Get St3 Medical Oncology

Joining the Clinical Oncology Specialty Training Programme as an IMG. It is possible for overseas doctors to join the Specialty Training programme in Clinical Oncology in the UK, however it is very competitive.

Listen to pronunciation. (MEH-dih-kul on-KAH-loh-jist) A doctor who has special training in diagnosing and treating cancer in adults using chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, biological therapy, and targeted therapy. A medical oncologist often is the main health care provider for someone who has cancer.

After your foundation programme, you can apply for paid specialty training to become a medical oncologist, which will take a minimum of six years. You may be able to train part time, for example for health reasons or if you have family or caring responsibilities.

In the UK, where cancer is the leading cause of death, there is a vacancy rate of 10-12% for pathologists (1), and a 15% shortage of clinical oncologists, a number which is projected to reach 25% within the next 3 years.

The two options for the core level training years are either a three-year acute common care stem programme or a two-year core medical training programme, and these work for either medical or clinical oncology higher specialty training programmes. CMT stands for core medical training.

There are two core training programmes for Medical Oncology training: Internal Medicine Training Stage one (2 years) Acute Care Common Stem - Internal Medicine ( ACCS -IM) (3 years)

The average consultant clinical oncologist salary in the United Kingdom is £93,764 per year or £48.08 per hour.

Clinical oncology training as an uncoupled programme For IMT, this is a two-year training period and the ACCS training programme lasts 3 years.