Getting that Medical Job: Secrets for Success - Softcover

Mumford, Colin J.; Pal, Suvankar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1444334883 ISBN 13: 9781444334883

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

amazon.co.uk Revierw, May 2011
This very compact little book covers everything candidates could wish to know about interviews in medicine, from MTAS to consultant posts. Sections deal with how to find your ideal post, the personal specification and the interview itself - from what to wear to specific interview strategies. There is also an excellent section on example (and actual) questions asked in interviews and how best to answer them.

All the advice is delivered by authors who have clearly faced numerous interview candidates in their time. They are aware of how difficult it is to be interviewed and deliver their words of wisdom in a very practical and humorous way - exactly what is needed before facing the interview panel.

All in all, an excellent little book to read before any interview or application in the hope of getting that one step ahead.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1444334883
• ISBN 13: 9781444334883
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 168