Medical interviews skills techniques for all medical interviews

 Medical interviews skills techniques for all medical interviews

Medical interviews have changed alot.  Gone are the days when the preferred candidates (normally in house) turned up for a medical interviews and was given the job.

Today  medical interviews involve subjective scoring systems, external assessors and a larger involvement of human resources within the trust’s medical interviews process. It is now a very transparent process

With the old deanery based medical interviews process going to a National Medical interviews system in 2007 in the form of MMC, the assessment during your medical interviews had has changed.  With the decentralisation back to the deanery level, all medical interviews have inherited the formal subjective and fair style given to them during the 2007 MMC medical interviews system.

To the junior doctor who has many medical interviews to overcome this is not a bad change.  Did you know that you will be submit subjectively be assessed on the following by the medical interviews panel.

Assessment category.                          What is required for success?

-Subject content                                  -medical interviews preparation

-Subjected delivery                             -medical interviews skills

-Opinion                                              -medical interview skills

-Insight                                                -medical interviews training

-Personality                                         -knowing and selling yourself

-Skills                                                  -clinical and non clinical self appraisal

-Knowledge                                        -medical interviews preparation

-Attributes                                           -medical interviews skills

-Management and leadership skills     -self reflection and medical interviews training

-Ability to teach and train                   -knowledge of medical education techniques

-Ability to perform as a clinician        -being a professional, knowing your limitations

By understanding the assessment process a doctor can be taught and trained to perform at their medical interview.  In fact it is possible to train an average doctor (as scored on their CV) so that their overall assessment during their medical interview is up there with the best performers.  It is possible to therefore massage your performance.

This article has been written by one of the medical interview UK course consultants.  To read more detail helping to the medical interviews process please purchase one of our interview guides or attend one of our small group video feedback medical interviews courses.