RCPI HST Clinical Neurophysiology points calculator: points calculator and scoring guide

Clinical Neurophysiology is the one RCPI HST form that prints points for every item, so this page has a working calculator. Shortlisting is out of 100: qualifications 13, clinical experience 30, audit 10, leadership and management 10, publications 15, presentations 12 and teaching 10. Applications for the 2027 intake closed at 5pm on 29 October 2026, and in-person interviews are on 2 February 2027. Entry needs completed or final-year BST in General Internal Medicine or Paediatrics.

Go to the RCPI Clinical Neurophysiology HST calculator at the top of this page

Where Teach the Teacher counts for Clinical Neurophysiology

Teaching is worth 10, split into three items: “Formal Teaching Role: 5”, “Teaching Experience: 3” and “Teaching Award: 2”. There’s no line for a teaching course or qualification. We claim Teach the Teacher under Teaching Experience, the nearest item, and the panel decides; treat it as a grey area. The course is a live online day (09:00 to 17:00, “6 hours of live teaching with an expert”) and a self-paced course of over 12 hours in 20 modules, each with a certificate. A panel may read “Teaching Experience” as teaching you have delivered, so upload the certificates with a log of the teaching you’ve done. If you already claim Teaching Experience, the course adds nothing to the score.

The bigger prize is a formal teaching role, worth 5: a university tutor post or a named teaching lead role. At interview, teaching is folded into the 20-mark CV category. The 2027 window has closed, so anything new counts towards the next intake.

Rules on the Clinical Neurophysiology form that change a score

Clinical experience is scored in complete six-month blocks: “SpR or Registrar Clinical Neurosciences experience: 10 per 6 months”, SHO neurosciences 5 and other medical registrar 5, up to 30. Neurosciences SHO time scores the same as general medical registrar time. Undergraduate performance lists only “First Class Honours Degree: 8” and “Second Class Honours Degree: 5”, so a pass degree has no line. Publications reward authorship and reach: one first-author international paper (10) beats three Irish co-authorships (6), and the row caps at 15. Presentations cap at 12, and an international poster (4) outscores a national oral (3). RCPI doesn’t say whether each audit or committee counts separately; the calculator counts audits per instance and leadership items once, and says so.

Worked example: a BST3 applicant on 34 of 100

Take a BST3 SHO in General Internal Medicine with a second class honours degree, six months as SHO in neurology and a year as a medical registrar. They have one departmental audit, a local committee seat, a first-author case report, a co-authored Irish paper, a national poster and an institutional talk, and no recorded teaching:

• Qualifications: second class honours, 5.
• Clinical experience: one neurosciences SHO block (5) and two registrar blocks (10), 15.
• Audit: one departmental, 3.
• Leadership: local committee, 2.
• Publications: case report (4) and Irish co-author (2), 6.
• Presentations: national poster (2) and institutional (1), 3.
• Teaching: none, 0.

That’s 34 of 100. Claiming the course under Teaching Experience takes teaching to 3 and the total to 37, if the panel accepts it. A formal tutor post would add 5 more. RCPI publishes no cut-off, so this total can’t tell you whether you’d be shortlisted.

How the Clinical Neurophysiology interview is scored

The interview is out of 100, in person on 2 February 2027 for this intake: CV (includes management/teaching) 20, Research/Audit 20, Clinical Experience (relevant to neurosciences) 20, Knowledge of Specialty/Clinical Question 20 and Interview/Professionalism Communication skills 20. Places are allocated “taking into account rank at interview and available places”.

RCPI Clinical Neurophysiology HST HST Shortlisting Criteria (RCPI Entry Guidance and Advice) points at a glance

RCPI 2027 intake shortlisting and interview criteria (Entry Guidance page) · Last checked 30 October 2026

Your score is the total of the domain scores, out of a maximum of 100.

Out of 100, and the only form in this group with points per item: qualifications 13, clinical experience 30, audit 10, leadership and management 10, publications 15, presentations 12, teaching 10. RCPI doesn’t say whether items such as audits or committees count once or per instance; the calculator counts papers, presentations, audits and six-month blocks per instance up to each cap, and leadership and teaching items once each. Interview (separate, out of 100): CV (includes management/teaching) 20; Research/Audit 20; Clinical Experience (NB relevant to Neurosciences) 20; Knowledge of Specialty/Clinical Question 20; Interview/Professionalism Communication skills 20. “Posts are allocated by the NSD(s) taking into account rank at interview and available places.”

