Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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1 UK Academic Career Pathways |
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1.1 Academic Foundation Programme |
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1.2 Academic Clinical Fellowship |
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1.3 Academic Clinical Lectureship |
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1.4 Alternate Academic Pathways |
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2.1 Choosing a Programme to Apply For |
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2.2 Building an Academic Portfolio |
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28 | (2) |
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3.2 The White Space Questions |
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4.2 How to Answer Any Question |
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4.3 Structure of the `Generic Academic Interview' |
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4.4 Career and Portfolio Questions |
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4.4.1 Tell Me About Yourself |
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4.4.2 Why Do You Want to Pursue This Specialty? |
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4.4.3 What is Your Greatest Achievement? |
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4.4.4 What is Your Greatest Strength? |
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4.4.5 What is Your Greatest Weakness? |
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4.4.6 Where Do You See Yourself in Ten Years' Time? |
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4.4.7 Describe Your Teaching Experience |
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4.4.8 Describe Your Experience in Leadership |
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4.4.9 Describe an Example of When You Worked Well in a Team |
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4.5.1 Why Do You Want to Be an Academic Clinician? |
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4.5.2 Tell Us About Your Research Experience |
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4.5.3 Which of Your Research Projects Are You Most Proud of? |
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4.5.4 Why Do You Want to Apply for This Particular Academic Post? |
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4.5.5 What Steps Need to Be Taken Before Commencing a Research Study? |
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4.5.6 Whom Would You Do Your Academic Time with if You Were to Get This Academic Post? |
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4.5.7 What Are Your Long-term Research Goals? |
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4.5.8 How Do You Balance a Clinical and Academic Career? |
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4.5.9 How Do You Go About Getting Funding for Research? |
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4.5.10 Can You Tell Us About a Research Paper You Have Read Recently? |
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4.5.11 Critical Analysis of an Abstract or Paper |
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4.5.12 Should All Trainees Be Involved in Research? |
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4.5.13 What is Evidence-based Medicine? |
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4.5.14 Tell Me About the Different Levels of Evidence |
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4.6.1 How Would You Deal with [ this particular clinical scenario]? |
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4.6.2 Can You Describe a Time When You or Your Team Made a Clinical Mistake? |
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4.6.3 What is Informed Consent? |
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4.6.4 What is Clinical Governance? |
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4.6.5 What is the Difference Between Audit and Research? |
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4.6.6 Describe Your Experience in Audit or Quality Improvement Projects |
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4.7 Miscellaneous Questions |
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4.7.1 If You Were Given a Blank Cheque What Would You Do with It? |
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4.7.2 Tell Me About a Person You Admire |
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4.7.3 Academic Ethical Scenario |
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4.7.4 Other Questions to Think About |
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4.8 How to Deal with the `Nasty' Interviewer |
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Appendix 1 White Space Questions |
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Appendix 2 Useful Resources |
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Index |
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