Group 1
G1
Require the full three years of Internal Medicine Training (IMT) or equivalent. All G1 programmes dual-specialise with General Internal Medicine.
PHST Recruitment
Every specialty that accepts trainees from a core medicine programme — grouped by entry route, with direct links to the official PSRO recruitment pages. Most are coordinated nationally by the Physician Specialty Recruitment Office (PSRO); a handful are coordinated elsewhere and are linked below.
Require the full three years of Internal Medicine Training (IMT) or equivalent. All G1 programmes dual-specialise with General Internal Medicine.
Can be entered after two years of IMT or equivalent. Do not include training in GIM. Many G2 specialties also accept trainees from non-physician pathways.
Recruitment nationally coordinated by the Physician Specialty Recruitment Office.
The PSRO coordinates recruitment into sub-specialty training in stroke medicine. Details on the recruitment process are on the dedicated PHST stroke medicine page.
Stroke medicine recruitment overviewThese programmes accept trainees from core medicine but are not coordinated by the PSRO — follow the linked page for the lead organisation.
In most cases you cannot apply directly to GIM. Training in GIM is done in parallel with a Group 1 specialty — apply for the G1 specialty and you will dual-train in GIM. See the GIM and stroke medicine / GIM pages above for the exceptions to this rule.
Use the linked PSRO pages above as your single source of truth for application logistics. Each page covers:
Lead region contact for queries about your application.
Non-standard eligibility criteria and how the specialty organises recruitment.
Post numbers by region, interview dates, and evidence upload deadlines.
Interview format, question domains, appointability criteria, total ranking score.
Application numbers, competition ratios, scoring data and fill rates from previous rounds.