Recruitment and Selection in Surgery (MEDS90012) // Assessment

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• 1,500 word essay, due mid semester, (30%). The aim of this assessment is to promote critique of fair practice in selection strategies that involve interviews.
• 3,000 word essay, due end semester, (70%). The aim of this assessment is to provide students with an opportunity to design a strategy for selection (into surgical training, surgical craft group etc). There will be a choice of an overarching strategy or focus on a detailed element of selection methods. Students are expected to provide a rationale for their strategy supported by best evidence.

Hurdle Requirement:

• Skills - participate in a simulated selection panel, due on study day. The aim of this assessment is for students to demonstrate fair and transparent practice in managing a selection panel and ‘candidates’.
• 1,500 word reflective writing, due mid semester. Students are expected to reflect on a selection process that they have been involved in as either an applicant or a selector. They are to highlight what was helpful and what was unhelpful and relate this to the approaches used in other professions where competitive selection is critical.