As you all may know I love TLAs (three letter acronyms) and this week I have found a new one. SJT (Situational Judgement Test) has been buzzing around the Programme Directors discussion groups like a bee around a honey pot. The Deanery is planning to use trainees SJT score to target resources for CSA preparation.
You won't know your SJT score but it comes from Stage 2 of the recruitment process. The National Recruitment Office has evidence that there is good correlation between trainees SJT score and their score at CSA. The Deanery wants to use this to target resources for CSA preparation. Currently the Deanery runs CSA Preparation courses open to everyone, but from August it is going to use SJT scores to plan capacity and ensure that those whose SJT scores are in the lowest 20-25% are the only ones who are invited to these course.
This is all new to us and of course there have been some issues. We have SJT scores for new trainees starting in August but these are not the trainees who need CSA preparation course - uhh! We are not sure how DWP should use this new information and we have not seen any published evidence about the correlation. Indeed we only had one doctor fail CSA last year so I am not sure what this can add.
But SJT scores are on their way - so this is a heads up!
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