Summary:

Secrets of Success: Getting into Foundation Training is written for medical students applying to the UK Foundation Programme and is specifically intended to guide applicants through all stages of the online process. Getting into Foundation Training offers effective strategies and techniques to help you tackle the application form, and provides detailed guidance on individual questions from real application forms to help maximize your chances of obtaining a competitive Foundation Programme rotation.

Key features:
• Shows you how to plan and think about your answers, using a logical and systematic approach
• Focuses on how to improve your application by applying effective structure to your answers
• Explains what sets good candidates apart, and how to make yourself a more competitive applicant
• Discusses the tricks and tips that are key to producing a successful application that really stands out
• Covers all major topics from recent application forms, including: ‘Coping under pressure’, ‘Prioritization’, ‘Team working and leadership’, ‘Professional integrity’ and ‘The patient as the central focus of care’
• Written in an accessible and engaging style, with space for the reader to add their own notes

Getting into Foundation Training is designed to become a personalized workbook as the reader progresses through the application process, and is a must-have on every medical student’s reading list.

• This book will guide you through all stages of the online application process and help you achieve the final hurdle of getting a job

• Teaches you the tools required to complete your own application and maximise your chances of success

• Provides specific guidance covering all the questions on recent application forms

• Presented in a logical and systematic approach, and includes useful 'Top Tips', 'Danger areas' and 'Ask the Expert' to help you successfully complete your form

• Intended for use by all those applying to the UK Foundation Programme

Table of Contents:
Contributors
The philosophy of ‘Maximize Your Medical Career’
Preface
Acknowledgements
Key for icons
1. The Foundation Programme - Mark J Portou
2. A guide to the UK Foundation schools - Mark J Portou
3. The application process for the Foundation Programme - Mark J Portou, Manoj Ramachandran, and Marc A Gladman
4. Creating a winning application - Marc A Gladman, Manoj Ramachandran, and Mark J Portou
5. Educational achievements - Elena Nikiphorou
6. Non-academic achievements - Mark J Portou, Manoj Ramachandran, and Marc A Gladman
7. Coping under pressure - Sukhjinder Nijjer and Jasdeep Gill
8. Prioritization - Shondipon K Laha, Marc A Gladman, and Manoj Ramachandran
9. Team working and leadership - Shalini Kawar and Manoj Ramachandran
10. Professional integrity - Philip J Smith
11. The patient as the central focus of care - Mark J Portou, Manoj Ramachandran, and Marc A Gladman
12. Teaching, learning, audit, and research - Jasdeep Gill
13. The curriculum vitae - Philip J Smith and Manoj Ramachandran
Appendix: Person specification for entry to the Foundation Programme
Index

About the Author(s):

Marc A Gladman PhD, MRCOG, MRCS(Eng), FRCS(Gen Surg)
UKCRC Clinical Lecturer in Surgery, Centre for Academic Surgery, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK

Manoj Ramachandran BSc(Hons), MBBS(Hons), MRCS(Eng), FRCS(Tr&Orth)Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Barts and The London NHS Trust, London, and Honorary Senior Lecturer, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK

Mark J Portou MBChB(Hons)
ST2 in Surgery-in-General, London Deanery, London, UK

Contributors:
Marc A Gladman PhD, MRCOG, MRCS(Eng), FRCS(Gen Surg) UKCRC Clinical Lecturer in Surgery, Centre for Academic Surgery, Institute of Cell & Molecular Science, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, London Manoj Ramachandran BSc(Hons), MBBS(Hons), MRCS(Eng), FRCS(Tr&Orth) Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Barts and The London NHS Trust, London, and Honorary Senior Lecturer, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, London Mark J Portou MBChB(Hons) ST2 in Surgery-in-General, London Deanery Jasdeep K Gill MBChB(Hons) Academic Foundation Doctor, Hammersmith Hospital, London Shalini Kawar MBBS, BSc, DRCOG Specialty Trainee in General Practice, Whipps Cross University Hospital, Leytonstone, London Sukhjinder S

Readership:
UK and overseas medical students applying for their F1 and F2 positions

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