title: Selecting for specialist training: 2.
abstract: Most specialist training posts are filled after short-listing and interview by an ad hoc group representing various interests who never work together as a team. They are rarely required to predict the outcome and receive no feedback on their success. Structuring and planning the interview, training the interviewers, limiting their number and the acquisition of interpersonal skills can improve performance and outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Vickers
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Reeve
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004282:Documentation; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D007586:Job Application; D012570:School Admission Criteria; D013038:Specialization; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires