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How to prepare your anaesthetics core training application

The Core/ ACCS Anaesthetic job application consists of a few distinct steps: Your Oriel application MSRA Ranking your job preferences Booking an interview slot Your interview Offers/ upgrades Some key breakdowns for these steps are discussed below. Top Tips: Applications are made via Oriel – a system most of you are already familiar with. Double …

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Why Anaesthetics?

Anaesthetics remains a reasonably competitive specialty to enter year on year because it offers an attractive type of work and sustainable work-life balance. There’s something for everyone… As the largest hospital-based specialty, anaesthetists are perfectly poised to effect meaningful change and deliver excellent care across multiple specialties. There are many roles that an anaesthetist can …

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6 mistakes to avoid with your Ophthalmology ST1 portfolio upload.

It’s interview season. Congratulations to everyone who has received an offer to interview, and good luck to all those who are aspiring to apply in coming years! We frequently receive questions about how the portfolio upload works with the virtual interviews. As of 2019, the Royal College have moved specialty national recruitment into a fully …

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Your core surgical training invites to interview are out!

You’ve submitted your Core Surgical Training application via the Oriel Recruitment Portal some time last November? You’ve uploaded your answers to the self-assessment questions on the evidence portal in December? And now you are one of the 1,100 highest-scoring candidates and have been invited for an online interview? Congratulations! You have put yourself in a …

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2022 Core Surgical Training ST1 interviews start in February: Come prepared

Happy New Year everyone! If your New Year’s resolutions included taking your preparations for the 2022 Core Surgical Training ST1 interviews to the next level, you have come to the right place. There is still plenty of time to polish your approaches to clinical, management and portfolio interview questions that will form part of your …

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Join our next CST Mock Interview Workshop: Sunday 19 December

The CST online interview contributes 66% to your overall selection score so it’s worth being prepared.  At stinterview.com, we want to give you a platform to prepare and practice your approaches to Clinical, Management and Portfolio Stations that will form part of your 20min interview: Our online course contains example scenarios and model answers on …

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OST 2022: Next Mock Interview Workshop coming up on 20 November 2021!

Thank you to all subscribers who joined our first 2022 Interview Workshop in October! We were really impressed with the level of competency that you’ve brought to the table, considering it’s still early in the interview preparation process. We hope you found the mock interview helpful and that you will join us again on 20 …

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Ophthalmology ST1 2022 interviews: Showcase your competencies according to National Recruitment Guidance

Details about the 2022 OST1 recruitment process are now available on https://www.rcophth.ac.uk/training/national-recruitment-ophthalmic-specialist-training/ and the Severn Deanery recruitment page https://severndeanery.nhs.uk/recruitment/vacancies/show/oph-st1-2022. This year’s deadlines are: 4 November 21 Applications open 1 December 21 Applications close 21 December 21 Invitation to book MSRA 6-15 January 22 MSRA 3-14 February 22 Document upload for Evidence Folder 11 March 22 …

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