How to Succeed in the Academic Clinical Interview

Academic clinical posts offer doctors the highly rewarding opportunity to maintain both clinical and research careers, but these opportunities are fiercely competitive. This book provides medical students and doctors-in-training with a complete guide to preparing, applying and interviewing for such posts. Providing guidance on the typical UK academic pathways (including Academic Foundation Programme (AFP), Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF), and Academic Clinical Lectureship (ACL)), candidates will learn how to choose a programme that suits their needs and experience. They will also get practical tips on how to best showcase their achievements and work portfolio in order to submit the highest quality application. A range of model answers to application and in-person questions are provided, together with a mock interview section demonstrating how to approach tricky questions and interviewers. Prepare for successful academic clinical interviews by following the tips and advice from authors who have excelled at their own interviews.

1. UK Academic Career Pathways; 2. Preparing to Apply; 3. The Application; 4. The Interview; 5. Practice Interviews; Index.

Wei Keith Tan is an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Cambridge, UK. He previously held the Academic Medicine Foundation Programme position at the University of Cambridge.
Rory J. Piper is an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgical Trainee University of Oxford, UK. He previously held the Academic Neurosciences Foundation Programme position at the University of Cambridge.