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Testimonial from candidate who got post at Great Ormond Street following Interview Intelligence Interview Skills Training Course
21 Feb 2008.

Dear Natasha,

Just wanted to let you know that, of all the courses that I have done so far, the interview intelligence training day contained the most amount of useful information and personalised input.

I subsequently got the post I wanted at Great Ormond Street Hospital and will seriously consider the one to one support before the next step.

Thank you.

One to one interview skills training got this candidate a Consultant post in Anaesthesia
11 Feb 2008.

I had 1 to 1 practise with Dr Newton and after 4 hours of grilling there was not a single question in my consultant interview that we had not touched upon or discussed in detail.

Needless to say I got my consultant job on my very
first interview in spite of a very strong internal candidate.

I whole heartedly recommend the 1 to 1 practise to anyone going for a consultant interview.

It is an investment well worth making.

NA London February 2008

Previous Interview-Intelligence Courses. Interview skills training for Doctors, by Doctors
11 Feb 2008.
All held on Saturdays at the Royal Society of Medicine, London

2 February 2008
 
1 December 2007
 
2 June 2007
 
14 April 2007
                                   
11 March 2007
 
10 March 2007
 
20 January 2007
 
4 November 2006
 
9 September 2006
 
14 January 2006
 
26 November 2005
 
23 July 2005

Breaking bad news in the NHS. Essential facts for Medical Interviews
4 Feb 2008.

Breaking bad news is one of the occupation hazards of being a doctor and there will be several and a variety of occasions when you have to do so. This is an inopportune, but important duty that must be done conscientiously, yet it tends to receive little consideration in medical training. If you receive the news and it is your job to tell the patient, get a receptionist to telephone the patient and make an appointment. It is important not to do this yourself, as bad news should be communicated in person and not over the telephone. The patient may like to attend with a partner or someone close. It will probably mean making an extended appointment.
 
When the patient arrives, make sure you have protected time by switching off bleeps and mobile phones. If it occurs during a surgery in which you are running behind time, then so be it. You do not want to seem hasty or too keen to get on. To you this may seem like just another day at work but to the patient and the family it is one of the most crucial days of their life.
 

Case based discussion in the NHS. Essential facts for Medical Interviews
4 Feb 2008.

As a trainee, you will frequently present and discuss your cases with senior colleagues throughout your training, other wise known as Cased based Discussion or CbD. It is rare for these discussions to be documented. You will pick two case records of patients who you recently seen and have notes on. Your assessor will pick one of these for the case-based discussion meeting. The discussion will be centred on the documentation in your notes and is intended to consider clinical decision-making and the purpose or use of medical knowledge in the care of your own patients.
 
CbD can also take place in small groups of five to ten where points of view will be exchange. Subsequent to a generation of ideas, selections are usually analysed, the best resolution acknowledged, and a strategy developed.

Ethics and the NHS. Essential facts for Medical Interviews
4 Feb 2008.

NHS Ethics Committees were set up to protect the rights and welfare of people who take part in research. The Ethics Committees have strictly defined rules and procedures for administration. By tradition, research ethics committees have been part of the autonomous arrangements of the medical profession. They were in charge of scientific safety and quality and to make certain that the risks of research have been sufficiently conveyed to patients or others participating in research trials.
 
To guarantee agreement with the EU clinical trials ruling, research ethics committees now need to include the way applications are registered, timescales taken to consider applications and the explanation of the different views on applications which a committee can give. Ethics committees are also responsible to look at provision for insurance, indemnity and compensation when taking into account applications for drug trials.