Core Knowledge Training Day 4: Interview Skills for ST3
Category: Training - Core - Knowledge Training
Date: March 17th 2016 8:30am until 4:30pm
Location: Royal United Hospital, Postgraduate Medical Centre, Combe Park, Bath, Avon, Somerset BA1 3NG
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Topics
Interview practice for ST3 recruitment round.
Faculty
Mr. Steve Eastaugh-Waring (Head of School), Mark Dahill (ST3 Trauma & Orthopaedics), Matthew Doe (ST3 General Surgery).
Convenor
Steve Lindley and Tom Murphy
Participants
Compulsory for all Core Trainees (including LATs) to attend all 4 knowledge days over their two years of core training.
Availability
Recommended for CT2s. 36 places only. (Of note: CT2s will be given priority over CT1s.) Each core knowledge day will be run once each year to allow choice (over the two years of core training) for attendance.
Objective
Core knowledge days provide formal teaching linked to the ISCP curriculum. The topics are chose to include areas of knowledge that are less prominent throughout the training programme and to ensure all core trainees acquire the relevant skills and exposure prior to progression to the ST programme.
Travel
No car-parking arrangements are provided at the venues. Most hospital venues and the Deanery have limited car-parking facilities. Good bus and train links are available across the Deanery region. Trainees are advised to plan their journeys to Core Knowledge Training Days in advance and if coming by car are advised to offer a lift to colleagues.
Attendance outcomes
A record of attendance will be kept by the Deanery. Attendance details are provided to your Programme Directors and will be assessed at the yearly ARCPs. Certificates will be provided for each training day to trainees, who attend, for their portfolio.
Trainee feedback
Trainees will be asked to provide anonymised feedback on each Core Knowledge Training Day. This is important for the School of Surgery to ensure that the standards of delivery and content of the teaching is maximized for Severn School of Surgery core trainees in the future.
Non-attendance
Failure to attend a module requires a trainee to complete an explanation form which is available on-line at the School website and is returnable to Chad Elliott at the School of Surgery.
Provisional timetable
Morning
Introduction
My own experience of preparing successfully for an ST3 post in Orthopaedics
My own experience of preparing successfully for an ST3 post in General Surgery
How to answer any interview question (Steve Eastaugh-Waring)
How to critically appraise an abstract (for General Surgeons)
Lunch break
Saw bones skills (Orthopaedics)
Lap Skills (General Surgeons)
Afternoon
Introduction to interview practice
Plenary session-Interview practice