How do you prepare for a postgraduate medical job interview?
How to prepare for interviews for jobs and training posts after medical school (Academic Foundation Programme, specialty training: clinical stations, structure, practice).
Axis: structured answers drilled with practice … rely on clinical knowledge on the day
Answers by date: 4 records in 3 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2018), never reversed, in these records.
| date | who | answer | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-05 | Ankur Khajuria | Ankur Khajuria says there is no place for modesty in the interview: tell the examiner what you have done and make it sound impressive, as some people he knows can make a small thing sound amazing; hopefully you have the content to share. | AFP Interview Preparation - The personal interview · Academic Foundation Programme 00:03:52 |
| 2018-10-08 | Ankur Khajuria | Ankur Khajuria says the key to critical appraisal is saying one paper will not change your practice unless it is groundbreaking: look at the other literature, consider a systematic review and look for gaps in the data. | Critical Appraisal for medical interviews - Preparing for AFP (Academic Foundation Programme) 00:06:52 |
| 2018-08-27 | Ali | Ali sums up the clinical emergency station as a structured ABCDE approach plus knowing at your fingertips the management of important conditions such as sepsis and anaphylaxis. | Clinical Emergency Scenarios - AFP Interview preparation · Academic Foundation Programme 00:08:52 |
| 2018-08-27 | Ankur Khajuria | Ankur Khajuria advises structuring clinical answers (chest pain: central or peripheral, cardiac or pulmonary causes): it gives credibility and shows the examiner you will not have a scrambled mind as an FY1. | Clinical Emergency Scenarios - AFP Interview preparation · Academic Foundation Programme 00:02:23 |
Timeline notes
- Ali: first recorded event is refine (earlier stance may be outside 2016–2024 or unrecorded)