RCPI Clinical Neurophysiology HST: every domain, what scores and the maximum

Domain	What scores (official wording)	Max
Professional Qualifications/Education	8 points - First Class Honours Degree: 8 5 points - Second Class Honours Degree: 5 5 points - Higher degrees (MD/PhD) in relevant scientific/medical area: 5 3 points - Masters in relevant scientific/medical area: 3 2 points - Additional Bachelor degree or Diploma in relevant area: 2 Each item you can evidence adds its points, up to 13 points for the domain. Capped at 13 (8 for a first plus 5 for an MD/PhD). One undergraduate class counts. Each listed degree type is counted once here; RCPI doesn’t say whether two degrees of the same type both count.	13
Relevant Clinical Experience	10 points each - SpR or Registrar Clinical Neurosciences experience: 10 per 6 months 5 points each - SHO Clinical Neurosciences experience: 5 per 6 months 5 points each - Other Medical Registrar Experience: 5 per 6 months Each item you can evidence adds its points, up to 30 points for the domain. Capped at 30, for example three six-month blocks as a neurosciences registrar.	30
Audit Experience	5 points each - Institutional/National Audit: 5 3 points each - Departmental Audit: 3 Each item you can evidence adds its points, up to 10 points for the domain. Capped at 10. Our reading counts each audit; RCPI doesn’t say whether only one per level counts.	10
Leadership/Management	4 points - Formal Leadership achievement: 4 4 points - National Committee membership: 4 2 points - Local Committee membership: 2 Each item you can evidence adds its points, up to 10 points for the domain. Capped at 10. Each item counted once (4 + 4 + 2 = 10).	10
Publication Experience	10 points each - 1st Author, International Journal: 10 5 points each - Other Author, International Journal: 5 5 points each - 1st Author, Local/Irish Journal: 5 4 points each - Case Reports, 1stAuthor: 4 2 points each - Other Author, Local/Irish Journal: 2 Each item you can evidence adds its points, up to 15 points for the domain. Capped at 15.	15
Presentation Experience	5 points each - Oral, International: 5 4 points each - Poster, International: 4 3 points each - Oral, National: 3 2 points each - Poster, National Meeting: 2 1 point each - Institutional: 1 Each item you can evidence adds its points, up to 12 points for the domain. Capped at 12.	12
Teaching	5 points - Formal Teaching Role: 5 3 points - Teaching Experience: 3 2 points - Teaching Award: 2 Each item you can evidence adds its points, up to 10 points for the domain. Capped at 10. Each item counted once (5 + 3 + 2 = 10).	10
Total		100

Dates for this round

• 1 October 2026, 12pm Applications opened source
• 29 October 2026, 5pm This round closed 29 Oct 2026 (2027 intake); nothing can be added to those applications source 1 source 2
• 31 December 2026 MRCPI Clinical (relevant to the specialty) passed by source
• 2 February 2027 Interview (in person) source
• 1 October 2027 Next applications open (2028 intake), expected early October 2027 expected source
• 29 October 2027 Next applications close (2028 intake), expected late October 2027: what you claim must be done by then expected source

What you can still add before 29 October 2027

What each of these adds is the difference between the option you would reach and the one you already hold, so it can be nothing if you hold that option already. The calculator works out the gain from your own answers.

• Teaching. For the next intake (window expected October 2027): complete the Erudical Teach the Teacher course (live day plus self-paced) and keep both certificates, and keep a dated log of teaching you deliver, with feedback where you can get it.

Evidence traps

• There’s no line for a teaching course or qualification. The items are a formal role, teaching experience and a teaching award, so a formal role scores most. - Formal Teaching Role: 5 - Teaching Experience: 3 - Teaching Award: 2 source
• Clinical experience is scored in complete six-month blocks, and SHO time in neurosciences scores the same as a general medical registrar block. - SpR or Registrar Clinical Neurosciences experience: 10 per 6 months - SHO Clinical Neurosciences experience: 5 per 6 months - Other Medical Registrar Experience: 5 per 6 months source
• A pass degree has no line under undergraduate performance; only first and second class honours are listed. Undergraduate performance: - First Class Honours Degree: 8 - Second Class Honours Degree: 5 source
• International posters (4) score more than national orals (3), and presentations cap at 12. - Oral, International: 5 - Poster, International: 4 - Oral, National: 3 - Poster, National Meeting: 2 - Institutional: 1 source
• Everything has to be uploaded with the application. A paper accepted, a talk given or a course finished after the window closes can’t be added later. No, the Admissions Team is not in a position to accept any documents or updates to applications following the close of applications. source

Sources

• RCPI HST Entry Guidance and Advice: Clinical Neurophysiology Shortlisting and Interview Criteria, 2027 HST intake. The page says “Applications for our 2027 Higher Specialist Training (HST) programmes are now closed.” The criteria are HTML tables in the “HST Shortlisting and Interview Criteria & Specialty Entry Requirements” section, not a PDF.
• RCPI HST Application Guidance and Frequently Asked Questions, 2027 intake (MRCPI Clinical by 31st December 2026; no documents accepted after the close)

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Clinical Neurophysiology HST questions, answered

How many points is teaching worth for RCPI HST Clinical Neurophysiology?

Teaching is worth 10 of 100 at shortlisting: Formal Teaching Role 5, Teaching Experience 3 and Teaching Award 2. At interview, teaching sits inside “CV (includes management/teaching)”, worth 20 of 100.

Does a teach the teacher course count for Clinical Neurophysiology HST in Ireland?

The teaching row has no course or qualification item, so this is a grey area. We claim the course under “Teaching Experience: 3”, and the panel decides. Upload the certificates and programme with a log of teaching you have done; if you already claim Teaching Experience, the course adds nothing to the score.

How are presentations scored for RCPI HST Clinical Neurophysiology?

Oral international 5, poster international 4, oral national 3, poster at a national meeting 2 and institutional 1, capped at 12.

How is clinical experience scored for Clinical Neurophysiology HST?

Per six months: SpR or registrar in clinical neurosciences 10, SHO in clinical neurosciences 5, other medical registrar 5, capped at 30.

When is the RCPI HST Clinical Neurophysiology interview?

For the 2027 intake, in person on 2 February 2027 (listed as “HST Neurophysiology”). Applications closed at 5pm on 29 October 2026.