Specialised/ Academic Foundation Programme (AFP) 2022 Discussion (Medicine)

Anyone else done with the Scotland interview ? How was it

Anyone else done with the Scotland interview ? How was it

I’ve got an interview for Severn. Am shocked! Anyone have any advice or thoughts? I assumed I didn’t have a chance of getting in so just forgot about afp, now feeling v out of my depth!

Does someone want to practice for interview together?

For the ones who already had their interview, how was it? any last minute tips about what was useful?

Which UoA is your interview for? They’re all quite different! I mostly practiced going through the A-E assessment of various acute presentations, formulating answers to typical interview questions like why SFP, why this place tell me about a time you worked well in a team etc. And for the academic side just made sure I had a good understanding of critical appraisal, statistical tests and the pros and cons of different types of study

Which UoA is your interview for? They’re all quite different! I mostly practiced going through the A-E assessment of various acute presentations, formulating answers to typical interview questions like why SFP, why this place tell me about a time you worked well in a team etc. And for the academic side just made sure I had a good understanding of critical appraisal, statistical tests and the pros and cons of different types of study

Yorkshire, I have an academic and a clinical station, but I have no idea about how the academic station will be like (CV vs critical appraisal)

Every guide I’ve seen so far gives the impression it’s discussing a critical appraisal of a paper, maybe a few questions about research like defining P values and stuff and maybe talking a bit about any research you might have done. However, I don’t know if that’s what will actually go down

How did yours go? It wasn’t what I was expecting at all!

Really wasn't what I was expecting either!! Didn't feel too confident afterwards.

East Midlands LNR/Trent rankings are out! Bit of an odd thing to release the rankings the day before offers. Not sure if my rank would mean an offer or not!

Oooh that is a bit odd. Do you know how many people get interviews and the number of jobs? That may be helpful

So there are 51 jobs but 3 are Psychiatry specific so 48 jobs in total. I'm not sure how many were interviewed unfortunately :/ But I am guessing that the ranks are out of everyone interviewed but East Midlands will only consider you for your preference so Research, Education or Leadership. So Im guessing if youre rank 20 but the 6 education posts have already been filled, then you don't get an offer even though you are high up the ranks!

So there are 51 jobs but 3 are Psychiatry specific so 48 jobs in total. I'm not sure how many were interviewed unfortunately :/ But I am guessing that the ranks are out of everyone interviewed but East Midlands will only consider you for your preference so Research, Education or Leadership. So Im guessing if youre rank 20 but the 6 education posts have already been filled, then you don't get an offer even though you are high up the ranks!