Get through postgraduate medical interviews. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Postgraduate medical interviews
• Further Information: Note: Kaji Sritharan, Nigel Standfield.
• Other Names: Sritharan, Kaji; Standfield, Nigel
• Contents: Cover; Book title; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; The purpose of the interview; What is MMC?; The application process; Recruitment in 2008; Run-through training and the transition; Closed versus open interviews; National selection; What are speciality schools?; What is the National Recruitment Office for general practice training?; Assessing the competition; Overseas graduates; Academic clinical fellowships; Deferred entry; Flexible training; 2. Before the interview; Deciding level of entry into speciality training; Your application form; The process of selection; Getting ahead. 3. Your portfolioWhat is a portfolio?; Your curriculum vitae; Logbooks; Exam certificates; Presentations and posters presented at learned meetings; Abstracts, papers and audit projects; Your personal development plan or educational contract; A statement of personal values and aims; Records of in-training assessment; Workplace based assessments; Reflective logs of activities and experience; 4. The interview; What to take; What to expect and interview styles; Marking the candidate; Other types of interview; General interview tips for on the day; Common interview myths; 5. Hot interview topics. Helpful pointersAcademic research, publications and teaching; Academic research; Publications; Other key areas within this section; Teaching; Clinical governance, audit and management; Clinical governance; Audit; Management; Other important areas within this section; Regulation of the medical profession; Management within the NHS; NHS initiatives and reforms; Clinical experience, motivation and personality; Clinical knowledge and expertise; Behavioural questions; Generic questions; 6. Difficult interview questions; 7. Other types of interview; Portfolio-based interviews. Assessment of communication skills at interviewAssessment of practical skills at interview; Assessing presentation skills at interview; 8. After the interview; So you got the job ... ; So you didn't get the job ... ; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.
• Publisher Details: London : Royal Society of Medicine Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (146 pages)
• Subjects: 650.14408861; Medical students; Employment interviewing; Employment interviewing; Medical students; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781853158216; 1853158216
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