How to get your dream London Junior Doctor job

In this video, I go through the strategies, statistics and tips to help you land your dream junior doctor job in London through the UK Foundation Programme! I introduce the 3 London foundation schools, go through the statistics, cutoffs and competition ratios of each school, and suggest EPM-specific strategies to help you make a decision on where to apply!

London consists of 3 deaneries: North East and Central London, Northwest London, and South Thames. It can be difficult to decide between the 3 and I hope this video provides some clarity. Please leave any questions in the comments below and I'll get back to you ASAP!

Table of contents:
0:00 Intro
0:44 The London Foundation Schools
1:53 Statistics that you NEED to know
3:17 Strategies: Broad and EPM-specific!
6:41 My personal thoughts and top tips!

A bit about myself:
Hey guys! I'm Matt, a junior doctor 👨‍⚕️ working in London in the UK. I've had so many incredible experiences as a doctor and my journey to getting where I am today and so I decided to try put them somewhere: this channel is it! I mostly post about my life as doctor but I put out educational content about things that I think I have something worth sharing, such as about studying, medical school or productivity.

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[mattbklee]

Where are you guys thinking of applying, and why? Let me know in the comments below, and subscribe to see more like this! 👍

[danielsevell]

You deserve a LOT more attention. Genuinely helpful, thank you so much! Hope that you have a smashing day

[angusmeigh]

Thanks for speaking out against those covid 19 deniers and conspiracy theorists recently. I am fed up of all of those conspiracy theorists who keep denying that the pandemic is happening in the face of overwhelming evidence!

[mtcoipu]

Great video! I've been thinking about South Thames because I would really love to be in Brighton for a time, but my EPM isn't good (7th decile, 37 -> predicted 78 based on how my uni does at SJT). I figure I might as well apply, but if I only scrape in I might be sent to Margate. Well that wouldn't be the end of the world I suppose.

[adityaraheja]

Thank you for the insights, Mathew!
Could you make a video on Clinical attachments? That would be great. Thanks once again! Cheers!

[hangkinnam]

Hey, thank you for making such informative vid, good work!
I hope you can clarify the EPM score you used in the vid: are you referring to academic exam decile, or are you referring to the whole 43+2+50+5 score? Initially I thought you are referring to the 100s point system then I am confused becoz you mention SJT separately.

[rachelbylee]

Thank you orange cat for your helpful tips 🐱 great vid as always

[rashimaljaide]

Hi Doc, Im ram im your solid fan from philippines, Im a fresh graduate of BS Nursing aspiring to become a Doctor.

[TamaEnergy]

Just got into south thames and in the top decile!! but think i want to go to brighton, feel like with my school i should go for liek St Guys or soemthing but idk if london is for me!

[constantinosavraam]

Very useful video, thanks mate! Btw at which subgroup of the South Thames are you doing your foundation?

[emejeojoma]

Thank you!
Was wondering what your thoughts are in ranking the groups, especially the London links. You mentioned retrospect you would have ranked LL2/3 first, any particular reason?

[mirrorimage]

Can I ask you how much the London banding is specifically ?

[mandyroberts]

Hi, Great video! I just wanted to clarify a few things, so by EPM you mean the Foundation Programme Score (EPM+SJT) yeah?

At what point do you get to know your EPM score (I'm assuming at the time of ranking the university will already give it to us)?
And so since we don't know the SJT score yet, we sort of have to workout a ballpark score for the SJT and rank with that in mind right?

I'm sorry if that was long. Thank you so much for the video. It's so helpful to have this sort of insight into the process. Looking forward to see more!