The Essential Guide to Becoming a Doctor, 2nd Edition
by Adrian Blundell (Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, UK); Richard Harrison (RAFT Institute of Plastic Surgery, Mount Vernon Hospital); Benjamin W. Turney (John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK)Format: eBook
Pub. Date: 2009-04-01
Publisher(s): BMJ Books
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Summary
An informative guide for anyone contemplating a career in medicine. Up-to-date, essential information for a wide group of school leavers Covers getting to medical school, being there and life thereafter Written by newly qualified doctors who lecture on medical careers
Table of Contents
| Preface to First Edition | |
| Preface to Second Edition | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| A challenging career | |
| The application procedure | |
| Admission Tests | |
| The year out | |
| Choosing a medical school | |
| Applying to Oxbridge | |
| The interview process | |
| Over 21s | |
| Life at medical school | |
| The medical course - early years | |
| The medical course - later years | |
| The intercalated degree | |
| The elective | |
| Finances | |
| House dog to top dog | |
| Working patterns and wages | |
| Life as a doctor | |
| Career options | |
| Training as a general practitioner | |
| Training in the medical field | |
| Training in the surgical field | |
| Working abroad | |
| Appendix | |
| Index | |
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