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Hi guys. Hi guys. So today we are here to with doctor. She, she's here with us today. She's a newly graduated doctor from uh Trava University and she's currently residing in the UK right now. Um Throughout medical school, doctor shit manages to balance an impressive range of responsibilities, including writing a book, two books, completing internships, conducting audits and getting a on her final exams. So today she, she's here to share her experiences and her expertise with her. She's gonna teach us how to manage our um how to basically enhance our city through our medical school. So everyone welcome. Shit. Hi, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us. Shit. So no worries. Thank you for inviting me. Um I'm just gonna share my screen now. Please confirm with me that you can see my screen. Yes. OK, good. So today I'm gonna be talking about CV enhancement during medical school. So who am II am recently graduated? Um As of June 2024 F two equivalent. Um I'm currently working in community medicine in England and during medical school I started a business that helped 100s of students get into medical school both in the UK and in eastern Europe, um I received research scholarships. I published an audit with the European orthopedic Pediatric Society and also PUBMED, I did two clinical electives. I published two books now um presented locally, nationally and internationally and I received more or five lists of recommendations. So essentially I'm gonna be explaining how to be strategic um when you're in medical school to do other things that will really contribute to your CV and give you points later on so that you can stress less later on when you're working and you already know you have these things in the bag. So what do they look for for a foundation year doctor? So for instance, if you applying for F two standalone or trust grade jobs for F one and F two, they look for research publications, audits, presentation at conferences, um teamwork, leadership experience, NHS experience extra courses such as the Ielts O BT, which is an English language course if you are graduating from a non-english speaking university and also a LS which is advanced life support um and also references and letters of recommendation. So research, why it matters? Research experience demonstrates your ability to contribute evidence based medicine and enhance your analytic and critical thinking skills. Um You can get started by seeking out opportunities from your consultants. Um You can ask to assist in data collection or analysis, you can start your own research um and try and get them published and also presented. Um You get points later on when you're applying for jobs for presenting locally, presenting nationally and internationally. So even if you're using the same research project, try and present in all three, if you can um submit them to different societies, and um PUBMED is basically like the UK currency for research. So that's the best place to publish my personal example. So this is from one of the trust grade applications that I did that got accepted. Um They say they ask for your research experience. Um So you tick whether you have had any in the last five years, yes or no. They ask for the title, the date, the aim of the research and Conclusions and actions. And they ask you to summarize your main learning points from an effective audit or quality improvement project you have taken. So it's really important in the NHS in the UK. They really like you to reflect what you've learnt, um what you could do better, et cetera. Um And do you hold any research qualifications? Then the next one is an audit. An audit is an assessment of certain aspects in health care in attaining and recognizing standards. This lets us care providers and patients know where the service is doing well and where we could have improvement. The aim is to achieve quality improvement and improve outcomes for patients. So, examples of audits that you can do during medical school is go to your local hospital and ask if you can check their prescribing habits to see if people are being prescribed accurately. You could assess patients with heart failure that are see if they're on the correct combination of beta blockers and ace inhibitors. If you're in psych, maybe you could see cardiac comorbidities in patients on psychotropic medication. Um and you can also check if patients are at risk of developing blood clots that are are receiving the appropriate treatment um to prevent that from happening. There's a bunch of things you could do for your order. I did an order on assessing pain management in pediatric orthopedic surgeries. So POSTOP pain management and actually, you'll see that a lot of people aren't being prescribed the maximum dose and that will affect their healing. Um How long they stay in hospital or things like this. So an example of what they asked for on the application, um it's under the section of management of change, they say, do you wanna highlight any that you have done any audits you've done in the past five years? You say the description, the date, the aim and the measurement um and the conclusions and actions they wanna see what you've identified and also what changes and actions you've done to implement and make sure that the service is being improved later on. Um And they ask you which has been the most valuable and why and describe the impact of a change initiated by you on wider members of your team. So you'll find with trust grade applications that they basically all ask the exact same thing. Um You're just applying for different hospitals and different areas. So you may have to tweak it slightly based on what speciality you choose. But these are basically the questions you'll find on all trust grade applications. So they also ask for teaching experience. Um They say, do you have any formal, you know, qualifications or do you have any teaching experience at all? Um You can include examples like teaching anatomy to first years or physiology to third years. It's ideal if you're teaching to include feedback sheets after each session because with the NHS, they want you to not only have done something but to prove that you've done it and also to prove impact, especially when you're applying to special specialty training, you need to prove impact of the things that you've done. Um And you can also include teaching sessions online for you. I MS for example, or if you do tutoring as a part time job that also counts towards teaching experience, it doesn't need to be clinical teamwork. Um They ask a lot about teamwork and the application. The why it matters is because healthcare is a multidisciplinary field. So you'll be working in teams within your field as doctors, but also with nurses, with pharmacists, with