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HST Genito-Urinary Medicine
A four-year single-CSCST RCPI SpR programme in Genitourinary Medicine covering STI management, HIV care and sexual health, with one of the smallest intakes of any Irish HST.
4 years (SpR1-SpR4)
Duration
Annual intake: 1 HST Year 1 trainee in 2024/2025 (3 GUM SpRs across all years) - HSE NDTP Medical Workforce Report 2024-2025, Table 7
Applications: 2026 intake: applications opened 1 October 2025 and closed 29 October 2025 (application fee EUR 100). Next application cycle opens October 2026. Interview (2026): 25 February 2026.
Entry: After BST in General Internal Medicine (or approved equivalent) + MRCPI in General Medicine. The MRCPI Clinical Examination relevant to the specialty must be passed before the HST interview. IMC registration eligibility, English language competency and eligibility to work in Ireland required at application.
Exams: No specialty examination requirement identified in the 2025 curriculum beyond MRCPI held at entry.
HST Genitourinary Medicine is a four-year Specialist Registrar programme run by the RCPI Institute of Medicine, covering sexually transmitted infections, inpatient and outpatient HIV care, and broader sexual health services such as contraception and colposcopy. Because of the small number of training sites, standard RCPI rotation rules are relaxed for this specialty; one SpR entered year 1 in 2024/2025.
Entry requires BST in General Internal Medicine (or equivalent) and MRCPI in General Medicine, with the clinical examination passed before interview. Shortlisting uses the standard RCPI 20-mark matrix and the interview is scored out of 100, with 25 marks each for CV and clinical experience.
How selection is scored
Shortlistingmax 20
Professional qualifications/education5
Publication & audit experience5
Leadership & management experience2.5
Interviewmax 100
Knowledge of the specialty10
Where you train
Named hospital lists are not published per specialty; SpRs rotate through RCPI-approved training sites nationally in preapproved 6- or 12-month posts. At least one clinical year must be completed in a training site outside the Dublin area; a maximum of two clinical years may be spent in the same site. The IOM handbook notes exceptions to rotation rules for smaller specialties such as Genito-Urinary Medicine because of the small number of training sites.
Where this leads
Award of CSCST confers eligibility for entry on the Specialist Division of the IMC register and for consultant posts. Documented post-CSCST routes: the RCPI/HSE register of approved Post-CSCST Fellowship posts and HSE NDTP Aspire Fellowships, open to doctors within two years of CSCST.
Facts last verified 2026-07-27. Scheme details change year to year; always confirm against RCPI's current documentation.