Portfolio & evidence
Useful things to do before you apply
These are development ideas, not a claim about points in a particular recruitment cycle. Check the current official person specification and scoring guidance before relying on any activity for an application.
Look for projects where you can use data to define a population problem and evaluate an intervention or service.
Build examples of influencing across teams or organisations where you did not have direct authority.
Use placements, teaching or projects to test whether you enjoy population-level decisions rather than individual clinical care.
Keep a reflection on uncertainty, trade-offs and communicating evidence to different audiences.
Royal College / Faculty watchlist
Current topics worth understanding
These are concise summaries of current professional-body material, not predicted interview questions. Use them to understand the specialty and then read the primary source.
Public Health curriculum review
FPH is undertaking a substantive curriculum review for an August 2027 launch. Consultation themes include clearer learning outcomes, practical consultant skills, consistent assessment, stronger NHS exposure and contemporary or emerging public-health issues.
Why it matters for a candidate: This gives a current view of what the profession thinks future public-health specialists need: evidence, leadership, system working and adaptation to new challenges.
Read the primary sourceUseful stuff
Official tools you can actually use
FPH specialty training
The Faculty's central information on curriculum, placements, training standards and progression.
Open resource Faculty of Public HealthFPH learning resources
Links to free training, e-learning, toolkits, videos, webinars and publications for developing public-health knowledge.
Open resourceInterview reflection
Turn exploration into a real “Why Public Health?” answer
What attracts you to improving health through evidence, systems and decisions made at scale?
Start with something you genuinely experienced. Explain what it taught you about the work, what appealed to you, what challenge you noticed and what you did next.