Jamies guide to getting into specialty training

at the moment you do ACCS(EM), ACCS(Anaesthetics) or Anaesthetics.

The hurdle is in thefirst few years of core training, because one you are through that they are screaming out for intensivists (rather than theatre anaesthetists)

So it is possible to become an intensivist even if you do ACCS Emergency Med sweet!

Its possible.
However I'm organising a pack of vigalante A&E docs to hunt down and knee cap all those deserters taking EM training slots and then fooking off to other specialties.

THEY TOOK OUR JOBS!

How do you apply to attend as an observer? I presume/hope the £550 fee wouldn't apply??

My Ideal career progression would be ACCS EM, specialise in EM but possibly jointly specialise in EM and Critical/Intensive Care Medicine.

I would then spend most of my time in the ED, and eventually divide my time between ED and ICU.

Could something like that be percived or too impractical?

The hurdle is in thefirst few years of core training, because one you are through that they are screaming out for intensivists (rather than theatre anaesthetists)

D'you reckon that's a really short-term thing or something a person half-way through their medical school training could capitalise on?

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Hey guys, I'm a fifth year medical student studying in Turkey. It is 6 years in total, the last year being the 'internship'. I was wondering whether I could get any information about the PLAB test and other requirements to get into university hospitals like oxford and kings and imperial?
also is there a list for me to look at to actually decide which hospital is good at which specialty?
I ve read that it is really competitive but couldn't find anything about what should I do or what my chances are. I also couldnt get my hear around whether I need to do the Foundation year 2 or not? and either way, do I go straight to my specialty training afterwards or is there anything else?

I'm really close to the end and want to get started with this, I would appreciate it a lot you could help me out with this,

Thanks!!=)

Just to ask anyone who knows then - my reading of the scoring system is that once you have done one "data-gathering" audit, there really is no benefit (outside of gaining "connections" which may or may not be of any use) to doing any more. Is this right? As a fourth year student who has already had the role of notes-chaser in one audit, I'm wondering if I should volunteer myself again or if my time would be better spent elsewhere.

Audits aren't marked at Foundation applications, unless you've presented/postered them at a conference. They really count for CT/ST applications. Once you start work, it's relatively easy to do audits - I've done an average of 1 per rotation without too much effort.

Will getting involved in audits or research early in medical school be beneficial at all, or just a waste of time?

Blimey. This thread scares me. My CV looks so, so, SO bare. I really need to fix up and start getting things done.

Jesus lord mercy. This thread has given me nightmares.