RadCast Xmas Edition: Getting Ready To Smash The New Year
Got 99 Problems, But The MSRA Ain't One
Ho, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum (rose-water for those of you that don’t drink) ☃️!
For many of you this period should have been a time of festivity, family and feasting. Instead, Santa screwed us over and brought misery and madness in the form of MSRA revision 😭.
By now you should all know the differential diagnosis for the red eye and be able to give the spot diagnosis for why a 30 year old woman thinks Tom Cruise is in love with them despite never meeting. Of course we say this in jest but honestly, we know it’s tough since you’re probably using all your available time for revision purposes. This is made even worse since the honour of having a day off on Xmas or New Years by the HR gods is like being chosen as tribute in the Hunger Games.
But don’t stress, we’re here to help and in this newsletter episode, we just want to give you some updates including how we can help you putting the finishing touches on the ethics side of your MSRA preparation.
MSRA Application Updates
All of you should now have booked your MSRA slot. Now that you have a date for this beast of an exam, the focus should now be on the finishing touches so you can slay the MSRA and get shortlisted for an interview.
For many of you, your natural ‘comfort blanket’ is the clinical side of the MSRA since you can progressively get better through practice. But man oh man, the ethics is a real pain in the backside. When we reflect on our own experiences, we remember vividly the countless number of keyboards broken in anger from reading contradicting resources, vague explanations and the lack of any structured frameworks which could be used across multiple scenarios. However, as the great philosopher Jay-Z once said, “I got 99 problems but a b***h ain’t one” and we don’t think that for a high stakes exam, it should feel like you’re playing Russian roulette in a random number generator. That’s why we’re here to help and we’re proud to invite you all to sign-up to our MSRA ethics top-tips webinar.
Over a 2 part series, we’ve provided you a series of key principles, themes and frameworks to help you navigate the ethics side of the MSRA. Specifically, we’ve condensed what we’ve learnt from our experiences but more importantly, summarised the knowledge and experience from applicants who nailed the ethics side of the MSRA into this webinar series. Candidates who used as part of their final preparation really valued the "framework" approach we took since since we aren’t focusing on “memorising” responses to specific questions since they won’t be repeated word-for-word. Rather, it provided them “foundations” which they could rely on as an anchor to help answer the new scenarios in the real exam.
Since it’s easier to digest this type of content at your own pace and you probably have varying commitments, we’ve decided to pre-record the content so it’s more convenient and accessible. You can access the 2-part webinar via the link below:
RadCast 1-To-1 Interviews 2024-2025
We’ve been inundated with requests for our 1-to-1 interview bookings this year. Whilst we’ve been blown away by the interest, we want to make sure you’re all prioritising the right things at this stage of the application. Like genuinely, there’s no point preparing for interview when you haven’t sat your MSRA. It’s just a distraction. That’s why we’ve decided to reserve the bulk of our interview slots from February 2025 onwards (after candidates have been shortlisted for an interview based off their MSRA score). However, we are also open to making a few slots available during the January period for those of you that still want to go ahead. We’re just finalising those dates and then will be inviting candidates to book using our updated booking platform. If you want to hear first about when these slots are live, please make sure to register your interest by clicking on the button below:
Parting Words From Us At RadCast
As the year comes to a close, it acts as a natural point for some inner, deep sentimental reflection. But YOLO, ain’t nobody got time for that.
You know, that we know, that you are the best. What more is needed? Thanks for making this year so awesome and for giving us the privilege to be part of your application journey. Exciting things are coming in the 2025 year and we’re honoured to have you on that journey #newyearnewme.
Now off you go to get yourself ready for the ultimate Xmas festive bangers: Spiderman, Shrek and Home Alone👌🏼!
See you in the New Year 🥳🎉🥳,
From your “will this scan change management” friends,
Muhammad, Jamie & Uzoma
RadCast Co-Founders