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The following seminars will be available at the BMJ Careers Fair in 2008:
FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER
- Seminar Stream 1
Starting a career in sports medicine
11.15-12.15
Chris Rufford
Many doctors dream of being able to combine their medical skills with their enthusiasm for sport. In this session a doctor experienced in sports medicine explains what it is all about and the opportunities available.
Challenges and opportunities for international doctors in the UK health services
12.45-13.45
Nand Kishore Potdar
The UK still needs its international doctors even though the days of acute shortages are over. The session looks at the opportunities available to these doctors and offers tips on how to take advantage of them.
Which specialty is best for you?
14.15–15.15
Laura Brammar
How do you know what’s right for you? Specialty choices are often made in a haphazard way but a more systematic approach makes the decision-making process much more logical and considered. This session explains how to approach the business of choice.
Professionalise your personal performance
15.45-16.45
Kathleen Sullivan
This session takes a refreshing look at how to put your best foot forward in any professional situation. Whether you are preparing for an interview, an important presentation, or considering your career over the longer term, you will learn effective tools designed to ensure your performance soars.
Reviewing your personal finances
17.00–18.00
Andrea Gray
Busy doctors often find that sorting out their personal finances never comes to the top of the list. Yet good financial health can help you approach life more positively and relieve some of the stress in your life.
- Seminar Stream 2
How to stand out from the crowd: enhancing your CV
11.30-12.30
Matt Green
Your CV should be long enough to explain your achievements and short enough to ensure it is read properly. This session offers plenty of tips and sound advice on how to improve your CV so that it works for you and captures every aspect of you experience and achievements in your career to date.
Stand and Deliver - improving your presentation skills
13.00- 14.00
Graham Easton, Tony Easton
Presenting to an audience large or small comes naturally to few people, yet it is an essential skill if you want to influence your colleagues or your bosses or a prospective employer. This session offers you some professional tips.
Enhancing your personal effectiveness
14.30-15.30
Debbie Smith
This session is about enabling and inspiring you to develop your communication skills and self esteem to help you achieve your maximum potential by making the most of your personal ‘brand.’ By creating the right impression and dressing to achieve your key objectives, you can understand how to use your personal impact positively to achieve your potential.
Opportunities in pharmaceutical medicine
16.00-17.00
Stephen Jones
This presentation provides an overview of the pharmaceutical industry covering the current perceptions of the industry and what it's really like. It provides an overview of the roles available to the pharmaceutical physician, higher medical training, making the transition from NHS to pharma, FAQs including hours, salary and job security, where to find out more, and what organisations to approach.
- Seminar Stream 3
How to boost your career
10.45-11.45
Kathleen Sullivan
This session is aimed at doctors who feel they are stuck in a career rut and want to get moving again. It will also help those who are facing a career crisis or who are unemployed.
Working as a GP locum
12.15-13.15
Mike Uprichard
This session is designed to help you get the most out of working as a GP on a sessional basis which can offer you many of the satisfactions of working as a GP without the wider pressures and responsibilities.
How to be lucky
13.45-14.45
Derek Ayling
Recent research has shown that so-called 'Lucky People' posess certain attributes, behaviours and skills. This has revealed new ways of considering luck. This session will be looking at how these qualities can be imparted to us mere mortals. Participants will be able to choose their own luck by proactively spotting their own issues and learning how to solve them.
Preparing the perfect application to your ST post
15.15-16.15
Bob Ghosh
This session explains the whole process from beginning to end so that those interested in a career in general practice understand what it required in examinations and interviews.
Getting more from a shorter day
16.45-17.45
Derek Ayling
Do you need to get organised and gain more control over priorities, people and paperwork? This session focuses on practical strategies for prioritising tasks, defeating procrastination and delegating effectively so that you can achieve more in less time.
- Seminar Stream 4
Securing a firm Foundation: how to apply and get the most out of the Foundation programme (free session)
10.45-11.45
Professor Derek Gallen
This session, free of charge to all Careers Fair visitors, gives you essential up to date information about applying for the Foundation programme.
Specialty training: update from MMC (free session)
12.15-13.15
David Sowden
This session, free of charge to all Careers Fair visitors, brings you right up to date with the specialty training application process and what it means for you.
