So, you've just started as an F1. This is the time to start thinking about how to get that core training job. Naomi Laskar, James Blackwell and Jon Lund give you top tips and a recipe for how to succeed in developing your CV to make you successful when applying for core training. There's advice for any speciality with some specific advice for surgical core interviews for how to get the most out of audit, research, teaching, leadership, presentations, publications, experience and much more. You need to start doing this early, so start now by listening to this!
Naomi Laskar and James Blackwell are trainees in the East Midlands, and Jon Lund is former Core Surgery Programme Director in the East Midlands.