Ali misses out on the Academic Foundation Programme and is reserve-listed in London and EBH (2017)
story · status: told 2×, last update 2018 · last event: mentioned (2018-11-05) · owner: Ali
Told alongside: Ali's final year at Cambridge medical school (2017) · Ali promises a video on the Academic Foundation Programme with the author of a book about it (2018)
About: Academic Foundation Programme, London
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-21 | update | Ali had an interview for an Academic Foundation Programme on the day of the video. | Oxbridge Medicine Interview - Q&A 00:17:09 |
| 2018-03-14 | told | Ali applied for Academic Foundation Programmes in Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire and in London, was interviewed at both, but scored too low and was put on the reserve list. | What happens after medical school - UK medical training explained 00:07:52 |
| 2018-08-13 | retold | Ali got none of his Academic Foundation Programme choices: he was put on the reserve list for London and for EBH (Essex, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire). · also in: Clinical Emergency Scenarios - AFP Interview preparation · Academic Foundation Programme | Academic Foundation Programme (AFP) - Why should you apply? 00:00:58 |
| 2018-08-24 | mentioned | Ali has been rejected from a few things, including a year at Harvard and the Academic Foundation Programme, but he would not call these setbacks. | Answering personal questions - 50k subs Q&A 00:06:46 |
| 2018-10-08 | mentioned | The feedback on Ali's Academic Foundation Programme interview showed he fell down on the critical appraisal station; he did all right in clinical emergencies because he had memorised the Oxford Handbook. | Critical Appraisal for medical interviews - Preparing for AFP (Academic Foundation Programme) 00:01:58 |
| 2018-11-05 | mentioned | Ali did not get into the Academic Foundation Programme and was reserve-listed; he is kind of glad, as he is now in Cambridge loving his life, though he suspects that is a kind of confirmation bias. | AFP Interview Preparation - The personal interview · Academic Foundation Programme 00:08:45 |
What is said about it
9 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2017-11-21 · Oxbridge Medicine Interview - Q&A — Ali says he is interested in medical education and that an Academic Foundation Programme in education, with its postgraduate certificate and a project, would springboard his career. — 00:17:09
- 2018-03-14 · What happens after medical school - UK medical training explained — Ali applied for the Academic Foundation Programme but did not get a place. — 00:07:19
- 2018-03-14 · What happens after medical school - UK medical training explained — Ali: Missing the Academic Foundation Programme was a bit of a blow to Ali; he will instead do the normal Foundation Programme in Cambridge. — 00:08:35
- 2018-03-14 · What happens after medical school - UK medical training explained — Ali says not having done an Academic Foundation Programme will put him at a slight disadvantage if he goes the academic route, but it is by no means the end of the world. — 00:09:04
- 2018-03-14 · What happens after medical school - UK medical training explained — Ali: Without a four-month research block in the normal Foundation Programme, Ali hopes to get involved with research projects anyway. (hedged) — 00:09:34
- 2018-08-13 · Academic Foundation Programme (AFP) - Why should you apply? — Ali did not get the Academic Foundation Programme but found both his interviews useful: he now knows what to expect in job interviews and what to work on, which he would otherwise not have learned before his ST1 or ST3 interview. — 00:04:51
- 2018-08-27 · Clinical Emergency Scenarios - AFP Interview preparation · Academic Foundation Programme — Ali: The feedback sheet from Ali's London Academic Foundation Programme interview had a mark (good, satisfactory or excellent) for awareness of the team structure. — 00:04:47
- 2018-08-27 · Clinical Emergency Scenarios - AFP Interview preparation · Academic Foundation Programme — Ali says he was not at that level of practice for his Academic Foundation Programme interview, and for his next interview he wants to practise in front of the mirror and the camera. — 00:10:25
- 2018-11-05 · AFP Interview Preparation - The personal interview · Academic Foundation Programme — Ali: Asked at his EBH interview about his interest in education, Ali deliberately left out his education company and YouTube channel because they were in his white space answer, and picked an obscure, unimpressive example instead, which he now calls a mistake. — 00:05:07