Application to Specialty workshop
Trainers
notes and powerpoint presentation for
workshop
This workshop is aimed at doctors in
foundation year 2 and it is designed to give doctors an overview of
the recruitment and application process, as well as some
interactive exercises and practice. The PowerPoint
presentation can be downloaded. It is designed as a two-hour
workshop, the timings are as follows:
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General Topic
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Timing
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Learning
Outcomes
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Introduction and talk about the
recruitment process
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15 minutes
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To demonstrate an understanding of the
processes and the deadlines for recruitment
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Decision-making and the four stage
career planning model
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Review of the four stage model
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10 minutes
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To understand the importance of the four
stages, especially self-assessment and career exploration
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Help with decision-making
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5 minutes
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To possess the skills to enable them to make a
good decision. To raise awareness of various decision-making
exercises
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Decision-making – the timeline exercise
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15 minutes
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To use the timeline
exercise to give F2s insight to see how they have made good
and/or bad decisions in the past
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Preparing a medical CV and organising
the learning portfolio -
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15 minutes
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· To demonstrate how preparing a
CV/organising the learning portfolio can help with the application
process
· To be able to work with a format for a
medical CV
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Application forms
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How to make a strong application
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20 minutes
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· How to use the STAR model to fill in an
application form
· How to present your evidence
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Exercise in evidencing skills
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10 minutes
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Exercise and practice of STAR model
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Dos and Don’ts in the application process
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10 minutes
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To raise awareness of some dos and don’ts in
the application process
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Looking at person specifications (group
discussion)
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10 minutes
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· To further practice the STAR model.
· To demonstrate the importance of
referring to the person specifications
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Total time: 1 hour and 50 minutes
(this allows some time for questions at the end).
The learning outcomes can be summarised as
follows:
- To demonstrate an understanding of the
processes and the deadlines for recruitment
- To understand the importance of the four
stages, especially self-assessment and career exploration
- To possess the skills to enable them to make
a good decision. To raise awareness of various decision-making
exercises
- To use the timeline exercise to give F2s
insight to see how they have made good and/or bad decisions in the
past
- To demonstrate how preparing a
CV/organising the learning portfolio can help with the application
process
- To be able to work with a format for a
medical CV
- How to use the STAR model to fill in an
application form
- How to present your evidence
- Exercise and practice of STAR model
- To raise awareness of some dos and don’ts in
the application process
- To further practice the STAR model
- To demonstrate the importance of
referring to the person specifications