Transcript Intern Selection Process for 2013 - Austin Doctors

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Open Day at Hospital – May 25th
Careers Expo – June 1st
Apply online via PMCV
Application for Austin open – April 30th
Application submitted to hospital by
candidate along with resume and cover letter
(see guidelines on the web)
Referee reports submitted to PMCV
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We short list the 1000 candidates down to the
number of interview spots we have available
(250)
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Short listing process undertaken (12-15th June)
Email invitation for interview (15th June)
Selection of interview time by candidates
Interviews take place: 19-28 June 2013
We then evaluate the candidate based on their
application to decide on the 54 positions
o Cover letter
o CV
o Marks
o Interview
Short listing process for interview
Selection process for position
Marks (65%)
CV (30%)
Referee report marks (5%)
Marks (50%)
CV (25%)
Interview (20%)
Special consideration (5%)
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Academic marks provide a good indication of
academic ability
We wanted a process that considers this
heavily but also considers other attributes of
good doctors:
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Team work
Social and Institutional citizenship
Interest in Research
Well developed communication skills
Community focus
Interests outside of Medicine
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Will be a Resume requesting supporting
evidence in a less formal and structured way
for some components only
No evidence will be required from
Universities: we can clarify information
provided e.g. membership of a Committee
can be verified directly with the University (if
need be)
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Guidelines for cover letter have been
published
Guidelines for resume have been published
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Part time /full time work
Other qualifications
Volunteer or community work
Completed research activities: including
publications or a supporting letter from supervisor
◦ Extra-curricular activities
Statutory Declarations will be accepted
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Why apply at the Austin?
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Friendly and supportive work environment
Fantastic career opportunities
Great rotations
◦ All core requirements (Emergency Medicine, General Medicine and
General Surgery)
◦ ENT/Head and Neck Surgery
◦ Orthopaedics
◦ Cardiac Surgery
◦ Urology
◦ VIFM
◦ Stroke
◦ Endocrinology/Rheumatology
◦ Liver Transplant Unit
◦ Rural rotations (Mildura Regional HealthCare)
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State of the art Clinical Education Unit
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Weekly protected intern teaching times
Deteriorating Patient Assessment Workshops
Professional Development Workshops
Research opportunities
Clinical Skills Workshops
Surgical Skills workshops at RACS
Integrating multidisciplinary learning and teaching
opportunities
Supportive Medical Workforce Unit
Very active HMO Society
Who do we want to work
with us?
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A good doctor
Embody Austin Health values
Work well within a team environment, particularly
within a multidisciplinary setting
Have well developed communication skills
Are interested in research and teaching
Have interests and achievements outside of the
medical field
Display a community focus through membership of
community or volunteer groups
Are interested in a future career at Austin Health
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Integrity
◦ Work in the spirit of collaboration and honesty to build effective
working relationships across the whole organisation
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Accountability
◦ Transparent, responsible and build trust by fulfilling promises and
communicating effectively
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Respect
◦ We care about others and treat each other with consideration,
equality and fairness
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Excellence
◦ We continually strive to advance patient focused care through
innovation, research and effective stakeholder management
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Marks
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Resume –
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Interview
◦ Good clinical skills
◦ intelligence, medical aptitude, application
◦ Gives us an insight into the complete person, not just the medical
student
◦ interest outside of study/work
◦ ideas of career goals
◦ interest in professional development
◦ compassion
◦ overall view, but obviously significant selection bias (is this a
good measure of picking who we want?)
◦ many of the intangibles: good communicator, decision making
ability, flexibility, self-awareness, teamwork, knowing role in a
team, personality, intelligence, friendliness, self-awareness
Resume
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In 2013, the process was very structured with
very strict marking criteria. Overall worked
very well, but feedback was that it caused a
lot of stress to applicants
This year … still structured with marks
rewarded for each category (not published
this year, but much less strict)
Need to apply in the given format
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Additional Tertiary level Qualifications
Work and Volunteer Employment
Leadership roles and commitments
undertaken during the duration of your
medical degree
Teaching, presentations, research,
publications and presentations
Personal achievements
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Why?
Why such a proportion of ‘marks’?
What to include?
Personal achievements section?
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Structured interview
5 questions
◦ 4 general questions,
◦ 1 question from your CV
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Twitter
Facebook
Email
Information Session/Open Day 25th May
Medical Careers Expo 1st June
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In 2013, the process was very structured and
publicised the exact marks for each
component. This led to significant stress for
applicants trying to achieve maximum marks
rather than reporting actual facts in some
cases.
We are not disclosing the marking plan as
this created unnecessary stress and creative
reporting of activities in the 2013 evidence
based CV
 Questions???