CV/Attribute Questions

Question 1

How will you contribute to the college

Answer 1

CAP

C:

• Hardworking, enthusiastic, easy to teach.
• EBM -> woman centred care
• Colleagues: reliable, Goes extra mile

A:

• Research: Surg/Urol/O&G/Medical recruitment).
• Masters: Bioethics-> pt autonomy

P:

• Passion -> Regional Womens health
• Lived experience of health inequalities
• Return to Regional Australia -> serve community with sub-speciality

Question 2

What makes a good Mentor

Answer 2

Empathy

• Intense issues in O&G -> empathy allows the best delivery of care
• Colleagues: Empathetic individual-> deliver personalised care

Communication
- Wide range of situations -> appropriate communication for environment
Colleagues: Excellent communicator, multiple different audiences and situations

Self-awareness/Regulation
- Taxing profession, selfawareness allows best decisions at all times
Colleagues: well measured, maintains perspective in order to deliver best care

Question 3

What challenges may you face as a trainee in 2022

Answer 3

Move to Metropolitan hopsital/Different location
- Away from Hospital network
- Away from Support network
READY: regional work -> multiple different styles + locums + strong support network _ outgoing -> new friends/connections

Learning Curve + Increased Complexity
- Initial years of RANZCOG training -> amassing of technical + non-technical skills
- Regional work only, minimal high complexity experience
READY: Enthusiastic, eager to learn and easy to teach. Ask for support when needed

Question 4

Why are you ready to begin training in 2022

Answer 4

Hardworking + CLINICALLY COMPETENT
- Constantly working to improve
- Major focus on women centre care
- Senior body had faith in my ability within 4 mths of being a registrar I was promoted to overnight O&G registrar night duty
PROOF: Request Frequent feedback, courses + masters degree

Adaptable
- Working well in environ of change -> ask questions, seek support
- Take responsibility for changes and assist others
PROOF: Remarked upon for ability to escalate care in emergency situations

Enthusiastic + Eager to learn and easy to teach
- Very keen to return to a regional area and provide a service for regional women

Question 5

What areas of you professional/personal do you consider need developing

Answer 5

Self Awareness/Regulation
- I AM self aware + able to maintain perspective.
- O&G is stressful -> can lose perspective
- High level self awareness/regulation allows clinical leadership in difficult/time critical situations
HOW will I improve: AMA ELP collaborative leadership

Question 6

What are the challenges and rewards of a career in O&G

Answer 6

Challenges

1. Burden outside of work
   - On call, missing important moments
2. High stress/emotional/risk work
   - Bad outcomes, difficult situations with layered complexities

How will I manage: Strong support networks + selfawareness and adequate time away from work

Rewards

• Intimate involvement in intimate life moments across lifespan
• Only true generalist speciality training program

Question 7

How have you Contributed to your Community in the last 5 yrs

Answer 7

Smith family Tutorting

• Ethic/ATSI background
• 20 + hrs of time
• Working currently with a graduate

Novel teaching program

• Interns as teachers, program still going strong
• hotly received, final year students felt confident going forward into internships

Young industry ambassador

• Promote health careers to students from disadvantaged schools regularly
• As someone from a disadvantaged background in regional Victoria brings me great pride to be able to inspire young people like someone did for me

Question 8

Why do you want to be on the O&G training program

Answer 8

1. Good program
   - Wide exposure to different clinical environments, experts, research exposure + rural term
2. O&G excellent area
   - Intimate exposure to life changing moments
   - Only true generalist speciality

Question 9

Why do you want to work in O&G

Answer 9

1. Intimate exposure to key life moments
   - Intimate exposure to key moments in womens life
   - Special role of being able to assist women navigate these key experiences safely
2. True generalist Speciality
   - Acute and chronic care
   - Broad skillset ( Physician + Surgeon)
3. Provides me with an avenue to peruse other interested outside of clinical medicine -> bioethics and improving shared decision making and women centred care

Question 10

Tell us about some recent negative feedback you have received

Answer 10

surgical technique critique