfairness will be useful. Please send me CVs confidentially if you consider yourself an example of this (mjb14@hermes.cam.ac.uk).

If your submission is unsuccessful despite answering the compulsory questions 2, 6, 7 please keep window with your answers open, and try submitting later. Check you have not exceeded 100 words in the free-text fields. If still unsuccessful, please accept apologies and email profmorrisbrown@doctors.org.uk putting problems with questionnaire submission in title line to request an electronic proforma.

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