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What to study for PLAB1?

By Shaista Anwar April 20, 2022 Career Myths, Personal
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I passed my PLAB 1 March 2018. I prepared for 3 months during my OBGYN rotation in housejob. The PLAB examination is not about specialty exam , It is just a UK entrance Exam. I know that you know that but...
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Exchanging or Buying seats for PLAB

By Shaista Anwar April 20, 2022 Career Myths
279
He/She: Hey! Someone is asking me to pay XYZ amount to get me a seat for PLAB1/2. or Hey! Someone is saying , we can exchange our PLAB dates due to XYZ reasons. or Hey! Someone is saying they will drop...
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Shall I chose GP or OBGYN?

By Shaista Anwar April 4, 2022 Career Myths, OBGYN
437
I learnt a lesson that you should never apply for a job if you are really not interested in that one. First of all if you get selected you will be confused that you should go accept the offer or not,...
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Preferences on Training post

By Shaista Anwar February 17, 2022 Career Myths, OBGYN
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I am going to highlight some important concerns about preferences. You are asked to give your preferences for area of training at some point in training application. In some specialties it is asked when you are submitting your application (GP training)...
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How to score Max in Interview?

By Shaista Anwar February 9, 2022 Career Myths, OBGYN
453
When you start your medical career you face a lot of interviews. As a medical profession,I understand we focus more on our clinical knowledge and assume if we know much about relevant field (like med, Obgyn, surgery) and have relevant experience...
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ST1 OBGYN Interview (Self Assessment)

By Shaista Anwar December 13, 2021 OBGYN
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It is 2nd part of your interview , It will be roughly 5-10 minutes. There will be two consultants as interview panel. They did not ask for any Physical portfolio.Both of them are marking you.You have to score at least 50%...
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General Information about Pregnancy in UK

By Shaista Anwar November 24, 2021 Personal
751
This post is generally for all IMG females (either doctors or wives of doctors). I so wanted to write this post because from where I come from , health system is totally different and it causes so much anxiety when it...
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OBGYN training as ST1 or ST3?

By Shaista Anwar November 24, 2021 Career Myths, OBGYN
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It is very important to understand the training pathway and training application timeline. Obgyn Training is 7 years in UK (ST1,ST2—-ST7).ST means specialty training. You can apply from ST1 or ST3 level for Obgyn Training. If you want to do trust...
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VISA Timeline and process 2021

By Shaista Anwar July 26, 2021 Personal
1,173
I will be sharing some points regarding our visa application for my new job. I am starting an OBGYN training job 04/08/2021. For the Training job application process check other posts. I received my training job offer 30/4/2021 on oriel. I...
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Importance of Reference

By Shaista Anwar July 26, 2021 Career Myths, Personal
1,224
I want to highlight the importance of reference in the NHS or let’s say generally in the UK. Whenever you are starting a job, opening a bank account, letting property people here would want someone to be a referee for you....
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