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The questions below represent some examples that may help guide your preparation for ST3 interviews and the residency matching process:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STURCTURED INTERVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do you want to do plastic surgery?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clinical Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What is clinical governance?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. How have you been involved in clinical governance?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What is clinical effectiveness? How have you been involved?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. What is risk management?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. What is research governance and what is your experience of it?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. How is risk managed in the NHS?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. How would you reduce risk in your surgical practice?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. How can you perform a risk assessment?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Describe a serious clinical incident you have been involved with.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Protocols vs guidelines vs checklists? Disadvantages?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. What is the WHO checklist?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. What are early warning systems? How do they work? Do they improve safety?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. What are the five steps to safer surgery?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. What is the SSI surgical site infection bundle?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. What are never events\/clinical incidents\/near misses?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. How would you report a clinical incident? What happens subsequently?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Give the principles of the Data Protection Act.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. What is the role of the CQC? Do you think the CQC is necessary?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Do you agree with revalidation?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Difference between revalidation and appraisal?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. How is quality defined and maintained in the NHS?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. What is the role of NHS Improvement?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. What is the National Quality Board? What is its role?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. What is Dr Foster? What is its role?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. What are Foundation Trusts?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. How is funding organised in the NHS?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. How can costs be reduced in the NHS without compromising quality?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. What is the EWTD? Advantages? Disadvantages?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. Tell me about the King\u2019s Fund. What is its role?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  30. Tell me about the Calman Reforms of 1993. What were the effects?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  31. Tell me about the Shape of Training review.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  32. Tell me about the RCS Good Surgical Practice guidelines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  33. What are the differences between audit, research and QI?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Leadership and management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. What is management?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. What is leadership?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. What is the difference between management and leadership?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Tell me about your management experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Tell me about your leadership experience. Give me an example of when you demonstrated leadership experience in a non-clinical\/clinical situation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. What did you learn about how to get on with or mange your colleagues?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Describe a management role you have undertaken. How does management experience improve your clinical practice?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. How can an SpR get involved in leadership and management?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Should all trainees undergo a management course? Should attendance at a management course be compulsory?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. What makes a good leader?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    11. How would you go about setting up a new service in your department, such as a nurse-led pretibial haematoma clinic? Do you think nurse-led clinics are of benefit to patients and hospitals?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    12. What are the advantages and disadvantages of nurse practitioners?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    13. Is management important for NHS consultants? Should consultants be involved in management?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    14. What can you do to improve your management skills?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    15. What is the MDT? What are its advantages and disadvantages?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    16. What makes an effective team?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    17. Where do you see yourself in 10\/15 years?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    18. What have you achieved in your management experience?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. What is clinical research?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. What are the benefits of research?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Tell me about your research experience? What research have you done?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. What problems did you encounter and how did you overcome these?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. How could you make your research better?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      6. What research project would you like to do in your unit?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      7. What are the advantages of laboratory-based research?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      8. What is the difference between clinical and lab-based research?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      9. Discuss the value of clinical vs lab-based research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      10. Should everyone be involved in research?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      11. Should all trainees have the opportunity to undertake lab-based research?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      12. How would you set up a research project?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      13. How would you set up a RCT? What are the advantages and disadvantages of RCTs?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      14. What is clinical equipoise?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      15. Tell me about an area in plastics that is advancing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      16. Give me an example of current research in plastic surgery and recent clinical developments that have results. Tell me about cutting-edge research in plastic surgery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      17. Tell me about the most recent RCT in plastic surgery that you have read about.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      18. Do you think undertaking research is an important part of surgical training? Why?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      19. What was the biggest hurdle to overcome in your most recent research project?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      20. How can you assess the significance of your own research?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      21. Does research have any role in clinical plastic surgery?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      22. Would national coordination of research help? Do you know any organisations that coordinate plastic surgery\/plastics research nationally?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      23. Should the UK government be funding UK medical research?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      24. Should everyone do a higher degree?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      25. Tell me about the levels of evidence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      26. What sorts of research are you familiar with?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      27. Tell me about a paper that has changed your practice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      28. What is evidence-based medicine?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      29. What is the paper\/presentation you are most proud of? What problems did you encounter and how did you overcome these?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      30. What are the phases of a clinical trial?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      31. How do you critique a paper?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      32. How do you ceate a guideline?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      33. What is HIQP?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      34. What are the results of the MSLT-1 trial?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      35. How do you write a research proposal?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      36. What is research governance.