Surgical Steps is a UK-based prep programme built by top scoring trainees at the national General Surgery ST3 and Core Surgical Training (CST) selections. Structured mock interviews, comprehensive MRCS question banks, and the lessons past candidates wish they'd had — tailored to your stage of training.
We focus on the two UK surgical selection interviews — General Surgery ST3 and Core Surgical Training (CST) — so every resource is calibrated to what actually gets asked, how it's marked, and what separates a top scoring candidate from the rest.
The General Surgery ST3 interview comprises three core stations — clinical, clinical management, and portfolio — with a professional communication scenario as an adjunct. The Core Surgical Training (CST) interview uses a similar station-based format, including portfolio, clinical and management scenarios. Our resources cover both selection processes.
Commitment to specialty, achievements, logbook, QI, teaching, research. CAMP framework (Clinical, Academic, Management, Personal).
Multi-patient prioritisation, ATLS, post-op deterioration, escalation. Structured with SPIDER-C.
Team conflict, underperforming colleagues, rota issues, patient safety concerns. Structured with I-PIES.
A professional communication scenario is attached to either the clinical or clinical management station — SBAR call to consultant, patient list triage, escalation decisions.
Beyond interview preparation, Surgical Steps offers the most comprehensive MRCS Part A question bank available — each written and reviewed by surgeons and mapped to the syllabus, so every question reflects exactly what the exam can ask.
Over 3000+ SBA and EMQ-style questions spanning Applied Basic Sciences and Principles of Surgery in General, fully mapped to the intercollegiate MRCS Part A syllabus.
Every question is indexed to its syllabus topic so you can target weak areas with precision — written, referenced, and reviewed by practising surgeons.
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