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“Speed dating” for careers advice in psychiatry
BMJ Career Focus, 11/09/09

Simmons M – Thed author describes using the speed dating model in a successful medical careers event. Speed dating was set up to enable people to meet a large number of potential partners in a systematic way. It was developed for Jewish singles by Rabbi Yaacov Deyo in Beverly Hills, California, in 1998. Over the next few years the idea increased in popularity. Typically, individuals of one sex circulate through a number of stations in a coordinated fashion, to meet all members of the opposite sex. Each pair meets for an allotted time – for example, five minutes. Individuals rate each meeting station on a pro forma, and the ratings are analysed to set up potential matches. This article sets out the relative merits of speed dating careers events in psychiatry and the practical arrangements of our launch event, and it ends with suggestions for hosting similar events.