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CT/STInterviewQuestions
AcomprehensivelistofCT,STandSPRinterview questionsgatheredfromouryearsofexperienceof coachingcandidatesformedicalinterviews.
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Generalbackground/CV/ApplicationForm
1. Tellmeaboutyourself 2. TalkusthroughyourCV/Applicationform 3. Tellusaboutyourbackground 4. WhatisexceptionalaboutyourCV? 5. WhatpartofyourCVareyoumostproudof? 6. WhyistherenoseparateClinicalGovernancesectioninyourCV?

Personalqualities,motivation&drive
7. WhatmadeyougointoMedicine? 8. Whatisyourcareerambition? 9. Wheredoyouseeyourselfin5/10years'time? 10. Ifyouweretostartyourcareeragain,whatwouldyouchange? 11. Whydoyouwanttodothisspeciality? 12. Whatdoyoulikeaboutthisspecialityandwhatdoyoudislike? 13. Whatarethechallengesfacingthisspecialityoverthenexttenyears? 14. Howdoyouknowyouaremakingtherightcareerchoice? 15. Whathaveyoudonetoprepareyourselfforacareerinyourspeciality? 16. Whydoyouwanttotraininthisregion? 17. Whatdoyouhavetooffertothespecialty? 18. Giveusthreeadjectivesthatdescribeyoubest. 19. Whatwouldyourfriendssayaboutyou? 20. WhatkindoffeedbackwouldIobtainfromyourpatientsifIaskedthem? 21. Whatwouldyoulikewritteninyourobituary? 22. Whatareyourmainstrengths? 23. Whatisyourmainweakness? 24. Whatskillshaveyougainedthatwillmakeyouagoodtrainee/doctor? 25. Whatarethequalitiesofagooddoctor? 26. Nametwoskillsthatyouwouldliketoimproveoverthenexttwoyears. 27. Whatskillsdoyouneedtodevelopmost? 28. Whatjobhaveyouparticolarlyliked/disliked? 29. Howdoyoumeasuresuccess? 30. Wouldyoubehappybeinganaverageconsultant? 31. Whatshouldwerecruityouratherthananyothercandidate? 32. Whathaveyoudonethatisdifferenttoanyoneelse? 33. Whatmakesyouagoodcandidateforthejob? 34. Howwouldyourseniorsmotivateyou? 35. Whatdoyouthinkwillbeyourbiggestchallengeinthisspecialty? 36. Tellusaboutyourbestconsultant/colleague. 37. Tellusaboutyourworstconsultant/colleague. 38. Whatareyourhobbies?Howdotheyinfluenceyourmedicalpractice? 39. Whatexperiencesoutsidemedicinehaveyoufoundusefolinyourmedicalcareer

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Communication,TeamPlaying,Leadership,Stress&Conflicts
49. Howwouldyourateyourcommunicationskills? 50. Giveusanexampleofasituationwhereyourcommunicationskillsmadeadifferencetothecareofapatient. 51. Giveusanexampleofasituationwhereyoufailedtocommunicateappropriately. 52. Whatskillshaveyouacquiredthatmakeyouagoodcommunicator? 53. Howcanyouimproveyourcommunicationskillsasaleader? 54. Whataretheattributesofagoodteamplayer? 55. Doyouworkbetteraspartofateamoronyourown? 56. GiveusarecentexampleofatimewhereyouworkedamemberofanMDT. 57. Whatmakesagoodleader? 58. Whatdoesleadingbyexamplemeantoyou? 59. Whatmakesagoodteam? 60. Whatleadershipskillshaveyouacquiredduringyourtraining? 61. Whatisthedifferencebetweenamanagerandaleader? 62. Tellusaboutyourexperienceofmanagingateamofpeople. 63. Whatisthedifferencebetweenpeoplemanagementandleadership? 64. Howwouldyoumotivateothers? 65. Describeasituationwhereyouhadtogivenegativefeedbacktosomebody. 66. Tellusaboutasituationwhereyouhadtobringadifficultpersononboard. 67. Tellusaboutasituationwhereyoushowedleadership. 68. Tellusaboutasituationwhereyoushowedinitiative. 69. Whatmakesyouangry? 70. Haveyoueverbeeninasituationwhereyouhavehadaconflictwithacolleague? 71. Giveanexampleofasituationwhereyourworkwascriticised. 72. Howwouldyoucopewithcriticismoracomplaintbeingmadeagainstyou? 73. Whatisyourapproachtoresolvingconflict? 74. Howwouldyouhandleanonperformingjuniorcolleague? 75. OneofyourSHOssaysheisgettingboredinhisjob.Howdoyourespond? 76. Howwouldyouhandleasituationwhereyouhadadisagreementwithanurseoverthemanagementofa patient? 77. Whatwouldyoudoifapatientdisagreedwithyourtreatmentapproach? 78. Howdoyouhandlestress? 79. Howdoyounormallycopewithpressure? 80. Howdoyourecognisewhenyouarestressed? 81. Whatdifficultdecisionshaveyoumadeinaclinicalsetting? Doyoufindithardtosellyourselfandfindsuitableexamples? OurCT,ST&SPRinterviewskillsbookwillshowyouhowtoapproachthesedifficultquestions?Youcan alsobookononeofourCT,ST,SPRinterviewcourses.Weonlytakesmallgroupssothatyoucan participateandpracticeasmuchasyoucan.