Polishing up your interview skills
13.45-14.45
Laura Brammar
This session aims to help you understand what interview panels are looking for and how best to present yourself as the person for the job. It stresses the importance of preparation, body language and a positive attitude.
What to do with your medical qualifications outside the NHS
15.15-16.15
Giles Croft
You may be facing a career crisis, or maybe you've simply decided it's time for a change. This session will give you the inspiration needed to take those first steps along an alternative career path and embrace change with positivity and enthusiasm.
Job applications that count
16.45-17.45
Steve Preston
With so many applications for each place, you need to ensure your application stands out. This session will offer plenty of tips on how to approach job applications positively and write your CV so that it opens doors for you.
- Seminar stream 5
Working in British Columbia Canada – Dispelling the Myths (free seminar)
10.45-11.45
Jan Goode and Pamela Adamchuk
Join Health Match BC’s workshop session to find out the “how to’s” of working in British Columbia, Canada. Learn how Health Match BC will guide you through British Columbia’s licensing and immigration procedures and support you in making a seamless transition.
Living and Working In Queensland (free seminar)
12.00-13.00
Carly Roome and Erin Moffat
Queensland Health supported by Health Workforce Queensland
Queensland offers exciting employment opportunities in regional and rural Queensland. With changes for the Medical Registration requirements, for UK trained or UK experienced doctors a much more streamlined process is available. Come and hear more about living and working in Queensland in the public and private sectors.
PMETB - how we can help you
13.15-14.15
Paul Streets and Lesley Hawksworth
PMETB will be addressing:
* our role in your education and training;
* routes to specialist registration; and,
* tips on how to ensure a smooth path to the award of a CCT or CESR/CEGPR for GP’s or specialists.
Medical Practice in Alberta, Canada (free seminar)
14.30-15.30
Hear firsthand about working and living in Alberta, Canada. Learn about Alberta’s 'Working Holiday' program; bring your questions so we can tell you about a pace of life which allows both a fulfilling career and ample time to enjoy leisure activities with your family in a safe, friendly environment.
Immigration New Zealand (free seminar)
15.45-16.45
New Zealand is growing rapidly, resulting in job opportunities throughout the Health Sector. With its amazing lifestyle, New Zealand offers a unique opportunity to progress your career whilst living in the most beautiful country on earth. Find out more about the lifestyle, job opportunities and visas.
SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER
- Seminar Stream 1
Job applications that count
10.30-11.30
Steve Preston
With so many applications for each place, you need to ensure your application stands out. This session will offer plenty of tips on how to approach job applications positively and write your CV so that it opens doors for you.
Polishing up your interview skills
12.00-13.00
Constance Lamb
This session aims to help you understand what interview panels are looking for and how best to present yourself as the person for the job. It stresses the importance of preparation, body language and a positive attitude.
What to do with your medical qualifications outside the NHS
13.30-14.30
Giles Croft
Many doctors are currently facing a career crisis, being unable to secure a suitable post in the NHS. Help is at hand: this session offers a host of suggestions about how you can make use of your medical qualifications outside the NHS.
How to make an effective presentation
15.00-16.00
Alison Rushworth
Presenting to an audience large or small comes naturally to few people, yet it is an essential skill if you want to influence your colleagues or your bosses or a prospective employer. This session offers you some professional tips.
- Seminar Stream 2
How to boost your career
10.30-11.30
Kathleen Sullivan
This session is aimed at doctors who feel they are stuck in a career rut and want to get moving again. It will also help those who are facing a career crisis or who are unemployed.
Communicating in style
12.00 – 13.00
Alison Rushworth
The way you interact with others can be the key to your success. Whether communicating under pressure, managing challenging relationships or looking to build lasting rapport, your style and flexibility can make or break yoru chances of successful achievement. This session shows you how to do it.
Challenges and opportunities for international doctors in the UK health services
13.30- 14.30
Umesh Prabhu
The UK still needs its international doctors even though the days of acute shortages are over. The session looks at the opportunities available to these doctors and offers tips on how to take advantage of them.
How to find work or an elective abroad
15.00-16.00
Mark Wilson
This session will give you the confidence to use medicine as your passport and find enjoyable and worthwhile work abroad. If you know where to look, there are hundreds of opportunities to sample medical life in other cultures.
