Smashing The Core Surgical Training Interview: A Holistic guide to bec

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Smashing Core Surgical Training Interviews is a crucial roadmap through the highly competitive world of surgery, written by previous Core Surgical Training National Recruitment panel members. It provides a realistic understanding of what is expected on the interview day and how best to prepare for it. This is the perfect preparation guide for any medical student or junior doctor with a serious... Read more

Smashing Core Surgical Training Interviews is a crucial roadmap through the highly competitive world of surgery, written by previous Core Surgical Training National Recruitment panel members. It provides a realistic understanding of what is expected on the interview day and how best to prepare for it.

This is the perfect preparation guide for any medical student or junior doctor with a serious desire to launch a career in surgery in the United Kingdom by smashing the Core Surgical Training interviews.

It covers all aspects of the interview, including how to prepare the portfolio, virtual interview etiquette, and post-interview considerations.

This book contains:

More than 35 clinical scenarios and more than 15 management scenarios with model answers
Model frameworks for structuring answers
Information covering real-life struggles, including how to maximise opportunities as a medical student, how to publish, and how to decide whether to take an F3 year
Insights into the diverse world of modern surgery, including women in surgery, LGBTQ issues, dyslexia and neurodiversity, and challenges faced by ethnic minorities
A framework for international medical graduates planning surgical careers

"This book has been written to help those taking the step up from medical student or Foundation doctor to the first rungs on a surgical career ladder. In addition to some very useful hints and tips, this book touches on topics for which there is often little signposting." Fiona Myint, FRCS, MA (Clin Ed), LLM, SFHEA, Consultant Vascular Surgeon,Vice-President, Royal College of Surgeons of England

"The editors have put together a wonderful group of surgical educators to write this practical and easy-to-read book that is filled with useful pearls for prospective surgical training applicants. It directly addresses feelings of imposter syndrome and stereotype threat." Roy Phitayakorn, MD MHPE FACS, General and Endocrine Surgeon, Vice Chair of Education, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

"Surgery is the best job ever! Becoming a surgeon however requires technical skill, common sense and grit. If you know what’s ahead (from this book) you are more likely to achieve your goal to become a Master Surgeon." Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS, Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at University Hospital, Assistant Dean at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

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Miss Anokha Oomman Joseph is an Oncoplastic Breast trainee who has completed her surgical training from the London Deanery with her final years of training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and The Royal London Hospital.Miss Joseph has completed a Masters in Medical Education from Cardiff University. She has an extensive teaching portfolio. She is a tutor for the MSc in Surgical Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. She has previously been an Associate Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin Medical School.She is a graduate, with distinction, of the Surgical Leadership Program at Harvard Medical School. She has previously been a panel member for the National Recruitment for Core Surgical Training.

Mr Janso Padickakudi Joseph is a minimally invasive and bariatric fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, (BIDMC/HMS), USA. He was a resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA.He gained his CCT in general surgery from the East of England Deanery. He was awarded a Queen’s Medal for Service for his work during the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.Mr Joseph has completed a Masters in Surgical Education from Imperial College London. He is currently the course lead for Advanced Surgical Communication Skills at BIDMC/HMS. He has previously been a panel member for National Recruitment for Core Surgical Training.

Smashing The Core Surgical Training Interview: A Holistic guide to becoming a surgeon

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