Chapter 1 : Introduction
1.01 Purpose of a Consultant medical interview
A consultant medical interview is likely to be a pivotal point in your life . Your performance on the day is likely to define your career for years to come . The interview which you face is the culmination of your many years of dedicated development . Quality of performance on the day can be directly related to quality of preparation . With so much at stake it is therefore essential to undertake this task as effectively as possible .
At Oxford Medical Training , we have specialised in Consultant Interview preparation since 2004 and understand the challenge ahead . Our experience in supporting thousands of doctors has led us to develop both the medical interview skills courses which we run regularly across the UK and this comprehensive guidebook . The structure which we use is designed to help you perform at your very best in terms of both style and substance .
Regardless of whether you are working on a time scale of days , weeks or months , it helps to consider your preparation as a project . Any well-run project begins with the explicit definition of aims and purpose .
From our experience , we realise that there are a few common misconceptions of what is going on and the process which will be undertaken . Many of the delegates who attend our Consultant Interview courses have the mindset that they are about to undergo some form of pass / fail test . They expect that they are about to face an examination of their clinical skills and their knowledge of the structures of the NHS . Success , however , is more likely to be achieved through better understanding of the process which will be used and the reasons for this .
For any job application process , regardless of profession , there are three obvious sets of stakeholders . Each set has its own complementary objectives .
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