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Royal Society of Medicine Career Handbook: FY1 - ST2
Muhunthan Thillai; Kaji Sritharan
Paperback
£23.99
ISBN:
9781853159275
Published:
29/04/2011
Extent:
196 pages
Illustrations:
30
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Summary:
Doctors often lack the skills needed to give them a competitive edge over their colleagues. Despite being academically gifted they leave medical school after six years ill equipped to attain their own career goals. Management skills that are often the most basic to those working for private companies are left out of their undergraduate training. Some simple tips, strategies and well researched advice will empower doctors to develop their own unique career pathway and help them achieve success in their professional life.
This book is for all newly qualified doctors. It systematically and logically examines the entire hospital doctor and GP career process from start to finish, dispelling common myths and advising doctors on how to break down their career into sections and tackle them one at a time. Planning a career should be like sitting an exam. Each chapter is devoted to one aspect of the career pathway from how to choose the right job for you through to FY1, FY2 and ST jobs, and covering application forms, exams, the interview process, audit and finally publications.
This book helps to answer specific questions such as:
Should I apply for jobs in multiple deaneries to increase my chances of success?
What do those questions on the application form really mean?
Exactly what type of questions will come up in my interview?
Which postgraduate exam should I choose, how will I get through it and when should I sit it?
How can I excel in an audit and make a difference to my department?
How do I get published and which journals should I choose?
Brimming with sound practical advice, hints, tips with its readily accessible style and approach, this text is an essential purchase for all doctors embarking on their career.
- A book covering the secrets of success in applications, interviews and choosing the right career path for you
- FY1, FY2 and ST jobs explained - how to choose the right ones for you, how to get through them and how to get ahead of everyone else
- Interview practice, common scenarios, how to achieve interview success and get the job you deserve as well as what interview panels are looking for
- This book will give you a competitive advantage by arming you with the necessary knowledge
- Contains very practical advice and includes numerous hints, tips, pearls of wisdom
About the Author(s):
Muhunthan Thillai BA MBBS MRCP, Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellow and Honorary Respiratory SpR at Imperial College London
Kaji Sritharan BSc MBBS MRCS, SpR in General Surgery, North West Thames Rotation, London Deanery, Hon Research Fellow in Vascular Surgery at Imperial College, London
Readership:
UK market and overseas doctors interested in pursuing a career in the UK. It would be suitable for senior medical students and all hospital doctors from Foundation Year One right through to the beginn
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