Smashing The Core Surgical Training Interview: A Holistic guide to becoming a surgeon

ISBN-13: 9781032395913 / Angielski

Anokha Joseph; Janso Joseph

Opis

Smashing Core Surgical Training Interviews is a crucial roadmap through the highly competitive world of surgery, written by previous Core Surgical Training National Recruitment panel members. It provides a realistic understanding of what is expected on the interview day and how best to prepare for it.

This book provides advice on how to maximise your time as a medical student and foundation year doctor in preparing for the Core Surgical Training interview process. It covers all aspects of the interview, including how to prepare the portfolio, virtual interview etiquette, and post-interview considerations.

This book contains:

• More than 30 clinical scenarios and more than 15 management scenarios with model answers.
• Model frameworks for structuring answers.
• Information covering real-life struggles, including how to maximise opportunities as a medical student, how to publish, and how to decide whether to take an F3 year.
• Insights into the diverse world of modern surgery, including women in surgery, LGBTQ issues, dyslexia and neurodiversity, and challenges faced by ethnic minorities.
• A framework for international medical graduates planning surgical careers.

This is the perfect preparation guide for any medical student or junior doctor with a serious desire to launch a career in surgery in the United Kingdom by smashing the Core Surgical Training interviews.

　

　

Spis treści

Foreword by Fiona Myint. Foreword by Roy Phitayakorn. Acknowledgements. Editors. List of Contributors. Introduction. Application Process for Core Surgical Training. Multi-Speciality Recruitment Assessment (MSRA). Preparing Your Surgical Portfolio. How to Publish. Mastering the Presentation. How to Structure Your Answers: Clinical. How to Structure Your Answers: Management. Virtual Interview Etiquette. Clinical Scenarios. Management Scenarios. Post-Interview Job Preferencing. Life as a Core Surgical Trainee. The Challenges of Life as a Core Surgical Trainee. To F3 or Not to F3. Medical Students – Planning a Career in Surgery. Women in Surgery. International Medical Graduates – Planning to a Move to the UK. International Medical Graduates – Planning a Career in Surgery. Dyslexia and Neurodiversity. Out in Surgery – LGBTQ Issues. Getting into Core Surgical Training as an Ethnic Minority. Index.

O autorze

Miss Anokha Oomman Joseph is an Oncoplastic Breast trainee who has completed her surgical training from the London Deanery with her final years of training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and The Royal London Hospital.Miss Joseph has completed a Masters in Medical Education from Cardiff University. She has an extensive teaching portfolio. She is a tutor for the MSc in Surgical Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. She has previously been an Associate Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin Medical School.She is a graduate, with distinction, of the Surgical Leadership Program at Harvard Medical School. She has previously been a panel member for the National Recruitment for Core Surgical Training.

Mr Janso Padickakudi Joseph is a minimally invasive and bariatric fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, (BIDMC/HMS), USA. He was a resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA.He gained his CCT in general surgery from the East of England Deanery. He was awarded a Queen’s Medal for Service for his work during the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.Mr Joseph has completed a Masters in Surgical Education from Imperial College London. He is currently the course lead for Advanced Surgical Communication Skills at BIDMC/HMS. He has previously been a panel member for National Recruitment for Core Surgical Training.