Application Flashcards
Tell me about your CV
12 months as resp reg SOUGHT OUT by me
USS and pleural trained
Published
BTS, NWTS
PACES teaching
Clinic, MDT, Referrals
Tell me about something you’re proud of
Mess reno - management, improved doctors lives, leadership, legacy
PACES teaching - teaching skills, improved training, reflected on feedback, helped people pass, legacy
Why do you want to train in this region?
Socioeconomic - smoking, asbestos, diverse population
NTWS
Wythenshawe CF
What is your biggest achievement
Mess
PACES teaching
What do you like most about resp?
Satisfying
Hollistic care
Practical (skills)
Social (MDT)
What do you like least about resp?
Patients not complying
Inappropriate referrals
What have you done outside of your regular scheduled activities that demonstrates your interest in resp?
BTS
NTWS
USS training
Publication
Tell me a time youve had to defend your beliefs over a patient
EC
SVCO
Describe a time your communication skills have made a difference to a patient
Chest drain
EC
Describe a time you failed to communicate appropriately
Lorazepam
Tell us about a time you had to get informed consent from a patient in a vulnerable situation
EC
Why was BTS/NWTS useful?
BTS - experience variety of subspecialties, emerging therapies not yet in guidelines
NTWS - hear trainees experience of trainees, project they’ve been working on, career development
Tell me about your book chapter
Focal cryotherapy uses heat extraction to cause cell destruction
Useful in localised disease
Sparing surrounding tissue and reducing damage to surrounding structures
long term date needed
Tell me about your USS Sign Off
Level 3 Emergency operator Pathway CIP
indirect supervision
Approaching level 4 - independent
Tell me about inhalers and the environment
Propellants in MDI inhalers, powerful greenhouse gas, 3% of NHS emissions
Dry powder or soft mist have much lower impact
Tell me about an article you’ve read
Review of the literature of 3 systems used in US for RB
access to more peripheral lesions and better diagnostic yields
Needs real world data, barriers such as lack of formal training process, resources, cost
Examples of targeted therapies
monoclonal antibodies asthma
specific CTFR gene modulator therapy in CF
EGFR mutation lung adenocarcinoma
Tell me about your QI
PDSA Cycle
2 wards over 3 months
1st cycle showed no improvement and low uptake
Changes made, more publicization
23% improvement in documentation rates
Outcome measure - documentation rate
Balancing measures - time taken for doctors
Limitations - software, small sample size
Any subspecialty you’re interested in
OLD
Relates to global health
UHSM specialist centre
Interesting talk at BTS
Socio-economic factors
Theoretically preventable
