The Essential Guide to Becoming a Doctor - Softcover

Blundell, Adrian; Harrison, Richard; Turney, Benjamin W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0727917390 ISBN 13: 9780727917393

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2003

Synopsis

An up to date book for anyone considering a medical career, and for those in medical school. It covers both getting in and how to shape your career once you are there. The authors themselves are recent graduates from medical school, but have enough experience of being doctors to write about what it is like after qualification.

The book will be user friendly, with bullet points and personal experience vignettes written by people in different disciplines. The changing structure of the NHS, as well as changes in teaching methods will be addressed.

About this title

From the Author:

A study conducted in the UK in 1990 into the insight of first-year medical students about their future career and working conditions, revealed an almost total lack of knowledge about the profession into which they had just made a lifelong commitment. Many medical students regret their choice, with significant numbers leaving medical school or subsequently changing career after graduating. Indeed a study in 1998 of young Finnish doctors showed that 22% of respondents would not enter medicine again. It is astounding that intelligent students will apply for a course about which they know very little. We suspect this is due to the paucity of unbiased and comprehensive sources of information. This book will fill this void, allowing potential medical students to educate themselves and make an informed decision about which careers they intend to follow.
The reader will be able to make an educated and informed decision. They will also understand how the application procedure works, how to choose between the different universities, how to take a Year Out and more information that is vital. It will carry the candidate through life at university and into their chosen career. We suspect that the information provided would also significantly improve a potential candidates chance of making a successful application.
· Unbiased, comprehensive information with a clear logical layout.
· Up to date information regarding the change in curriculum and Doctors’ working practices.
· Personal Views for most chapters enabling "real life" stories to be shared.
· Reference to be used throughout university life and beyond.
· All the information in one small volume.
· Written by Junior Doctors who have experienced first hand the changes in the modern NHS.

From the Back Cover:

The Essential Guide to Becoming a Doctor contains key information for all school leavers and mature students considering a career in medicine. The book guides the reader from the initial decision to study medicine, the application process and the interview, through to university life and beyond. Written by junior doctors who have experienced the recent changes in both medical education and the NHS, this lively text explains what life as a medical student and a doctor is really like.

Chapters includes:

• The application procedure


• The year out


• Choosing a medical school


• Applying to Oxbridge


• The interview process


• Over 21s


• Life at medical school


• Finances


• Life as a junior doctor


• Working patterns and wages


• Career paths


• Working abroad

Supplemented with many real life experiences, including up to date information on the latest working practices and application procedures, this book helps readers to gain an unbiased view of their possible future careers. There are contributions by doctors from various specialties and different stages of training. This is the perfect guide for anyone seriously considering medicine as a career.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0727917390
• ISBN 13: 9780727917393
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208