Stress, lies and red tape: the views, success rates and stress levels of the MTAS cohort.

Objective: To track the success rates in obtaining a specialist training (ST) post of a cohort of medical training application system (MTAS) applicants, as well as canvassing their views of the process and measuring symptoms of psychological distress during application and after job allocation.

Design: A follow-up cross-sectional survey. Setting Two large south London psychiatry training schemes.