Careers

There is a wide range of careers advice available to foundation doctors. Please contact your Foundation Training Programme Director or Medical Education Manager for information and advice. Below are listed some of the available resources

Careers Lead at Trusts

Contact details for Careers Leads at each Trust can be found here Careers Lead contacts at Trusts

Career Planning

Information on career planning and personal development can be found on the websites listed below.

London Deanery website at http://www.londondeanery.ac.uk/var/career-planning-personal-development

NHS Medical Careers website at http://www.medicalcareers.nhs.uk/

School of Medicine Careers Fair

The Careers Fair is an annual event that gives students and Foundation doctors the ideal opportunity to meet a range of exhibitors from many different organisations and specialities, to discuss any prospective career plans they may have, and gather information on opportunities that may be available to them. The Fair is held in an informal environment and is open to all Imperial Medical Students and North West Thames Foundation School Doctors, with exhibitor stands in the afternoon, followed by an interesting programme of career focused presentations in the evening.

The 2010 Careers Fair was held on Tuesday 2 March 2010. The date of the next Fair in 2011 will be notified in due course.

Get Career Savvy (GCS)

The 2010 Fair included the launch of the new ICSM careers book 'Get Career Savvy'

'After months of hard work, the Faculty of Medicine and Imperial College School of Medicine Student's Union is proud to launch 'Get Career Savvy' (GCS). GCS is our new careers booklet aimed at medical students across all years. You'll hopefully find it an aid in helping you gain a taster on what life after graduation entails.

The booklet contains entries from all different specialities: from Vascular Surgery to Paediatrics. Here you can find out what the speciality entails, the career pathway and what exams you might be expected to complete. Furthermore, each page has an interview from a trainee or Consultant. At the back of GCS you'll find a list of contacts, so you can personally email people in the field for further advice.

This book should be used as a guide and a guide only. We've tried to cover all aspects of careers advice from Foundation Training to volunteering abroad.

GCS would like to thank everyone who has been involved, from the editorial team to all those interviewed to make this guide possible.

Editorial Team GCS'

A copy of the Get Career Savvy is available for download - Get Career Savvy

Specialty Careers Talk Series

The Foundation School runs an ongoing series of Careers Talks for foundation doctors. Each talk is given by a consultant and deals with a particular specialty. The talks offer foundation doctors the opportunity to learn more about particular specialties in preparation for ST training. The format of these events is informal. The consultant gives a talk and this is followed by a question and answer session then a general discussion. Refreshments are served.

Previous Career Talks held covered the following specialties: - Emergency Medicine, Care of the Elderly, Vascular Surgery and Renal Medicine. We would welcome approaches from consultants who would like to be included in these talks.

Specialty Careers Talk Series 2010

Psychiatry - Dr Mariwan Husni ( Northwick Park ), Committee Room, Faculty of Medicine, St Mary's Campus, Wednesday 17th February 2010, 6.00pm - 8.00pm

Emergency Medicine - Dr Maisse Farhan ( St Mary's ), Committee Room, Faculty of Medicine, St Mary's Campus, Tuesday 23rd March 2010, 6.00pm - 8.00pm

Paediatrics - Dr Mary Cummins ( Ealing ), Committee Room, Faculty of Medicine, St Mary's Campus, Wednesday 14th April 2010, 6.00pm - 8.00pm

GP Practice - Dr Tamara Joffe ( GP ), Committee Room, Faculty of Medicine, St Mary's Campus, Thursday 6th May 2010, 6.00pm - 8.00pm

Registration is required for the above talks as spaces are limited. To attend the above events please register now at a.wright@imperial.ac.uk

Other Resources

Sci59 Online

Trusts have been issued with ID numbers for the SCi59 Online specialty choice inventory. Contact the postgraduate centre at your Trust for further details. The system is designed to help doctors make career choices based on their responses to an online questionnaire. Doctors can access the questionnaire four times during the F2 year.