Research&Audit
84. Tellmeaboutyourresearchexperience. 85. Tellmeaboutyourresearch.Assumethatyouaretalkingtoagroupofcharityworkersfromyourfunding organisation. 86. Howmuchofyourresearchisyourowndesignandhowmuchwasguidedbyyoursupervisor? 87. Howdidyouorganiseyourresearchproject?Didyousupervisorwriteyourgrantapplication? 88. Iamworriedaboutyourlackofresearchexperience. 89. WhyisResearchimportant? 90. HowdoyougoaboutsettingupaResearchproject? 91. WhendoingResearch,whatistheonemostimportantfactortogetright? 92. DoyouthinkalltraineedoctorsshoulddoResearch?

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93. WhatisEvidenceBasedMedicine? 94. WhataretheprosandconsofEvidenceBasedPractice? 95. Whatisyourunderstandingoftheterm"ResearchGovernance" 96. WhatarethedifferentlevelsofEvidenceavailable? 97. DoyouthinkEvidenceBasedMedicineisapplicabletoallspecialities? 98. Whatisanaudit? 99. TellmeaboutyourAuditexperience. 100. WhatisthedifferencebetweenAudit&Research? 101. TellmeabouttheAuditcycle. 102. Whatproblemsaretherewiththewayinwhichtraineedoctorsconductaudits? Doyouknowhowtomaximiseyourscoreonallthesequestions? OurCT,ST&SPRinterviewskillsbookcanhelp.Youcangetalltheanswersyouneedforonly28.50 (20%discountforMDUmembers).Alternative,ourCT,ST,SPRinterviewcoursesonlytakesmallgroups sothatyoucanparticipateandpracticeasmuchasyoucan.

Teaching/Training/Learning/Keepinguptodate/SeekingHelp
105. Tellusaboutyourteachingexperience. 106. Whatmethodsofteachingdoyouknow.Whichdoyoupreferandwhy? 107. Howwouldyouconvinceajuniorcolleagueoftheimportanceofteaching? 108. Givemeanexampleofasituationwhereyourecognisedthatamemberofyourteamhada deficiency/difficulty. 109. WhatisProblemBasedLearning?Whatareitsprosandcons? 110. Tellmeaboutamemorablecasewhereyouhavelearntsomethingnew 111. WiththeintroductionoftheEuropeanWorkingTimeDirectiveandthereductioninthenumberofhours leadingtoCCT,doyoufeelyouwillbefollytrainedbytheendofyourtraining? 112. Whatmeasuresdoyoutaketoimproveyourtraining? 113. Howdoyouidentifyyourtrainingneeds? 114. Whatdoyougetoutofteachingothers? 115. Whatisthemostinterestingcaseyouhavemanaged? 116. Whendidyoulastcallyourconsultant? 117. Whatisthebiggestmistakethatyouhavemadeinaclinicalsetting? 118. Howdoyoukeepyourskillsuptodate? 119. Howdidyoukeepyourskillsuptodateduringyouresearch/careerbreak?

