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Choosing the right career for you

This session will help you make informed career decisions by exploring different specialties, self-assessment, and effective decision-making strategies. Find resources and guidance to plan your career path.

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Choosing the right career for you

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  1. Choosing the right career for you Katie Dallison BMA Careers

  2. Plan for the Session • - To understand what sort of decisions you’re going to have to make about your career going forward and when you’re going to have to make them • - To start to think about how to make a ‘good’ career decision • - To map out some next steps

  3. Standard Training Pathway

  4. Core Medical Training Higher Specialty training in a Medical Specialty (ST3+) Medical school FY1, FY2 Core Surgical Training Higher Specialty training in a Surgical specialty (ST3+) Core Psych Training Higher Specialty training in a Psychiatric specialty (ST4+) Run-through training (including some ACCS programmes) GP training

  5. Other decisions? Academic, Research or Leadership? Time out? Family needs? Fellowships? Portfolio career? Non-training posts? Unexpected disruptions?

  6. Four-stage model of decision-making Self-assessment– What do I want? What am I good at? What do I enjoy? Career exploration – What can I do? What’s available to me? How do I become a ... ? Decision making – Having considered the options, I am going to ... Plan implementation – What do I need to do next?

  7. Self assessment Plan implementation Career exploration Decision making

  8. Self assessment • What do you really want/need out of a specialty? • What is most important to you? • What sort of questions could you ask to find out this information? • What sort of evidence could you give to show you are self-aware?

  9. Career Exploration • Information vs advice vs experience

  10. Why do you want to be a…

  11. What can you be doing now? • Network, network, network! • Try a whole lot of things out • Think about when and if you want to take time out and start saving... • Ask questions • If you have an idea, research it

  12. It’s all in the plan

  13. Tools BMA Careers - http://bma.org.uk/careers • Webinars – SJT, Getting ready for Foundation, Taking a year out • Sci59 Psychometric tool • Choosing your elective – advice, support and ideas • OSCE and PSA top tips BMJ Learning - • BMA Careers – Maximising your e-portfolio • How to write a paper and get it published • How to prepare for your SJT • Effective handovers for FY doctors

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