Cardiothoracic Surgery Interview Questions & Answers

To prepare for a cardiothoracic surgery NHS interview, expect questions on the sick patient after cardiac surgery, including tamponade, bleeding and arrest with emergency resternotomy, chest drains and air leaks, aortic dissection, lung cancer surgery and the MDT, and consent conversations built around risk scores. Panels also test teamwork with perfusionists, anaesthetists and cardiac physiologists, your honesty about outcomes, fatigue and raising concerns, and your grasp of GMC Good Medical Practice, so prepare short spoken answers drawn from real cases you have managed.