Getting that Medical Job: Secrets for Success

Confused and stressed by the latest round of Foundation Programme recruitment?
Looking to bag that Specialty Training position?
Applying for your first consultant’s post?
This fully updated short guide covers recruitment at each step of the medical career, and helps you plan an effective strategy to get the job you want.
The authors advise on the basics from choosing your ideal specialty, preparing a strong CV, and what to do to get shortlisted, through the application process, and the interview itself. New features include:Chapters tackling online application for the Foundation Programme, and the new structured interview in Specialty Training recruitmentHow to deal with the academic interviewAdvice on how to explain time out from trainingReal examples of successful and unsuccessful answers to interview questionsStep–by–step key points to consider when working on your own application
With advice on successfully moving and settling into your new medical job, this is the ideal aid for medical students applying for Foundation Programme training, recently qualified junior doctors applying for Specialty Training, and those applying for their first consultant post.

Spis treści:
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Note for would–be medical students.
1 Introduction.
2 Choosing the specialty that’s right for you.
3 Before the interview.
4 The person specification form – ignore it at your peril!.
5 The curriculum vitae: do you still need one, and how to get it right.
6  How to deal with the online application form for foundation year applications – ‘radiating excellence in 250 words or less’.
7 How to deal with the online application form for speciality trainee (ST) applications.
8 The interview.
9 Specific interview strategies.
10 The questions: general points.
11 The questions: actua l questions and answers.
12 Structured interviews for specialty training posts.
13   The Academic Interview and Interviews for Clinical Research Fellowships.
14 Important points regarding the consultant interview.
15 Explaining time–out from training.
16 What happens behind the scenes?
17 After the interview.
18 Conclusion.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Colin Mumford is Consultant Neurologist at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.
Suvankar Pal is a Specialist Registrar in Clinical Neuroscience at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh

Okładka tylna:
Confused and stressed by the latest round of Foundation Programme recruitment?
Looking to bag that Specialty Training position?
Applying for your first consultant’s post?
This fully updated short guide covers recruitment at each step of the medical career, and helps you plan an effective strategy to get the job you want.
The authors advise on the basics from choosing your ideal specialty, preparing a strong CV, and what to do to get shortlisted, through the application process, and the interview itself. New features include:Chapters tackling online application for the Foundation Programme, and the new structured interview in Specialty Training recruitmentHow to deal with the academic interviewAdvice on how to explain time out from trainingReal examples of successful and unsuccessful answers to interview questionsStep–by–step key points to consider when working on your own application
With advice on successfully moving and settling into your new medical job, this is the ideal aid for medical students applying for Foundation Programme training, recently qualified junior doctors applying for Specialty Training, and those applying for their first consultant post.