Top Tips on How to Prepare Your Portfolio For Ophthalmology ST1 Application As An International Medical Graduate

Ophthalmology is one of the most competitive specialties to enter with the latest figures for competition ratios showing 1,383 applications for 96 posts, in other words, 1 in 14 applicants are successful. This is a staggering increase from 1 in 3 in 2019. The main domains to prepare for is the MSRA (20% weightage), evidence folder (50% weightage) and interview (30% weightage). While it’s possible for IMGs to excel in the MSRA and interview with good preparation in the days leading up to the application, the evidence folder needs planning ahead, and this is where most IMGs lose out on.