BMJ  2007;334:601 (24 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.39156.700683.FA

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MTAS

"Tell me the positives of MTAS"

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Last week in my 15 minute interview for an ST2 post in anaesthesia, I was asked three MMC enforced questions, no more, no less.1 My portfolio was not opened, and my CV not looked at.

(1) How has your last year in anaesthesia lived up to expectations?
(2) Why do you want to work in this region?
(3) Tell me the positives of MTAS (medical training application system).

How this interview allowed anyone to differentiate between who is safe and competent to deliver an anaesthetic and continue training is totally beyond me. These questions were stipulated by MMC (Modernising Medical Careers) and supplied with their own marking scheme. It seems doctors are being appointed on their ability to toe the party line.

Natalie M Green, senior house officer, anaesthesia

University Hospital, Aintree, Liverpool L9 7AL

indiakate@hotmail.com

Competing interests: None declared.

  1. Brown MJ, et al. Raging against MTAS. BMJ 2007 doi: 10.1136/bmj.39150.444340.BE[CrossRef][Medline]

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