The Ultimate Medical Consultant Interview Guide: Fifth Edition. Over 180 Interview Questions and Answers by Senior NHS Consultants, Practice on Clinical Governance, Teaching, Management, and COVID-19

By Dr Ranjna Garg and Anil Agarwal

The UK's best-selling Medical Consultant application guide is back - with a major new edition, updated for a post-pandemic interview process.

• Over 180 practice questions
• Worked solutions provided by more than a dozen consultants
• Hints and tips for making the most of your interview, and getting the results you want.

“What would you do if you were in charge of the NHS?”
“What is a clinical trial?”
“Why wouldn't we choose more qualified candidates than you?”

These are examples of Real Questions that were asked in previous medical consultant interviews. Stumped? You don’t need to be!  Published by the Oxbridge Medical Society, the Ultimate Medical Consultant Interview Guide contains over 180 commonly asked Interview Questions that have been asked at real consultant interviews. It provides Fully Worked Model Answers for every single question and guides you through the topics and problems that each one raises.  

With contributions and advice from over 12 Senior NHS Consultants , this is your Ultimate companion to the Consultant Interview Process and a MUST-BUY for those who have an upcoming medical consultant interview.

• Language: English
• Publisher: RAR Medical Services Ltd
• Release date: Nov 25, 2022
• ISBN: 9781915091161

Book preview

10

Most

consultant

jobs

are

now

advertised

on

NHS

jobs

(www.jobs.nhs.uk).

Other

sources

to

look

out

for

are

BMJ

careers

advice,

hospital

doctor

journal,

www.reed.co.uk

etc.

Some

Trusts

also

advertise

on

their

own

websites.

The

job

advert

may

be

detailed

or

may

just

advise

you

to

visit

the

Trust

website

and

search

within

medical

jobs.

The

NHS

jobs

site

usually

includes

details

of

the

job,

essential

and

desirable

criteria,

a

job

description

and

link

to

apply,

which

may

open

the

application

page

or

take

you

to

the

Trust’s

website.

You

will

need

to

register

and

create

a

login.

You

can

set

up

email

alerts

for

specific

attributes;

for

example,

adult,

substantive,

Colorectal

surgeon,

within

20

miles

of

Manchester.

Weigh

up

the

following

pros

and

cons

when

searching

for

the

job:

•

Teaching

vs

non-teaching

hospital

•

Large

city

vs

district

general

hospital

•

Reputation

of

the

hospital/department/colleague

•

Research

facility

availability

•

Single

vs

split

site

•

All

hospital

vs

mix

of

Hospital

and

Community

vs

all

community

based

•

Distance

you

are

willing

to

travel

and

time

it

takes

to

travel

between

your

home

to

the

hospital

(unless

you

are

willing

to

relocate)

•

Career

progression

prospects:

College

tutor,

director

of

education,

CD

etc