Secrets of Success: Getting into GP Training
Dr Jasdeep Gill

Being a GP is a rewarding and challenging experience. It is also an exciting
time to choose general practice as a career pathway and this book provides
expert and helpful step by step guidance into general practice specialty
training’.
Professor Neil Jackson, Royal College of General Practitioners, UK
Thinking of becoming a GP and succeeding in getting that GP training post?
Then this is the ideal revision tool for you with everything you need to know in
one concise yet comprehensive book.
All you need to achieve success in one handy book
Complete coverage of the application process through to situational judgement and selection centre assessment, plus job offer, allocation and hot topics in general practice
Learn from experts and others who have recently been through the process
Practical advice and essential tips to make sure that you excel in your application
Explains what sets good candidates apart and how to stand out from the crowd
Written in a down to earth and engaging style
An essential text for all applicants to the general practice specialty training
programme and similar higher examinations, this book is your recipe for
success.

• All information together in one unique volume
• Highly practical with hints and tips to make sure you deliver your best performance
• Approachable and engaging style of writing which will show you how to achieve success
• Contemporary authors and contributors who know what you need to succeed having recently been through the process themselves.

• Incorporates recent changes to the selection centre exercises for 2011 entry, making this the most up-to-date book about the GP entry process available
  
  Table of Contents:
  Section A: Applying for general practice specialty training
  1 Introduction to general practice
  2 Introduction to GP specialty training
  Section B: GP specialty training entry process
  3 The four-stage entry process
  Section C: Skills assessed by the GP ST entry process
  4 The GP National Person Specification
  Section D: Stage 1: Application form
  5 Registration and the on-line application
  Section E: Stage 2: Situational judgement assessment
  6 Introduction to situational judgement tests
  7 Insider’s guide to answering SJT questions
  8 Clinical problem solving: questions and answers
  9 Professional dilemmas: questions and answers
  Section F: Stage 3: Selection centre assessment
  10 Introduction to the selection centre assessment
  11 Simulation exercise
  12 Written prioritization exercise
  Section G: Stage 4: Offer and allocation
  13 Successful application to GP specialty training
  14 Unsuccessful application to GP specialty training
  Section H: Hot topics
  15 Hot topics you should know about