It seems there's more "not keen on this specialty" than "keen on this specialty" at this stage...whether or not one can get into the preferred one is another ball game altogether.

Any idea how long the Tier 2 visa is valid for? Or rather, how long is the sponsorship from HEE? Just CT1 and CT2? Other Tier 2 visas are valid for 5 years and 14 months, subject to sponsorship.

yup, at my time.
direct entry fees were cheaper for pre clinical(even after converting!)
shows how much imu is charging for!

some unis do preclinical clinical divide like queens as you said and mine.
yeah, one of my friend is studying in glasgow atm and its insane expensive.

What a relief to be able to write "final year"...for me anyway. LOL. Got your air tickets for July?

From reading The Student Room ,UK locals usually disclosed hospital attachment  and volunteering activities in their application. For Malaysians ,these are not so easy to obtain...are they important ?

procedures are not important....in any case, other than venesection, there isn't any other procedure students will be allowed to do....most places will not allow catheterisation even...

a lack of apprenticeship denotes a poor medical school....apprenticeship is the close observation of how senior doctors think, behave, interact, manage, communicate, mentor etc...and the close observation of how patients progress through the entire encounter with the health delivery team....

factual knowledge is NOT important...

because it is a given in good med schools with carefully selected students, that they WILL have acquired all the necessarily theoretical knowledge freely available in text books and online...because if that is even a problem, you have chosen the WRONG student...

hence in uk, many junior doctors will have already obtained their mrcp part 1 easily within the fy years...with some completing paces in pgy3....

Current visa should be valid till September/October, right? If I'm not mistaken, CAS will be given by HEE, after official results are issued by the unis. When will final results be available for your relative?

That's what I understood.
If she is already seeing them, then all good. Yes, F1 starting end of July, with a week of shadowing before "Black Wednesday" on 2 August. Is your relative sticking with the deanery at the same place? Or London?

Good news for the JPA scholars! At least the training follows through as it should. Well they get 2 years for FY, then 3 years for CT, if they get jobs.  Mine got his first choice, so I guess he's happy. Will be there in July, graduation in mid July. Time sure flies, ringgit too! LOL

There is still an excess this year but hopefully they can allocate them with no probs.
Awaiting the report from fpas.

Based on projections, all applicants will get a fy job this year....not sure if there was even a second round...

There will be loadings on top of base pay, for working​ out of hours....that used to add 50% on top....not sure how the new contract will have changed that....

P/s only 26 on the reserve list....compared to 500 in 2013....

There is 5 weeks annual leave, or more accurately, 25 working days....what I mentioned is over and above annual leaves....when your will have exceeded statutory working hours limits and need to stop work for a while...

It can stretch up to 2 weeks at times including weekends, and people have been known to go to Europe for holidays during such breaks....the problem is, rotas only get set few weeks in advance, so such trips tend to be impromptu....

Each job is different, depending on the departments rotated through....those with mostly office hours will have lower banding but more civil hours....

Unlike Msia, each job in fy1 (you get to choose from a list) is fixed before hand.... although the exact rota will not be known till just before starting the rotation...

Sounds like relative starting with an easy office hr rotation...

the 2 weeks can be taken any time within the rotation. its just getting the approval from the rota manager.

sounds like an acute medicine/surgery admission rota. if he/she doesnt have nights, bless him/her lol.

How did the appointment go? No need for accelerated visa application, right?

Ok. I checked with relative who said he will apply for the extension after he goes back to the UK.

Yes will be back next week.
Can you ask relative if she had to produce any other documents apart from passport and CAS? What about proof that she has passed the course? Thanks.

Hmm .... It appears to be good of her .. for being independent.