⟩ ONCOLOGY (BREAST & UROLOGY) Based HIV Consultant Job Interview Questions
☛ Tell us about your Research Fellowship in Canada.
☛ How does the Canadian system compare to the UK system?
☛ What are the pros and cons of MDTs?
☛ MDTs may involve sharing patient images and scans. What are your views regarding potential problems with this sharing?
☛ How should we implement new radiotherapy technologies?
☛ What model should we employ in setting up satellite RT centres? Resident doctors or visiting doctors with extended roles for other professionals?
☛ If you extend roles, where would you draw the line? Should radiographers prescrive RT?
☛ Does palliative RT lend itself to delivery of a satellite centre?
☛ How would you set up an acute oncology service?
☛ What are your general thoughts on audits?
☛ How would you prioritise what needs auditing?
☛ What is your experience of patient reported outcome measures? Would the results of these influence your practice?
☛ You only had 3 publications in peer reviewed journals before going to Canada. Do you think that is acceptable?
☛ Seeing as clinical oncologists need to know everything a medical oncologist does and then more, do we need to increase the length of clinical oncology training?
☛ Should we split into radiation oncology and medical oncology in the UK?
☛ Are there any things that our centre could learn from yours?
☛ How is the critical care in your hospital run?
☛ What are the problems you envisage for stand alone cancer centres in the future?
☛ You will need to train SpRs. How will you deal with an SpR who is underperforming?
☛ This post involves working closely in a team with two other consultants. What are your perceived advantages and disadvantages of this approach?
☛ An article in the NEJM indicates the Cancer Plan wasn't working despite a massive investment of money. What is you opinion?