District Clinic Medical Officer

Topic starter 26/09/2023 5:00 am

For district clinic based MO, questions I had:

What are you interests within medicine and where do you see yourself in 5 years.
Name 5 drugs used in MDR TB treatment.
What is upper acceptable limit for QtC in patients on Bedaquilline?
What is the dose of Atazanavir and when should you consider it?
How long is the lysis window for a stroke?
Briefly explain syphilis management, when is treatment successful?
How are you going to crosstaper a woman of childbearing potential from Sodium Valproate to Lamotrigine, and why is it important?

There are lots of other questions they can ask to check that you are comfortable with things commonly encountered at that specific facility, so I would find out beforehand what services the facility provides specifically:

Do they have MDR patients?
Do they have paeds HIV patients that MOs need to look after?
Does the clinic have an ante-natal unit?
Do they see children with ADHD that receive Ritalin?
Do the CNPs at the clinic do TOP's?
Is there a minor ops list at the facility for things like dermoid inclusion cysts or circumcisions?

Then you can prepare basics of each of these categories so that you don't get caught off guard.

The HR questions are usually something like you have seen a senior make a mistake, what are you going to do about it?
In the western cape they can ask you to explain what Clinical Governance is, outside the western cape it is more likely to be specifically worded as a Batho Pele based question, but the two are kind of similar, clinical governance is just a bit more specific regarding the improvement of services, this info should be on the western cape government website.
Then lastly it is good to come with questions prepared to ask the panel interviewing you, at the end they ask you whether there is something you would like to know about the job you are applying for or the facility you are headed to.

Having well thought out, kindly worded questions for them will show genuine interest in working there, so that you don't end up just asking: "but Will I have to do calls?" And "do I get lunch?" you can easily have a great interview and then ruin it with silly questions at the end because you weren't ready to ask them anything.

Source: South African Medical Officer Posts, Dr. Krisjan Thirion

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