Career Planning

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Career planning is the process of making and implementing career decisions. Ideally you should start the process in medical school well before your final year though there may be doctors further up the career ladder who are re- thinking their career choices and may need to start the process over again as they consider moving to a different speciality or even leaving medicine

Career Planning Workshops

Currently we offer a number of one day or half day sessions called ‘Windmills for Doctors’. These career planning session for Foundation doctors aim to help you develop the techniques to successfully plan your career and make informed decisions. They are interactive and fun and an opportunity to take time out from study and work to think about yourself and what you want from your medical career.

We also can offer in association with your trust application form and interview technique workshops.

Careers Information and Advice

• Educational Supervisor/Consultant Support
  Your educational supervisors and the consultants that you work with have a wealth of knowledge and experience that you should tap into. They can give you in depth information about their own and other related specialties and can guide you in pursuing a career within them.
• Careers Information on the Website
  Mersey Deanery career web pages provides an array of information covering almost all specialties and sub-specialties. The pages also hold information on a variety of topics such as Medical CVs, Application forms and how to develop careers management

1:1 Career Guidance Meetings and e mail advice

Career guidance is the process that enables you to make a well informed realistic decision about your future career. There is lots of staff available in the trust that can help you with this such as Educational Supervisors, Supervising Consultants, College/ Specialty Tutors, Directors of Medical Education and Postgraduate Centre Managers. However there may be some who need extra support and the Deanery’s Careers Adviser Christine Waddelove is available either to see you or via email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Career Events

Throughout the year there may be a number of events that may be useful to you. Details of local and national career events are advertised through our career web pages.