The authors are three recent graduates from Imperial College London who have all secure their first choice AFP jobs in a highly competitive programme in London. During their time in preparing for the interview process, they found that resources were limited in the information the resources conveyed and guidance was based on information passed down from colleagues. Hence, the aim of this book is to not only explain the application process but also provides prospective applicants with a useful workbook presenting several mock scenarios to work through. The interview forms the biggest proportion of the marks allocated to a candidate application and hence is the key determinant in securing a job.
Author(s): Dalia Abdulhussein, Alice E. Lee, Mohammad Fallaha
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 130
City: London
Contents
Senior Reviewers
Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 What is the AFP?
1.2 What Can I Do My AFP in?
1.3 Why the AFP?
1.4 How Do I Apply for the AFP?
1.5 White Space Questions
1.6 How Can I Prepare?
1.6.1 Factors that you can change prior to the process
1.6.2 Things to make you shine during the process
Chapter 2 The Personal Questions Interview
2.1 What is the “Personal Interview”?
2.2 What Skills are Desirable?
2.3 How Can I Answer Personal Interview Questions?
2.4 How Should I Go About Preparing?
2.5 Example Questions
Chapter 3 The Clinical Interview
3.1 The Generic Approach to the Clinical Interview
3.1.1 Working through a series of clinical vignettes
3.1.2 Working through a long clinical case
3.2 The A to E Management of an Acutely Unwell Patient
3.3 Medical Ethics and Law: Core Components Useful for the Interview
3.4 Important Non-Clinical Issues for the Clinical Interview
3.4.1 Dealing with patients who are aggressive
3.4.2 Dealing with complaints/an angry relative
3.5 Common Scenarios and Worked Answers forExamples
Chapter 4 The Academic Interview
4.1 The Generic Approach to the Academic Interview
4.1.1 Why is critical appraisal important?
4.1.2 How can I prepare for the academic interview?
4.2 Types of Study Design and the Hierarchy of Evidence
4.2.1 Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
4.2.2 Randomised controlled trials, cohort and case-control studies
4.2.3 Cross-sectional study
4.3 How to Critically Appraise an Abstract in 15 Minutes
4.4 Research Ethics
4.5 Examples of Critically Appraising the Most Commonly Encountered Studies
Abstract 1: Critical Appraisal
Abstract 2: Critical Appraisal
Abstract 3: Critical Appraisal
Abstract 4: Critical Appraisal
4.6 Critical Appraisal Glossary
4.7 Useful Resources
4.8 References
Chapter 5 Mock Interview Stations
5.1 Exemplar Mark Schemes
5.2 Clinical Interview Stations
5.2.1 Management of a variceal bleed
5.2.2 Management of acutely decompensated left-sided heart failure
5.2.3 Information governance
5.2.4 Management of a fitting patient
5.2.5 Management of acute delirium
5.2.6 Management of diabetic ketoacidosis
5.2.7 Management of acute myocardial infarction
5.3 Academic Interview Stations
5.4 References
