Situational Judgement

Should Colleges Be Able to Charge a Fee to Applicants?

ByAnthony Llewellyn Reading Time: 7 minutes

I was recently alerted to a concerning trend in medical training in Australia which is to make trainee doctors pay for the college selection process through a cost-recovery process. With some colleges now charging over $1,000 just so a trainee can go through the process of applying for training with no guarantee of a post…

medical recruitment

Gain insights into the medical recruitment specialty selection process

ByAnthony Llewellyn Reading Time: 3 minutes

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…