On this website there are A LOT of questions, however not all of them are relevant as this site is for general purposes, and includes questions for consultant posts etc. Make sure you can answer all of the questions relating to medical school, and if you scroll down there are topics on medical politics and clinical governance. You OBVIOUSLY will not need to be able to answer all of these, because you are not a real, working doctor! So don't panic, I'm just recommending them as something you might want to brush up on to impress interviews.
What is NICE? Was a question I have seen pop up all over the place, well in short they maintain "clinical excellence" throughout the NHS. That may seem quite general but they do things such as produce new guidelines and protocols as medicine advances. They also make recommendations on how to reduce the costs on the NHS, and how to best to treat patients with certain conditions etc. Have a look around the website and especially the "About NICE" pages which explain what they do and how they do it. You can also bring in your knowledge of NICE if being asked about how you would improve the NHS, or how you would control the budget in this financial climate.
Check the page the week / day before you're interview as many big changes to the NHS will be posted here, and you are expected to know about them.
Now this is an EXTREMELY useful page, in fact I would recommend signing up for the weekly health news alerts. It provides the"truth behind the headlines" and basically shatters any budding news stories which aren't true, and stops you looking like a fool if you bring it up in interview. Also if you sign up to receive the 10 top news stories that week, than you don't have to worry about trawling round the BBC health website for stories of interest.
Interviewers will EXPECT you to know what is going on in the Media, in terms of the NHS, health guidance, new treatments, breakthroughs. Of course they're not expecting you to understand all the science behind, just keeping up.
GMC stands for General Medical Council, and you want there people as your friends, they get you jobs. After your F1 as a trainee (but fully qualified Doctor) you register with the GMC meaning you are officially a qualified (even though you kinda were before, NHS = bureaucracy). They maintain a good quality of clinical practice, and come up with reports such as "Tomorrows Doctors". They can also fire you if you show misconduct and advise on medical schools on whether to take you or not.
http://www.gmc-uk.org/education/undergraduate/tomorrows_doctors_2009.asp - this ties in with GMC, seeing as they produce it. PLEASE read this, it outlines what skills, qualities etc you need to a good doctor. You will most likely be asked about it or the GMC because it is to do with us, medical students. It may be long, but it's useful.
Everyone else is reading this, you need to as well. I chose the student part because apparently it is a bit easier to understand if you aren't fully trained yet. You don't need to memories any articles, just spool through it check it regularly. Also if you spoke about any topics in particular you were interested in on your personal statement, you might find some interesting stuff on it here. There's an app as well if your an iPhone freak like me.
This is where you apply for everyone job and all that jazz. Look through, look at how training for Doctors/ surgeons is structured. If you are interested in any particular specialities look at the training pages for that. Just use it, it will be good for interview, it will be good in interview if you know how the rest of your training is going to pan out.
This has pretty much everything you need to know for GCSE science in preparation for the BMAT, and has little activities for most topics which makes revising less mundane.
Well I'm gonna go continue revising for the BMAT, so good luck for all those doing it on Wednesday, and if anyone has interviews.
Bye!
