Book description
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 recruitment
- How to deal with the academic interview
- Advice on how to explain time out from training
- Real examples of successful and unsuccessful answers to
interview questions
- Step-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.
Colin Mumford is Consultant Neurologist at the
Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.
Suvankar Pal is a Registrar in Neurology at the Western General
Hospital in Edinburgh.
