Essential Guide to Becoming a Doctor, 3rd Edition

All you need to know about becoming a doctor in the UK

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.

The Essential Guide to Becoming a Doctor is one of the most popular guides for students considering a medical career in the UK , as well as medical students and junior doctors having to decide which direction to take on qualification. It is written by young doctors who understand what candidates are concerned about while making their career decisions. Its light hearted style, with cartoons to lift the text, make this a readable introduction. Yet it doesnt avoid the serious message that you need to be sure of your motivation before embarking on the long and expensive training. Despite its conciseness the Essential Guide covers every aspect of the process of becoming a doctor; from choosing which medical school and writing the application to deciding what postgraduate career to specialise in.  Vignettes of life in the different specialties and general practice are written by both young and more senior doctors whove experienced it first hand.  New for the third edition Conditions for applying to medical school, medical curricula, the situation of the medical schools themselves, and the European Directive on junior doctors working hours have all affected the information since the 2nd edition was published.  To bring the book up to date the new edition will include: Updated application information Latest information on admission tests Admission table enhanced with practical details about the medical schools More detailed coverage of graduate medical schools  

All you need to know about becoming a doctor in the UK 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.