ABSTRACT
Exceptional achievements can receive mediocre scores if written poorly and, conversely, quite mundane accomplishments can make a good form. A sensible way to write their form is to sit down, perhaps with a copy of their curriculum vitae if general practitioners (GP) have one, and to list as many achievements as GPs can. Start in chronological order - before their degree, pre-clinical years, clinical years, and so on. GPs' categories are dictated by the form - academic, non-academic, the seven New Doctor principles, educational and personal reasons for applying to their first-choice deanery, teamwork and leadership. List all of the categories, as GPs are likely to be chopping and changing their form many times as GPs construct it. When GPs have finally decided which 12 answers sound the best, keep reviewing them again and again. Trim them down or pad them out to conform to the 75-word limit.
