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Obtaining the Next Post

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Career progression in Medicine often involves multiple job applications for posts to help you improve your clinical knowledge, diagnostic and management skills, and posts to equip you with the necessary experience for a safe practise. Even when you finish your training and you reach the final aspiring level of your career, job applications are still often essential.

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Charalambous, C.P. (2015). Obtaining the Next Post. In: Career Skills for Doctors. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13479-6_10

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