Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Situation Judgement Tests Why use Situational Judgement Tests? Person Specification Situational Judgement Test Format Ranking Questions Multiple Action Questions Suggested Approach to answering the questions Scoring of Situational Judgement Tests Scores required for short-listing Chapter 2: Common Questions in the SJTs Common Questions in the SJTs Patient safety issues Ethical Guidance on Patient Safety Issues with the work ethics of colleagues Confidentiality Issues Ethical Guidance on Confidentiality Ethical guidance on conduct and performance issues of colleagues Criminal Issues Confidentiality Issues Ethical Guidance on Confidentiality Confidentiality and Children Confidentiality and the DVLA Child protection issues Ethical Guidance on Child Protection Probity Ethical Guidance on Accepting Gifts from Patients Arranging cover issues Ethical Guidance on Cover Work/life balance questions Summary of question types you encounter Chapter 3: Sample SJTs Chapter 4: Practice SJTs Questions Chapter 5: Practice SJTs Answers

About the Author

Matt Green, BSc (Hons), MPhil Since establishing Developmedica in 2005 Matt has been supporting doctors to progress their career through providing application and interview advice together with helping doctors to develop their non-clinical skills including leadership, management, teaching and communication. Dr Nicole Corriette BSc, MBBS, MRCGP, DFSRH, DRCOG, DCH After winning numerous awards at UCL Nicole completed her MRCGP with a distinction overall and was nominated for the Fraser Rose medal by the RCGP. She is currently a partner in a large practice and delivers GPST courses on behalf of Developmedica.