In 2015 the Review of Medical Intern Training Report, which was commissioned by the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council had the following to say about the current state of medical internship in Australia. [Internship in Australia] “should have entry requirements that reflect agreed and defined expectations of work-readiness that [medical] graduates must meet before commencing [their…
some concepts to get you started in our Medical Education Career.
Interviewing for a job as a doctor can be stressful, especially when its been a while since you may have had some practice. A way that some doctors choose to improve their interview skills is to work with a coach. During interview coaching, a doctor meets with a professional coach to learn strategies for being more…
Excelling At The Doctor Job Interview Questions And Answers Recently I hosted a free live Webinar on YouTube about the interview process. We had over 40 trainee doctors to help everyone get better prepared for their upcoming job interviews and how to answer doctor interview questions. You can watch the full video above. But just…
But what do you do if someone asks you discriminatory questions (in the middle of an interview for a medical job that you really want)? Last year there was much discussion (and rightly so) about the topic of discriminatory selection practices and illegal interview questions that occur in medical training.We wanted to write a post to remind…
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The Implications for Medical CV design, structure and content We recently hosted an evening webinar on the Medical CV. 70 trainee doctor registrant learnt how the selection panel reviews your Medical CV. Trainees are often surprised when they find out how little time is spent looking at their Medical CV at each stage of the…
We recently recorded a “how to put together a medical trainee CV video” (Resume). There’s tremendous interest in the topic of how to put together a medical trainee CV. Medical students are also interested in the topic. For many, it may be the very first time you have have to assemble a CV or resume….
Those who know me know that I am a big fan of Robert Sutton‘s classic book on Workplace Civility (The No Asshole Rule). In this book Sutton demonstrates how one bad egg can have such a devastating effect on workplace culture and harmony. Including, yes you guessed it! Hospitals, where the difficult boss in medicine…
In this post Anthony Llewellyn our Medical HR Expert gives you 5 Tips for things you can do now to make your specialty selection experience easier and more successful.
The standard of medical interview panels can vary considerably. Some times great thought goes into the questions put to candidates. Sometimes not. The other day I heard about an interview panel for a Resident Medical Officer (junior doctor) position where the questions put to candidates were extremely predictable: “Why do you want to work here?”…
A hearty congratulations on making it to this exciting phase of your career. Around Australia and New Zealand January is the time of year that we welcome a bunch of new doctors to our profession as part of the intern transition. Here are 11 tips on handling the transition that I originally shared with the…
Dr Matthew Links goes over a few pointers for ensuring that your CV is well written and stands out
The purpose of having a career goal statement is to give you a clear and inspiring direction for the future. The reason you may wish to include one in your CV is to convey this information to those involved in the selection process. A really good career goal statement will help the person who reviews…
I am often asked to advise medical trainees about how to best prepare for annual medical recruitment and the specialty selection process. In my career, I have sat in on upwards of a thousand interviews and seen several more thousand CVs and applications. Like all things in medicine, preparation and practice can really help to…
A discussion about time-management, priorities, to-do lists and flipping lists.
A brief outline of the potential relevance of PLEs to medical training.
Recently I hosted an inaugural Medical Education event in my local area.
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