Ebook: The Essential Guide to Becoming a Doctor, Third Edition
This book contains all the help you need to become a doctor. From applying to medical school through to choosing your specialty, you can find out:
- How to choose a medical school
- How to get into medical school
- How to survive as a medical student
- All about electives
- What life is like as a doctor
As well as easy to follow information on choosing, getting into - and surviving - medical school, junior doctors in different specialties provide unique insight with firsthand accounts of what the job is like in real life, to help you plan and decide your future career path.
Included in this fully updated third edition is the latest information on admission tests, an admission table with practical details about each medical school (as well as greater coverage of graduate medical schools), making this now even more comprehensive for everyone planning a career in medicine.Content:
Chapter 1 A Challenging Career (pages 1–9):
Chapter 2 The Application Procedure (pages 10–29):
Chapter 3 Admission Tests (pages 30–33):
Chapter 4 The Year out (pages 34–41):
Chapter 5 Choosing a Medical School (pages 42–63):
Chapter 6 Applying to Oxbridge (pages 64–70):
Chapter 7 The Interview Process (pages 71–82):
Chapter 8 Over 21s (pages 83–93):
Chapter 9 Life at Medical School (pages 94–106):
Chapter 10 The Medical Course: Early Years (pages 107–119):
Chapter 11 The Medical Course: Later Years (pages 120–132):
Chapter 12 The Intercalated Degree (pages 133–138):
Chapter 13 The Elective (pages 139–144):
Chapter 14 Finances (pages 145–154):
Chapter 15 House Dog to Top Dog (pages 155–169):
Chapter 16 Working Patterns and Wages (pages 170–182):
Chapter 17 Life as a Doctor (pages 183–195):
Chapter 18 Career Options (pages 196–218):
Chapter 19 Training as a General Practitioner (pages 219–227):
Chapter 20 Training in the Medical Field (Becoming a Physician) (pages 228–239):
Chapter 21 Training in the Surgical Field (pages 240–253):
Chapter 22 Working Abroad (pages 254–264):