- Seminar stream 3
Getting published - how to improve your chances
10.45-11.45
Graham Easton
This session gives you the chance to improve your style, avoiding common pitfalls and improving the power of your writing. It also provides hints on getting your paper published and building a career as an author.
Working as a doctor in the USA
12.15-13.15
Mohammed Al-Ubaydii
Many doctors are attracted to working in the States for at least part of their careers. A UK doctor who has worked in the States for over five years shares his experiences.
How to delegate effectively
13.45-14.45
Alison Rushworth
When you find that you cannot get everything done, it is often due to your inability to delegate.This may be because you believe that you have no one to whom you can delegate; this is almost always not true. There is no golden rule that says we can only delegate downwards! This session will illustrate othe reasons for not delegating, and will outline possible strategies for overcoming them.
How to establish a long term career vision
15.00-16.00
Judith Mohring
Whatever your career goals are, it's vital to have a clear long term vision to enable you to get there. In this session you'll learn how to reconnect with the parts of your career you love and use them to design your ideal job for the future. There'll also be practical tips on achieving your goals including working abroad, leaving medicine, getting into management or the media, setting up your own company and working in the private sector.
- Seminar stream 4
Working in GP locum teams or chambers
10.30-11.30
Richard Fieldhouse
As CEO of the National Association of Sessional GPs, this speaker
is ideally placed to explain the concept of working in locum teams or chambers and the distinct advantages it can bring.
How to establish a long term career vision
12.00-13.00
Judith Mohring
Whatever your career goals are, it's vital to have a clear long term vision to enable you to get there. In this session you'll learn how to reconnect with the parts of your career you love and use them to design your ideal job for the future. There'll also be practical tips on achieving your goals including working abroad, leaving medicine, getting into management or the media, setting up your own company and working in the private sector.
Why management matters to doctors
13.30-14.30
Bob Ghosh
As management responsibilities for doctors continue to increase within the NHS all doctors need a clear understanding of what effective management is. Bob Ghosh shares some key management issues facing doctors and how doctors can become inspiring managers.
Continuing Professional Development and Exam Preparation - services from BMJ Group
15.00-16.00
Helen Morant
Do you want to get into online learning but don't know where to start? Have an exam coming up and need to practice those questions? Know you need an update but not sure which course is for you? Let the experts introduce you to BMJ Learning's services: BMJ Learning, BMJ Masterclasses and OnExamination. Hear about how the BMJ group can help you with your exam preparation, and keeping up to date online and at Masterclasses. Learn how BMJ Learning modules, BMJ Masterclasses are put together, and how to get the best out of the services.
- Seminar stream 5
Working in British Columbia Canada – Dispelling the Myths (free seminar)
10.45-11.45
Jan Goode and Pamela Adamchuk
Join Health Match BC’s workshop session to find out the “how to’s” of working in British Columbia, Canada. Learn how Health Match BC will guide you through British Columbia’s licensing and immigration procedures and support you in making a seamless transition.
Immigration New Zealand (free seminar)
12.00-13.00
New Zealand is growing rapidly, resulting in job opportunities throughout the Health Sector. With its amazing lifestyle, New Zealand offers a unique opportunity to progress your career whilst living in the most beautiful country on earth. Find out more about the lifestyle, job opportunities and visas.
Newfoundland Labrador, CANADA (free seminar)
13.15-14.15
Come to pristine Newfoundland Labrador, CANADA. Embrace a relaxed
lifestyle. Practice in a collegial environment where patients come
first. Gain exceptional experience and build a practice that focuses on
your skills and interests. And...no matter where you practice in the
province, be confident of direct or virtual access to colleagues for
specialist services readily available. Visit www.physicianjobs.ca
Medical Practice in Alberta, Canada (free seminar)
14.30-15.30
Hear firsthand about working and living in Alberta, Canada. Learn about Alberta’s 'Working Holiday' program; bring your questions so we can tell you about a pace of life which allows both a fulfilling career and ample time to enjoy leisure activities with your family in a safe, friendly environment.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Dr Giles P Croft
Giles qualified in 1998, having undertaken an intercalated degree in Psychology. After attaining surgical membership in 2001 he took a four month sabbatical during which he cycled 4300 miles to Turkey and back, returning to a Senior SHO post in Orthopaedics with an acute and personal understanding of knee pain. In 2003, disenchanted with hospital medicine and the impact of the EWTD on surgical training, he left clinical practice to work full time for the Health Informatics Unit at the Royal College of Physicians.
