We hate to break it to you but graduating from medical school and becoming a doctor does not guarantee you a jaw-dropping career. However, with help from this book you can unearth exciting opportunities, enhance your employability and maximise your chances of achieving the ultimate career satisfaction! Whether you are a sixth-form student who has just received an offer to study medicine or a junior doctor looking to take the next step towards your chosen speciality, this book can be used to help you accomplish your career goals. Whichever career path you want to take, and even if you want to work abroad, the information in this book will be relevant to you and it will give you a head start against the competition. It may also help you decide which career path to take! Have a read and set yourself on a pathway to professional enlightenment.
Inhalt
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Essential principles
Chapter 2 Aspects of a successful CV
2.1 Example CV
Chapter 3 Medical portfolios
Chapter 4 The experts
Chapter 5 Academic success
5.1 Degrees and qualifications
5.2 Examinations
5.3 Research
5.4 How points are allocated for academic success
5.5 Top tips for medical students
5.6 Advice from the experts
Chapter 6 Prizes and awards
6.1 Presentation competitions
6.2 Essay competitions
6.3 Bursaries, scholarships and grants
6.4 Medical school prizes
6.5 NHS awards
6.6 Miscellaneous
6.7 How points are allocated for prizes and awards
6.8 Top tips for medical students
6.9 Advice from the experts
Chapter 7 Leadership and management
7.1 Committee member
7.2 Representative
7.3 Founder
7.4 Fellow and scholar
7.5 Non-healthcare related roles
7.6 How points are allocated for leadership and management
7.7 Top tips for medical students
7.8 Advice from the experts
Chapter 8 Teaching others
8.1 Contributing to teaching
8.2 Designing a teaching programme
8.3 Teaching qualifications
8.4 How points are allocated for teaching others
8.5 Top tips for medical students
8.6 Advice from the experts
Chapter 9 Quality improvement
9.1 How points are allocated for quality improvement
9.2 Top tips for medical students
9.3 Advice from the experts
Chapter 10 Demonstrating commitment
10.1 Ways to demonstrate commitment
10.2 How points are allocated for demonstrating commitment
10.3 Top tips for medical students
10.4 Advice from the experts
Chapter 11 General tips for building your portfolio
Chapter 12 The foundation programme (FY1 and FY2)
12.1 Standard UK foundation programme
12.2 Academic foundation programme
12.3 Foundation priority programme
12.4 Psychiatry foundation fellowship programme
12.5 Top tips for medical students
Chapter 13 Taking a FY3
13.1 FY3 clinical roles
13.2 FY3 logistics
13.3 FY3 pitfalls
13.4 Top tips for medical students
13.5 Advice from the experts
Chapter 14 NHS training routes
14.1 Core (internal) medicine training and higher speciality training
14.2 Core surgical training and higher speciality training
14.3 Acute care common stem
14.4 Run-through training programmes
14.5 Competition ratios
14.6 Academic training routes
14.7 Top tips for medical students
Chapter 15 General practice
15.1 Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment
15.2 Selection centre face-to-face assessment (40% of overall STS)
15.3 GP specialty training
15.4 Portfolio general practice
15.5 Insight from GPs and GP trainees
Chapter 16 Alternative careers
16.1 Military doctor
16.2 Entrepreneurship
16.3 Pharmaceutical physician
16.4 Management consulting
16.5 Medico-legal careers
16.6 Top tips for medical students
Chapter 17 Working abroad
17.1 The USA
17.2 Canada
17.3 Australia
17.4 New Zealand
17.5 Points to consider about working abroad
17.6 Top tips for medical students
Chapter 18 Not having a career goal
18.1 Top tips for medical students
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Chapter 19 Staying out of trouble
Index