Learning medicine : an informal guide to a career in medicine / Peter Richards, Simon Stockill ; with cartoons by Larry ; and a foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richards, Peter, M.D.

Contributor:

Stockill, Simon.

Larry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Vocational guidance--Great Britain.

Medicine.

Medical education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

16th ed.

Place of Publication:

London : BMJ, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title should help students to decide whether a course in medicine is the right career path for them. As well as information on courses, schools and making an application, students will find out what to expect from life as a medical student and doctor.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Why medicine and why not?; So, why medicine?; And, why not?; Making your own decision; 2. Opportunity and reality; Opportunities for women; Ethnic minorities; Mature students; Overseas applicants; Equal opportunities, equal difficulties?; 3. Requirements for entry; Broader requirements; Personal health requirements and disability; Academic requirements; Graduate students; How about resits?; Survival ability; 4. Choosing a medical school; Location; Finances; Range of entrance requirements; A gap year?; Mature and graduate students; Interview or no interview

Visits and open days5. Application and selection; Personal details; Choices; Other information; Getting an interview; When to apply; 6. Interviews; The purpose; The panel; Dress and demeanour; The conversation; Offers; 7. Medical school: the early years; The subjects, systems, and topics; The teaching and the teachers; Communication skills; Intercalated honours degrees; Assessment; Working hard, playing hard; 8. Medical school: the later years; The clinical subjects; The elective; Assessments and exams; 9. Doubts; Academic doubts; Vocational doubts; Personal doubts; 10. The house officer

Preregistration yearRotas or shifts; Where to go; 11. Choosing a specialty; When should you decide; What makes a specialist; Senior house officer posts; Membership of Royal Colleges; The specialist register; Consultants; Appraisal and revalidation; 12. Career opportunities; General practice (Figure 12.1); Hospital specialties (Figure 12.2); Accident and emergency; Anaesthetics; Medicine; Paediatrics and child health; Obstetrics and gynaecology; Pathology; Psychiatry; Diagnostic radiology; Radiotherapy and oncology; Rehabilitation; Surgery; Public health medicine; Community health

Other specialtiesPostscript; Appendices; Appendix 1 The core outcomes of basic medical education; Appendix 2 The aims of the Preregistration House Officer (PRHO) year ("general clinical training"); Appendix 3 Guidance to doctors; Appendix 4 Suggestions for further reading; Appendix 5 Website addresses for UK medical schools; Appendix 6 Addresses of professional and specialty organisations; Appendix 7 Grant making bodies for mature students; Index

Notes:

First published: 1983. Previous ed.: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-19813-3

9786610198139

1-4443-0217-5

0-585-44118-9

OCLC:

475939687