Giles now has a portfolio career: he is a freelance cycle photo-journalist, medical advisor for a cycling magazine, qualified cycle coach, health informatics consultant and motivational speaker. He strongly believes that continual change promotes personal growth
Apply2Medicine
Apply2Medicine are the UK's leading provider of specialist support and advice services to help individuals progress their medical career. We are committed to empowering people to reach their true potential. Our support services includes CV and application advice, interview preparation and our range of career development courses including management, leadership, communication skills and teaching.
Derek Ayling
is a management of change specialist and trainer with a proven track record in both small and large organisations in the public and private sectors. With an ability to get to the heart of problems, solve them and be successful at implementing effective training solutions, he is able to devise and exploit innovative training and people development tools and techniques. He holds an MBA from Cass Business School and a Diploma in Marketing.
Dr Michael Uprichard
Dr Uprichard has been in General Practice both here and abroad, in one or other form for the past 30 years. Seven of these have been as a locum GP which choice he has made he says as “It gives me freedom of choice in where and when I work in my practice of medicine”.
Outside of clinical work he has organised local educational groups as well as being LMC Secretary in Gloucestershire; he has also been involved commercially in medical recruitment. For the past five years he has served on the Council of the NASGP, first as Treasurer then as Chairman and is currently a GP Appraiser.
Alison Rushworth
is a personal development specialist and trainer with a wealth of experience, and a proven track record in both small and large organisations. She is an expert in communication skills (verbal and written), training techniques, presentation skills, with an ability to help people to solve problems. Her style is interactive, believing that people learn best by being able to apply theories to their own situations. She is a certified practitioner of NLP.
Andrea Gray
Andrea Gray has worked in the Financial Services Arena for the last 25 years.
She started in Retail Banking and then 10 years ago, moved to BMA Services and specialised in advising members of the BMA before progressing to a Management position. Andrea is now the Director for BMA Services being responsible for the whole of the UK.
The role at BMA Services leads to frequently speaking to groups of Medics on a variety of subjects such as Retirement Planning, Investment Strategy’s, Inheritance Tax and Pensions. Andrea is responsible for the 40 Independent Financial Advisers the BMA have across the UK.
Stephen Jones
Stephen is a recognised and accredited specialist in Pharmaceutical Medicine and has a track record in clinical development and product registrations. Stephen qualified as a doctor from London University in 1994 and as a surgeon in 1999. Since joining the pharmaceutical industry 8 years ago Stephen has held senior positions in various companies including Elan Pharmaceuticals, where he was Medical Director and Head of Clinical Development. Stephen now consults to the pharmaceutical industry and is Managing Director of Synapse Medical Resourcing Ltd, which he established in 2004.
Dr Chris Rufford
Dr Chris Rufford works as a consultant in sports and exercise medicine at St Bartholomew and the royal London school of medicine.
Chris worked as a GP anesthetist in New Zealand before returning to his medical school in London to do a Sports and Exercise Medicine course. He undertook specialist registrar training in Accident and Emergency Medicine before moving into medical education and working as a Sports Physician.
Chris now runs sport clinics at two teaching hospitals supervising specialist registrars, contributes to the running of the MSc and BSc courses and special study modules, he teaches on the 5yr and graduate entry MBBS programmes clinical and communication skills and MBBS university of London examiner. He also enjoys teaching both undergraduates and postgraduates in general practice. Chris is one of the core medical team for the London Marathon and Triathlon and medical officer for a Porsche Racing team.
Chris still plays water polo, is a keen sailor, plays tennis and runs when he can. He has been on a number of expeditions and keen to do more. Each year he tries to participate in a new sport, last year it was sky diving, this year it is archery!
