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Prepare a good done a few every week. One will still get the
Curriculum Vitae fellowship if the candidate shows the right intent.
Most questions in an interview are usually non
medical like tell me about your surgical journey,
Although good letters of recommendation why this fellowship, your future plans, your
are more important, it is also important research that you have undertaken, the most
that you have a good Curriculum vitae(CV). interesting case or complication that you have
Curriculum vitae give the first impression done, your extracurricular activities and so on. It
and it is important that you place your is prudent that you have a mock interview before
best foot forward. A CV with grammatical your main interview so that you can do it well.
and spelling errors reflects poorly on the
candidate and hence needs to be diligently
prepared. It is good practice to model your Have an exit plan for
CV on another person who has been awarded
the fellowship so that it can look nice. The Fellowships
CV looks good only when you have a lot of
presentations, publications and awards. It is as important to have an exit plan as it
Hence you need to work towards the same. is to plan for fellowships. Many candidates
keep hopping from one fellowship to another
Interview fellowship not knowing where the end of the
tunnel lies. This is mainly due to candidates
After filtering several applications based not setting appropriate goals. One must keep
on the letters of recommendation and CV, assessing as to whether they have learnt what
candidates are usually called for an interview they wanted and when done, should go to the
as the fellowship directors would like to see city and hospital that they wanted to practice.
the candidate in person. The candidates are
generally tested for their interpersonal skills, It may appear daunting to the young
interest in the fellowship and subspecialty surgeons to get the right fellowship.
and whether they would be future leaders. I am sure that if one has the “Passion
For the interview, the candidate should arrive and Commitment”, one can achieve
on time, dress neatly and appropriately, speak anything that one desires. This has
clearly and slowly, be confident, calm and at been aptly told by Swami Vivekananda.
the same time humble. One should never lie
in the interview and CV as it is very easy for
the fellowship directors to see through the
candidate. For example, if the question is
asked as to how many times you have done a
certain procedure, it is better to honestly tell
that you have only assisted or not seen the
operation rather than tell a lie that you have
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