Suitability And Commitment

Question 1

Where will medicine be in 5 years

Answer 1

Community based
Ageing population
Preventation medicine
Technology

Question 2

What are the biggest challenges in medicine in the next 5 years

Answer 2

Funding
Ageing populations
Obesity
Covid

Question 3

Tell me about your weaknesses

Answer 3

Too involved
Turn it into positive - committed, reflective
EXAMPLE - Chris

Question 4

Why would you be a good respiratory reg?

Answer 4

Clinical experience
Active learner
Good teacher
Problem solving
MDT
Procedures

Question 5

Give me an example of when you worked well under pressure

Answer 5

ICD misfiring
- empathy
- delegating
- clinical priority
- quality improvement
- reflection

Question 6

What do you think about the shape of training

Answer 6

Good breadth of experience
Good to have ICU in IMT
Bottle neck
Changes in clinical procedures and AMP

Question 7

What personality traits make a good consultant

Answer 7

Approachable
Good leader
Aware of training and teaching
Firm
Accepts responsibility
EXAMPLE - VEE

Question 8

What makes a good ES

Answer 8

Good understanding and engagement with portfolio
Supportive
Challenges
Committed to teaching
Good communication
EXAMPLE - Dev

Question 9

What are the possible solutions to the challenges facing this specialty

Answer 9

Improved technology
Communication
More training posts
Research developments

Question 10

What makes you an interesting person outside of medicine

Answer 10

Crochet
Social
Yoga/exercise
Big reader
Motivated

Question 11

What are your thoughts on eportfolio

Answer 11

Reflective practise is essential
Skills log is essential
Can become a tick box exercise
Depends on how you engage with it, a good ES can help
EXAMPLE - skills

Question 12

Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years

Answer 12

Leadership - want to improve doctors working lives MENTION MESS/PACES
Teaching - MENTION PACES
Research - MENTION PUBLICATION

Question 13

What do you find difficult about being med reg

Answer 13

quality control when you delegate
Multi tasking
EXAMPLE eg SVCO
Turn into positive - minimising risk, training, reflection

Question 14

How do you handle stress

Answer 14

SVCO or ICD
Step back
utilising resources
Delegation
Communication

Question 15

What makes you a good team player

Answer 15

Committed to training and teaching
Fair
Good communicator
Committed to improving dr lives
EXAMPLE - SVCO

Question 16

Why resp

Answer 16

Teaching
Practical
Emerging
Wide range of subspecialities
Pallative care
Acute/Chronic

Question 17

What skills do you need to improve

Answer 17

Better USS sign off
Bronch
VATS/EBUS
Research

Question 18

How would you describe your communication skills

Answer 18

Cancer drain
EC
ICD

Question 19

Tell me about a time you showed empathy

Answer 19

Chest drain

Question 20

What do you think of resp training

Answer 20

Dual IM and resp portfolio
1 year of resp specialty take
Procedural sign off - essential (independent eg bronch) / recommended (EBUS, thoracoscopy)
3 months of ICU

Question 21

Give an example of when you have worked well in a team?

Answer 21

SVCO
- liaised between teams/cons
- helped SHOs educationally
- debriefed afterwards
- managed take remotely

Question 22

Examples of emerging therapies

Answer 22

E-inhalers
Robot assisted bronchoscopy - help see lung cancer screening pts, abalationof tumours