Debbie Smith
is one of only a few highly experienced and qualified personal brand specialists in the UK. Debbie is an accomplished impression management specialist and has recently shown her skills and knowledge working alongside organisations within the health service, retail, finance and commercial sectors. Having joined Zenon Consulting as business development director in 2008, Debbie promotes business development through people, brand and perception. She has a high success rate in helping senior managers achieve promotion through brand training. Personal branding is not about the clothes and colors you wear. It is about how people percieve you from what they see and hea. It is about what you stand for, where you want to go and how you go about getting there’, says Debbie.
Professor Derek Gallen – UK Foundation Programme Office (UKFPO)
Professor Derek Gallen is the postgraduate dean for Wales as well as acting as national director for the UKFPO since January 2007. He joined MMC as Foundation lead for the Programme in 2004. Derek’s main interest is in medical education and he has written extensively on educational needs assessment, medical management and higher professional education. His specific interests lie in reversing the decline in academic clinical placements by the introduction of academic placements into the Foundation Programme. Derek previously worked as a General Practitioner in Northamptonshire and GP Director in the Oxford Deanery.
Dr Umesh Prabhu FRCPCH
Umesh is a Consultant Paediatrician in Bury, which is a small town, situated 10 miles north of Manchester and is a part of the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Umesh was trained in India and came to UK in 1982 and obtained further training in Bury, Edinburgh, Oxford and Leeds and in 1992 was appointed as consultant Paediatrician. Umesh was Clinical Director of Paediatrics (1992 -1993), Medical Director of Bury NHS Trust (1998-2003), Board Member for the National Patient Safety Agency (2001-2003). In 2003 Umesh was appointed as the National Clinical Assessment Service adviser as well as Clinical Adviser to the Health Care Commission.
Umesh is also a Trustee of Action against Medical Accidents, Vice-Chairman of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) and Executive Member of the British International Doctors Association. Umesh has been an Overseas doctors mentor for the last 15 years and is a co-founder of Yahoo based discussion group called Indi_go which has nearly 5000 Overseas doctors as members and there are active discussions taking place in various topics which are relevant to the International Medical Graduates.
Umesh has keen interest in Patient Safety, Medical Errors, professional performance management, Clinical risk management, appraisal and revalidation and Equality and Diversity. He is an active member of many Equality and Diversity Committees at various Institutions like DOH, Pennine Acute Hospital Trust and BMA.
Dr Graham Easton
Graham is a GP in west London, clinical teaching fellow at Imperial College School of Medicine, and a medical journalist. He is an experienced presenter: on national radio, to medical conferences and courses, to board meetings, and of course on ward rounds. He has been a senior producer and presenter for BBC Radio Science for more than 10 years, where he has presented a range of programmes from Radio 4's Case Notes and Pick of The Week to Science in Action and Health Matters on the World Service. He also spent four years as an editor at the BMJ (British Medical Journal). Graham's medical training was at The Royal London Hospital and on the Oxford Region training scheme for general practice. He has a masters degree with distinction in Science Communication from Imperial College, London.
Judith Mohring
Judith is a final year Maudsley SpR in psychiatry and director of Claritus, a specialist coaching service for doctors. Claritus delivers high quality individual and group coaching for health professionals with an emphasis on career, personal and professional development. Judith set up Claritus in 2008 in response to the difficulties faced by many colleagues in the profession, and a belief that it is still possible to have a great carer as a doctor. Her own career highlights have included working as a consultant psychiatrist in Australia, designing a new therapy service for Holloway prison and spending 6 months as a management consultant in the private sector.
Kathleen Sullivan
is a professional coach. Her On-Call Coaching offers priority booking for doctors. She is a director of London Coaching Associates and founder of London’s Walkie-Talkie Coaching, offering ‘professional coaching on-the-trot’.
Previously she worked at Imperial College School of Medicine on the HIV/AIDS Knowledge for Action Programme for Russia. She developed a health promotion project for improving access to clinical services for Russian sex workers.
Her ThinKSpace Action Learning Programme, recently implemented at a London PCT, helps teams work more effectively. Currently, she is developing a co-mentoring programme, Consultant to the power of two, with the KSS Deanery for newly-qualified Consultants.
Kathleen has an MA in Education and International Development: Health Promotion (University of London), Diplomas in Coaching and Nutrition and is a licensed NLP Practitioner.