health care assistants. And you need to make sure that you can work effectively as a team. Um So you can do team based projects and you can also do um you can give examples of, for instance, when you're at uni um where you may have done a project together or um maybe even in your job, etcetera, um mention how your involvement improved the patient outcomes or care efficiency. Um The quote that's used in the NHS application is describe situations where you have been involved in working in a team, not necessarily limited to professional activities. So this can be anywhere. They also ask for leadership. So they will ask you to give examples of when you have been in a leadership role and exhibited leadership skills. The question is, please highlight experience you may have, which is relevant to this post, not necessarily limited to professional activity. So this is just a screenshot of different questions in your application. Um You can include for instance, working in your A MS or you could start a society or organization um or you could lead a team project in medical school, you could start your own project. So essentially they want you to be able to work as a team and also as a leader. Um and know the difference between the two. Again, it doesn't have to be clinical but make sure you reflect on what you're saying. Uh why is leadership critical as a doctor? You'll be leading patient care teams, managing junior staff and eventually taking a great responsibility in managing clinics or departments. So how you can develop it? Take a leadership role, be proactive in student societies, elective programs, ward management, clinical leadership opportunities, look for them. Um Practical examples include student representatives of your uni of your class. Um Yeah, NHS experience. So this is really, really important for foreign graduates. Um If you're applying to the NHS from Europe recruiters will look for your understanding of the NHS, how it operates and your ability to adapt to its unique challenges and systems. So you can do this by applying for electives and placements in the UK. It can be in any field, but it's better if it's in the field that you want to work in because you'll be applying for that job and some jobs, for instance, if you're applying for a pediatric job, they will look for pediatric NHS experience. Um You can do internships and observer shifts. Um If you're not sure where you wanna apply, I would suggest applying to more generic fields, maybe A&E maybe internal medicine. Um It's a requirement for most trust grade jobs to have NHS experience. A lot of them have asked for six months or maybe two months in the specific field. Um So if you do your F one equivalent in the UK, that would be best. I know a lot of people in Czech Medical Schools, they take their sixth year, which is equivalent to F one and they do many of their observations in the UK that will help you get a job because they will know you, you'll still be fresh in their minds and you can count that all as NHS experience if you don't do that, that's also fine. But make sure you make time out to apply for these jobs. I know a lot of foreign graduates that have gotten jobs just from their electives, um, doing maybe a few more months of essentially free work. Um And then also at the end of it, if they really impress their supervisors, they will offer them a job. So, yeah, it's better to do it in the sixth year because that's when you know, they will still remember you, you'll be fresh in their heads and they could potentially offer you a job straight away. But any time during medical school, the more experience you get the better. Um A lot of international. Yeah. Sorry, I just realized I've written that point already. So I'll move on to the next one which is extra courses. A s which stands for advanced life support. The UK love this course it's very expensive. It's about 700 lbs, but most trust grade jobs will require you to have it. And even in F two, stand alone, um when you make the application, they say that you're required to have it by the time the job commences, not necessarily when you're applying for it. Um But with trust grade jobs, a lot of them, it's even upon application, they want you to have a s and that basically just gives the hospital more confidence that in case of an emergency, in case somebody goes into sudden cardiac arrest or has any of these clinical emergencies, you'll be able to deal with it effectively and efficiently. Um And also if you are a foreign graduate, you will be required to take the ielts or the O ET, the ielts is cheaper than the O ET, but the O ET is more um specific, it's more clinical. So um you can be exempt from taking the ielts if you have ample NHS experience more than 12 months. Um or if it, the test basically proves that you'll be able to adequately communicate with patients. Um And it's important to know that the GMC requirements for ielts are slightly different from the F two standalone requirements. So make sure you do your research. It's in my book, um the specific examples and requirements. So any extra courses um would be good if it's in a field that you're interested in. For instance, if you, if you're interested in surgery, it will be good to do suturing courses. Um And you should save the certificates for all of the courses that you do because again, the NHS do like you to prove everything, letters of recommendation and references are also really important. Um They basically show your character, they show your work ethic. Um They show that you are trusted by the consultant um that is giving you this letter of recommendation and depending on where in the world that you apply in the UK. References are necessary letters of recommendation are um an extra added bonus in countries like America. They actually want you to have many letters of recommendation. Um Depending on what field you are choosing to specialize in what employers look for in a newly qualified doctor. This is usually more focused on the UK um clinical competence, um practical tips um in your CV, make sure you list your clinical rotations in medical school. Um and outside any electives, all the skills you required, et cetera, um adaptability, communication, skills and commitment to lifelong learning. Because that is what medicine is. It is literally lifelong learning. Why is it important to try and get things done during medical school? So for speciality training, they use a point based system that also assesses the same criteria. For instance, the research, the audits, the publications and presentations, teaching teamwork, leadership roles, et cetera. Um And you get points for each of these and the more points you get, the more competitive you are and genuinely speaking, you have more time in medical school. I know it doesn't feel like that because