What is the success rate of applications and why do people fail?
Data so far suggests that around 4% of applications are rejected at the initial; portfolio stage and require improvement before acceptance. The most frequent causes for rejection at portfolio stage are insufficient amounts of evidence, either omitting key competences or providing only an isolated piece of evidence instead of a few examples. But also note that the assessors are NOT looking for quantity at the expense of quality of evidence – excessively bulky portfolios waste assessors’ time and suggest an applicant has poor management skills. Another 4% fail at interview, having an apparently satisfactory portfolio by failing to satisfy assessors of their true competence. The most frequent failure at interview is insufficient clinical experience or exaggerated claims in the portfolio of experience that was only witnessed and not carried out personally and therefore understood and still used in practice. Again of these failures at interview, two thirds are from Route TWO applicants with