Laura Brammar
Laura is a Careers Adviser based at C2 Careers Consultancy, University of London. With a background in Education, she has an MSc Organisational Psychology from Birkbeck College. Working on behalf of the BMA Careers Service, Laura provides 1:1 confidential career counselling to doctors at any stage of their career. Additionally, Laura also delivers tailor-made practice interview services as well as group workshops on presenting and influencing skills, for example. Laura also works closely with UCL Medical School where she provides 1:1 career counselling and workshops throughout the MBBS programme. Most recently Laura has written articles for the BMJ ranging from CV writing to networking skills.
Mark Wilson
Mark Wilson has worked extensively overseas, in India with Tibetan Refugees, in Nepal, in Australia as a G.P., in South Africa and as a researcher for NASA. In addition he has been an Expedition Doctor both in the Arctic and Himalayas.
He runs the website www.medicstravel.org and In 2000 wrote "The Medic's Guide to Work and Electives Around the World" (now in its second edition), both of which are designed to help doctors and medical students plan work or an elective overseas.
Currently he works as a Neurosurgical and a Pre-Hospital Care Registrar in London having just returned from Everest where he lead the Neurosciences Research of the UCL Xtreme Everest Project.
His talk will give ideas and information on planning work or an elective overseas.
Nandkishore Potdar bio
Currently Locum Consultant at Grantham Hospital since 2005, Main areas of Specialisation Laparoscopic Surgery, Breast Surgery.On GMC Specialist Register as General Surgeon .Has been a Speaker on various NHS related topics for various Universities such as Keele University, active member of Bapio( British Assc of Physicians of Indian Origin).
Richard Fieldhouse
has worked as a Freelance GP in West Sussex for 12 years. Soon after qualifying as a GP, he joined the rising tide of growing opinion that GP locums should no longer be treated as second class GPs and instead be recognised as equals among our profession. After founding the National Association of Sessional GP’s with some equally minded colleagues in 1997, he has since gone on to develop and enhance the NASGP's own Freelance GP Team concept in the guise of Pallant Medical Chambers - a growing organisation overseeing small teams of GP locums working in a managed environment. He hopes this will become the gold standard way for GP locums to work in the future.
Anthony Easton
Tony is Managing Director of Easton West Ltd which specialises in helping company directors strengthen their leadership, presentational, and interpersonal skills.
His background is as marketing specialist and board director. After 20 years within the financial services sector, culminating in board level appointments at Nat West stockbrokers and Societe Generale, he retrained extensively as a specialist executive coach. Since 2002, he has worked with leadership teams and directors across a range of sectors and companies, including Marks and Spencer, Reuters, Parkview academy, United Biscuits, Henkel, Cambridge University Press and The Business Design Centre.
Constance Lamb
Constance is a professional actress and public speaking consultant with vast experience in this specialist field. She has worked in theatre, TV and voice-over medium. She is a trained teacher and has an M.A. and taught voice to graduates at Florida State University. Over the last 15 years she has coached and trained CEOs, VPs, MDs and senior management teams from international businesses and also the NHS achieving remarkable results. Her specialism is dynamic presentation skills and interview technique.
Steve Preston
Steve is a highly professional and experienced career coach, trainer and facilitator. He has worked in sales, operations and human resources positions throughout his career and achieved great success in consistently developing managers, teams and individuals to maximise their potential and deliver excellent performance.
His training and development work within SMP Solutions has helped many people and teams become more effective. He has also helped hundreds of men and women across sectors both in employment and self-employment become fulfilled and move into jobs and careers they really love.
David Sowden
Senior Responsible Owner, Modernising Medical Careers (MMC), Department of Health
David leads the MMC programme for England, advising on postgraduate medical education with respect to both educational practice and principles and operational issues at the level of deaneries, specialty training programmes and trusts. He is joint chair of the MMC England Programme Board and a member of the MMC UK Co-ordinating Group. David has been Postgraduate Dean in Nottingham since 2000 and was appointed Dean Director of the East Midlands Healthcare Workforce Deanery in April 2007. Previously, David was a GP principal for 17 years in a practice in North West Leicestershire and Director of Post Graduate GP Education in Leicester for 5 years.
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