EthicalIssues&difficultWorkScenarios
127. Howwouldyouhandleaproblemdoctorforexampleifyoususpectedthatyourconsultanthadadrink problem? 128. Howwouldyoureactifoneofyourjuniorcolleaguesturnedupdrunkonthewardfirstthinginthemorning? Whatifitwasyourconsultant? 129. Apatientmentionstoyouthatontwooccasionstheyhavesmeltalcoholonyourconsultant'sbreathduring clinicinthepastfewweeks.Whatdoyoudo? 130. Howwouldyoureactifoneofyourfemalejuniorcolleaguesrefusedtotreatapatientwhoisaknownrapist? 131. Howwouldyoureactifapatientrefusedtobetreatedbyoneofyourjuniordoctorsbecauseheisforeign? 132. Youseeapatientverballyabuseanurse.Whatisyourresponse? 133. Oneofyoupeersarrivesconstantlylateforworkinthemorning.Whatdoyoudo? 134. Oneofyourjuniorcolleaguesisplacingpatientsatrisk.Howdoyoureact? 135. Yourconsultantdoessomethingthatgoesagainstprotocol.Howyoudoyoutackleit?Howwouldyou approachtheconsultant? 136. Yourconsultantdoesnotprovideadequatetrainingandadoptsacondescendingattitudetowardsyou becauseofyourapparentlackofknowledge.Howdoyoureact? 137. Apatientmentionsthat,duringanexamination,oneofyourcolleaguesexaminedherbreasts.Althoughthe patientisnotawarethatsuchbehaviourwasinappropriateinthatcontext,youare.Howdoyourespond? 138. Youobserveyourconsultantmakinginappropriatesexualremarkstooneofyourpatients.Therearenoother witnessesandtheconsultantisnotawarethatyouwerethere.Howdoyoureact? 139. Yourconsultantmentionssomethingtoapatient,thatyoubelievetobewrong.Howdoyoureact? 140. Youhaveheardrumoursthatoneofyourcolleaguesistakingdrugs.Youalsoknowthatsomedrugshave disappearedfromthecabinet.Howdoyoureact?

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141. Oneofyourcolleagueseemstobesufferingfromstress.Whatdoyoudo? 142. Youhavesuspicionsthatoneofyourpeershasbeenstealinganimportantamountofhospitalproperty (includingstationaryandneedles).Whatdoyoudo? Doyouknowyoucananswermostofthesequestionswithjustoneframework? OurCT,ST&SPRinterviewbookwillshowyouhow.OrbookoneofourCT,ST,SPRinterviewskills coursestopractiseonallthese.

ClinicalGovernanceandOtherNHSIssues
144. WhatdoyouknowaboutClinicalGovernance? 145. HowdoesClinicalGovernanceaffectpatientsafety? 146. HowdoesClinicalGovernanceimpactonyourdailywork? 147. DoyouthinkClinicalGovernanceisusefolorisitjustanotherlayerofbureaucracy? 148. ArethereanyproblemswiththewayClinicalGovernanceisimplemented? 149. Who,inyourHospital,isresponsibleforClinicalGovernance? 150. WhatisClinicalRiskManagement? 151. WhatisaNearMisssituation? 152. WhathappenstoCriticalIncidentsFormsoncetheyhavebeensubmitted? 153. Youareworkingasaconsultantandyouarerecommendingthatoneofyourpatientshouldbegivena particolartreatmentbasedonthebestevidenceavailable.Hospitalmanagersinformyouthatthistreatment cannotbegivenasitistoocostly.Whatdoyoudothen?Howwouldyouinformthepatient?Whatifthe courseofactionyourecommendedwasactuallycontainedinaNICEguideline? 154. WhatisNICE?Whatdotheydo? 155. TellusaboutaNICEguidelinerelatingtoyourspeciality. 156. WhatistheNationalPatientSafetyAgency? 157. WhatdoyouknowabouttheEuropeanWorkingTimeDirective?Whatareitseffects 158. WhatdoyouthinkaboutMMC? 159. Whatcanyoutellmeaboutappraisals? 160. Doyoufeelappraisalsareausefolprocess? 161. WhatdoyouknowaboutRevalidation? 162. WhatisthedifferencebetweenAssessmentandAppraisal? 163. Whoisthemainbeneficiaryinanappraisal? 164. Howcanwepersuadethepublicthatdoctorscanbetrusted? 165. Istheexpandingroleofnursesabenefitoradangertothemedicalprofession? 166. Whatisthedifferencebetweenaprotocolandaguideline? 167. Whatdoyouthinkaboutmanagementissues?Doyouthinkitssomethingweshouldbegettinginvolvedinas clinicians? 168. Howdoyouseekinformedconsentfortheproceduresthatyoudo?

Mostpeoplehaveavagueideaaboutclinicalgovernancebutcan'texpressit convincinglyinunder2minutes.JoinourSTinterviewcourseandwewillshowyou howtodiscussandillustrateclinicalgovernancewithconfidence.

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