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Ethics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        1. A child with Muslim parents has a 5% superficial partial thickness burn which you want to treat with Biobrane. How would you consent the parents? What structures exist within the hospital with respect to child protection?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. A confused lady comes in for a neck dissection. What are the consenting issues? What steps would you take to assess a delirious patient?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. Jehovah\u2019s witness blood transfusion \u2013 adult\/child<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        4. Should body contouring be available on the NHS?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        5. Your consultant compares two ways of doing an otoplasty on a patient. What do you do?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        6. What is Gillick competence? What are the guidelines for Scotland, Wales and Ireland?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        7. What are the principles of taking consent from patients for surgery?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        8. A 9-year-old child has been listed for pinnaplasty but is refusing surgery, although the parents want the child to have surgery. What should you do?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        9. Describe the Mental Capacity Act.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        10. What must you tell patients (as far as they wish to know) regarding a procedure for them to be informed?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        11. What level of risk must you discuss?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        12. How do you assess capacity?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        13. If a patient has lost capacity, who\/what can decide on treatment?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        14. What law governs advance decisions\/lasting power of attorney? (Common law)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        15. Who can make and advance decision? When does an advance decision become invalid?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        16. What are the principles of lasting power of attorney?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        17. Describe the principles of confidentiality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        18. What are the principles of medical ethics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        19. Should doctors be allowed to go on strike?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        20. How do you resolve conflict with a colleague?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        21. What would you do if your consultant was drunk before an operation?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        22. A colleague is lazy. What do you do?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        23. What are your views on non-doctors providing plastic surgery?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        24. What considerations would you have in the work-up to a hand transplant?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Patient safety<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          1. What is the NCEPOD classification of intervention?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. What are the 5 steps to safer surgery?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          3. What strategies for ensuring patient safety in your trust are most important and why?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          4. How would you deal with accidentally causing a minor burn to a patient with diathermy during a routine GA procedure? The patient goes on to complain, how would you deal with this?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          5. What is the role of the GMC?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          6. What is patient centred care? What are the advantages? Give an example of when you delivered patient centred care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          7. Give an example of when you delivered sub-optimal patient care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          8. Give an example of when you delivered optimum patient care\/went above and beyond in a clinical situation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          9. Why are hospital acquired infections important? What are the main organisations involved?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          10. Tell me about the duty of candour.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          11. Tell me about the Francis report (Midstaffs).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            Audit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            1. What is a clinical audit?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            2. What is the difference between audit and QI?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            3. What is the purpose of an audit?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            4. What is your experience in clinical audit?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            5. What is your best audit? What are its weaknesses\/strengths?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            6. What is your worst audit? Why? What would you change?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            7. Have you been involved in a national audit?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            8. Tell me about a national audit that you have read about in plastic surgery.  Can you give an example of a national audit that is relevant to plastic surgery?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            9. How do you design an audit? What are the components of an audit cycle?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            10. What is an audit spiral?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            11. Do you think clinical audit is important?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            12. How has audit helped you develop your practice?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            13. Tell me about an interesting audit you would like to undertake in your department.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            14. Tell me about an audit that has changed your practice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            15. How much time should be devoted to audit?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            16. What should you audit?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            17. How effective is clinical audit?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            18. What are the problems associate with the audit process?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            19. Could the process of clinical audit be improved?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            20. Have you ever completed an audit started by someone else?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            21. Tell me about an audit someone else has done? How would you improve it?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              Teaching<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              1. What is teaching?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              2. Should everyone in surgery have formal teaching? Is it essential to go on teaching courses?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              3. Is a teaching qualification important in a surgical career?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              4. What are your feelings towards teaching?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              5. What are your feelings toward receiving teaching?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              6. Do you think the ISCP WBA system is a useful training tool?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              7. How would you improve this system?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              8. Strengths and weaknesses of WBA? How would you improve the completion of such assessments?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              9. Your consultant does not want to fill in or partake in completing WBAs. What would you do in this situation?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              10. How would you plan and run a minor surgery course aimed at GPs? What potential pitfalls do you foresee? How would you assess the outcome of your course?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              11. Tell me about your teaching experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              12. How would you design a teaching session? You have been asked to organise a teaching session for SCTs, how would you organise this?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              13. What is the benefit of teaching to your clinical practice?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              14. What are your strengths and weaknesses as a teacher?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              15. What are the characteristics of a good teacher?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              16. What teaching method do you find useful?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              17. Tell me about the learning theories you are familiar with?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              18. What is the ethos of lifelong learning?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              19. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the online eLogbook?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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