you're always revising and there's always something to do. But once you start working, you'll see that your day is really taken and you won't have as much to do. And also you're in a foreign country. Most of us, we have less distractions when we come back, maybe we'll want to start getting things sorted for ourselves. So right now is the time that we have the most time. And once you've done it, like you said, like you saw on the um examples, it said within the last five years, some of them for speciality training, they don't even look at the time that you've done it in. So just being able to tick that box and say yes, I've got in two or three researchers that's out of the way. Now, I don't need to focus on that in my foundation training. Yes, I've presented locally nationally, internationally tick the box gone out of the way. It will save you so much stress later on. Um And it will let you have a more competitive application. This is a book that I did on relocating to the UK. If any of you are near graduates um or you're going into your sixth year and you wanna come to the UK. It has all the information on how to do that effectively um and time efficiently as well. Where to find me, you can find me on linkedin. My name is Chu Hambi or you can find me on Instagram as Doctor Tie. Is there any questions from anyone? Um I just stop sharing my screen and if there's any questions I'm happy to answer. So I think that's it. OK. Oh, it says regarding orders, how expensive should they be expensive? Um They don't necessarily need to be expensive. Um They can literally be on anything like you can decide to do one on prescribed. Just literally go to your local hospital check the prescribing habits of antibiotics, make sure that they're doing it correctively correctly. Um Make sure that they are like following the local guidelines. You'll be surprised how many small mistakes that hospitals make. Um that you can bring to light. My one was literally on pain management. So it was literally, it was a retrospective audit. I didn't actually need to be in person, but it still counts as an audit. So it doesn't need to be extensive. You just need to be able to, you know, explain it well, in the interview and explain how um you managed to create a positive change in the system. Yes, peer reviews do help. OK. Is there a specific format to have one recording audit? If so, where can we learn on how to do them? So there's no specific format because audits range in topic. Um they range from hospital to hospital. You can ask your local hospital if you can do an audit with one of the doctors. Because what I've seen as well is that for most hospitals, it's a requirement for the doctors to do audits. I know in England in specialty training, for instance, um some of my friends are doing GP practice every year, they have to do an audit. So you can literally just ask to tag along to one of the audits and already see the structure that they're doing. Or um you can essentially, I don't wanna say make up your own, but essentially, you can, as long as it is effective. Um and you can demonstrate the change and maybe write an abstract on it, try and publish it that can also count as a publication. It doesn't need to be research so it can peer review journals, things like that. They can also count as um publications. A letter of recommendation should be from a condition for it to have the desired impact um ideally from a consultant. But yeah, it should be from a doctor. You can't just get like anyone to write you an extra recommendation. If you're applying for a clinical job, it should be from a clinician in my opinion. Um There's no specific number that are necessary, but I would try and get at least three from where can I see screen recordings of the session? I believe it's gonna be on youtube. But you would have to ask UI MS team for that. It says I graduated with a full license. So I have started, I have to start with Fy Foundation Year two. I don't want to do standalone as they place you in rural areas of England and I'm based in London, Kent. Do you have any advice for another pathway. So das message me privately because I am also based in London slash K. But um you don't need to do F two standalone to do F two. And you can also still apply for F one clinical like trust grade jobs. It doesn't have to be straight to F two. So there are many options. Um F two standalone is not the only option for you do. The letters of recommendation have to be from a doctor whose speciality I'm interested in. They don't have to be, but it would be ideal when you are applying for specialty training. So as um graduates, we're still yet to complete F two. So really the experience can be from anywhere. But when we're applying for specialty training, it wouldn't be very useful for me to submit a pathology letter of recommendation to a job in, you know, ent or a job in. I don't know nephrology because it's not really related. But for a foundation year job, it can be anything really. Um So you start applying in, I believe I just need to double check, but I believe ft standalone, it's January, you start applying but you start making the necessary preparations beforehand. This is January while you're in your sixth year. Um So you would need to have to start you IE LT. Um You would need to have, you know, tick the boxes there um and done the necessary research after that, you can start applying for, that's for F two standalone. And the process usually lasts until maybe about like ish um because you have to go through doing the um the written situational judgment test and also the interviews. But you can also apply for trust grade jobs and you can apply whenever they start to come out. Some come out super super early, maybe in March again in your sixth year. Um Up to now I can still make an application if I want to. There are always, you know, sort of jobs available but they come in higher frequency, I would say around June ish time um for the start of the academic year in August, they start there like official F one, official F two in August. I hope that makes sense. Is there any more questions? OK, I think that's it. So if you guys don't have any more questions, I just like to thank you doctor shit for joining us this evening. I know your schedule is very busy. So thank you so much for taking, you know, some time of your day of your night to help us understand me a bit more about uh CV enhancement and giving us like some valuable tips that we are definitely gonna use in the future. So um if you guys found this lecture, helpful, um comment on our Instagram post and thank you so much for everyone that came to this livestream. Thank you to Sh and that's it guys. Thank you so much for joining us. Have a nice evening. Thank you. Thank you so much doctor. Thank you. Let us see you. Good bye bye bye.