John Gatrell The Business School, Bournemouth University, UK Tony White The Business School, Bournemouth University, UK £19.95,  978-1-85315-400-3,  76pp,  Paperback,  November 2000

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Doctors in all specialties, on whatever side of the interview table, will find this concise book a useful source of information.

This book is a guide to appraising, recruiting and selecting consultants and junior doctors and focuses on the core skills required of doctors who are responsible for making these decisions.

Based on extensive research involving over 600 medical interviews and numerous meetings with panel members and chairs, this book gives numerous examples of good practice and assembles all the available advice from a wide range of relevant sources including the NHS, BMA, Royal Colleges, GMC, deaneries, trusts and general practice. All the examples are taken from real interviews.

It is recommended to all doctors - consultants, general practitioners, trainees and junior doctors - as well as managers in primary and secondary care, executive and non-executive directors, chairs of trusts involved in medical recruitment, and human resource managers involved in medical appointments, appraisal, and revalidation.

Contents:
1. Introduction. 2. Core Interviewing Skills: Questioning; Types of Question and their Uses; Non-verbal Communication; Note Taking; Key Skills Learning Points. 3. Equal Opportunities: Sex and Race Discrimination; Disability Discrimination. 4. Appraisal: Management Appraisal; Appraising Trainees; Appraisal and the Learning Process; Preparation for the Appraisal Meeting; Conducting an Appraisal Meeting; Dealing with Difficult Issues; Appraisal for Revalidation; Key Appraisal Learning Points. 5. Selection: Defining the Job; Person Specification; Application Process and Pre-interview Procedure; Application Form or Curriculum Vitae? Short-Listing; Pre-interview Visits; References; Other Selection Activities; Interview Panels; Conducting the Interview; Assessment and Decision-making; Appointment; Feedback to Unsuccessful Candidates; Evaluation; Interview Behaviours to Avoid; Key Learning Points.

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