Saturday 28 September 2013

Situational Judgement

I'm not too bothered about this section as it will only really be used for Edinburgh applicants this year.
But I think its a good idea to get a perspective of what is right/wrong in medical practice/other situations. I really enjoy this subsection because of all the social challenges they come up with and the 'right' reaction to each. Of course all the reactions are debatable but you have to start accepting that your whole medical life will be dictated by guidelines...and you have to accept these as the right way of reacting. There is a theme for the SJT, and i think this is the only subset that can actually be revised for properly.

Here are some question types:


A very inappropriate thing to do/very important issues:


  • any question where it asks if its appropriate for the person in question to discuss the matter (sensitive subjects) within his peer group
  • any question that involves the person arriving to work late, not going to work at all or anything that puts patients at a disadvantage should be seen as a very inappropriate thing to do.
  • copying a colleague's work= dishonesty and endangers your colleague too.
  • calling in sick dishonestly
  • patient doctor romantic relationships
  • code of practice governed by the hospital should always be deemed as highly important.
  • any situation that may aggravate that person's situation/or anothers.



Inappropriate but not awful:
  • wasting time- calling the senior doctor for help on a decision that you can make yourself
Appropriate but not ideal:
  • misplacing your workplace heirachy by doing someone else's job/ decisions.

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