Overview
Which doctors make the most money? Which doctors work the hardest? How do you become an expedition doctor? What is it like to be a brain surgeon? Will it affect your career if you take a break? If any of these questions are relevant to you then this could be the most important book you ever read. Whether you are wondering what career to choose or want to know how to follow a particular medical career, you'll find the answers inside.Deciding which path to pursue has a huge impact on your future life and yet few doctors or medical students ever receive formal careers advice. This has become even harder since the changes brought about by the Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) initiative. Fortunately help is at hand: this book has been fully rewritten to include the latest MMC information and summaries of 100 different medical careers and how to get there.Whether you aspire to be a general practitioner, forensic psychiatrist, cardiologist or even a brain surgeon you'll find details on the lifestyle, job and specific career route. Each career chapter has been written by a senior specialist in that particular field to give you the 'insider's opinion', resulting in the most complete and up-to-date medical careers guide ever published.Alongside the careers chapters there are new sections on the Foundation Programme, Core Training, Specialty Training and Academic Training. These also describe the major hurdles in each career and how to overcome them. From filling in application forms and choosing jobs to interviews and improving your CV, every aspect of your career is covered in detail.
Full Product Details
Author: Simon Eccles (Consultant, Emergency Medicine, Homerton Hospital, London, UK) ,
Stephan Sanders (Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University Medical School, USA)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.584kg
ISBN: 9780199231966
ISBN 10: 0199231966
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 11 December 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
`Review from previous edition What a fantastic little book! This really is an indispensable careers guide' Cambridge Medicine `Effective and entertaining tool in helping to make the most important choice in your medical career. This book should be purchased early in your medical school career, read, and then referred to as you progress and learn more about the many paths that a medical degree offers...So you want to be a brain surgeon? could be the smallest investment into your biggest decision' Kevin Carter, University of Toronto Medical Journal `So you want to be a brain surgeon? comes out on top as the best all rounder... In addition to its synopses of some 80 careers, the book is also full of useful addresses and telephone numbers of various professional bodies (and not just in medicine), making it invaluable for ready reference.' Ayan S Panja, Student BMJ `This book is an easy and entertaining read due to its light-hearted yet well-constructed nature. For me, this has clarified many uncertainties, particularly with respect to the exams required in any path. So you want to be a Brain Surgeon? could be your smallest investment into your biggest decision.' Mark Collyer, Bristol Medical School Gazette `A canny consumer's guide to the profession, it should be widely read and consulted by all who are still uncommitted in their medical careers and by those who advise them.' Jane C Symonds, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Volume 94, November 2001 `In my current capacity as editor of the BMJ's Career focus and editor of the studentBMJ, I think that your future career will be hampered if you do not read this book. Does that make it plain enough?' Rhona MacDonald, StudentBMJ `It is a fascinating and useful guide to medical careers, as it gives an unflinching and nitty-gritty account of the myriad of careers on offer to medical graduates, and methodically describes the pros and cons of each option.' David Allin BA, Final year medical student
...breaks down everything you need to know about geting into UK specialties and the training pathways required by the MMC...everything is summarized, e.g. specialty reviews, how to get a job...one of the few books out there that gives accurate and helpful advice...a good investment in your entire future. QMM Magazine
Author Information
Simon Eccles is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Homerton Hospital in Hackney, North East London. He was appointed as Clinical Director for NHS Connecting for Health in July 2007, having started as the joint National Clinical Lead for Hospital Doctors at the end of 2004. He is a past-Chairman of the Junior Doctors Committee of the BMA. In October 2004, he took a year out of clinical work to allow him to work on the 'Hospital at Night' project as the medical advisor to the Department of Health. He continues to work as a medical advisor to NHS National Workforce Projects. Stephan qualified from Nottingham medical school in 2003 and trained as a paediatrician. He recently moved to work as a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University and hopes to train as a clinical geneticist. He also works as an expedition doctor and took part in the Serious Andes and Serious Ocean expeditions with Children's BBC. He first became interested in medical writing while at university and he has now written several books aimed at making life a bit easier for newly qualified doctors and their patients.
