Katherine Körner (she/her)
@katherinekorner.bsky.social
London-based Consultant in Public Health. Interests include health intelligence, health equity, commercial determinants of health and LGBT+ health
Yeah, absolutely agree - and being able to prep for a counterintuitive test is not necessarily what we want to be selecting on
April 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Yeah, absolutely agree - and being able to prep for a counterintuitive test is not necessarily what we want to be selecting on
Exactly this! Most of the non-medic trainees I know experienced a big step down in responsibility and autonomy when they became ST1s - overall I felt it was worth it (for me!), but it's very strange to set the eligibility criteria so high given what they're recruiting into
April 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Exactly this! Most of the non-medic trainees I know experienced a big step down in responsibility and autonomy when they became ST1s - overall I felt it was worth it (for me!), but it's very strange to set the eligibility criteria so high given what they're recruiting into
[I can't post about public health training recruitment without mentioning bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/3... , of course - and my pet theory, even if correct, does not account for the racial bias seen here, nor for the fact that the effects are seen across all the tests]
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Differential attainment in specialty training recruitment in the UK: an observational analysis of the impact of psychometric testing assessment in Public Health postgraduate selection
Objectives To determine how current psychometric testing approaches used in selection of postgraduate training in UK Public Health are associated with socioeconomic and sociocultural background of app...
bmjopen.bmj.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
[I can't post about public health training recruitment without mentioning bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/3... , of course - and my pet theory, even if correct, does not account for the racial bias seen here, nor for the fact that the effects are seen across all the tests]
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By the time I was eligible to apply for the training scheme, I had supported a handful of ST1 public health trainees in my LA role (all medics) - I answered the SJT as if I were advising them on what to do, not with what I'd actually do
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April 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
By the time I was eligible to apply for the training scheme, I had supported a handful of ST1 public health trainees in my LA role (all medics) - I answered the SJT as if I were advising them on what to do, not with what I'd actually do
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New documents emerge showing that cup manufacturers knew the cup was half-full all along
November 24, 2024 at 10:29 AM
New documents emerge showing that cup manufacturers knew the cup was half-full all along