Download or read book On Becoming a Doctor written by Tania Heller and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful and candid guide unveils the truth about medical school, residency, and the fascinating realities that await aspiring physicians beyond the classroom. On Becoming a Doctor provides an essential roadmap for your medical odyssey including: Comprehensive Guidance: Delve into the intricacies of medical school life and residency, as well as the challenges and rewards of being a doctor. Gain invaluable insights into the various medical specialties, allowing you to make informed decisions about your future career path. First-Hand Accounts: Written by seasoned medical professionals, this book provides authentic first-hand accounts of the rigors and triumphs experienced throughout medical training. Learn from their experiences and use their wisdom to navigate your own journey with confidence. Balancing Life and Work: Discover the secrets to maintaining a healthy work-life balance in the demanding world of medicine. On Becoming a Doctor offers practical tips on managing stress, fostering personal well-being, and nurturing a fulfilling personal life alongside a thriving medical career. Residency Success Strategies: Unravel the complexities of the residency application process and equip yourself with indispensable strategies to stand out in this highly competitive arena. Our expert advice will empower you to excel during your residency and launch a successful medical career. Patient Stories: Be inspired by heartwarming and insightful patient stories that illustrate the transformative power of compassionate healthcare. Learn how to provide exceptional patient care and forge meaningful connections with those you serve. Navigating Medical Challenges: From medical ethics dilemmas to emotional resilience, On Becoming a Doctor addresses the diverse challenges doctors encounter. Equip yourself with the tools to overcome obstacles and make a lasting impact on the lives of your patients. Thriving Beyond Residency: Beyond residency lies a vast landscape of opportunities. Learn about alternative career paths, research opportunities, and potential for leadership roles within the medical community. Unlock your potential and discover what lies ahead in your fulfilling medical journey. Empower yourself with knowledge, empathy, and resilience as you embrace the transformative journey of becoming a doctor. A perfect graduation gift for any aspiring medical professional!

Download or read book Should I Become a Doctor Get Me Into Medical School Series written by Dr Alexander Logan and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-16 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Me Into Medical School: Should I Become a Doctor? focuses on the first steps in making the decision to study medicine. Understanding what being both a medical student and a doctor is like can be very difficult and organising work experience and knowing what questions to ask can seem impossible. Getting into medical school and scoring highly at medical school interviews can be tricky and requires a thorough understanding of the challenges faced by both students and doctors in the NHS together with what life as doctor is truly like. Inside you will find in depth information on how to decide if medicine is for you, how to choose a medical school and how to maximise your chances of getting into medical school. Get Me Into Medical School Should I Become A Doctor? aims to make these steps easy for you with honest insights from medical students at UK medical schools and doctors together with virtual work experience. Honest and accurate information from current doctors and medical students provides you with information you might have been afraid to ask such as 'how much are doctors paid?', 'do you actually enjoy your job?', 'would you choose medicine if you had the chance again?' and many more. Features: Insider Tips: From over 200 current medical students and current medical school admissions tutors. Is Medicine is For You?: Honest information on the medical career path and NHS pay scales Graduate Entry: An entire section is devoted to graduate entry medicine including making the decision, getting in, finances and choosing the best course. Work Experience: Complete step-by-step guide to organising placements and how to stand out from the crowd Admission Tests Guide: A comprehensive breakdown of the UKCAT, BMAT and GAMSAT medical admission tests with advice on how to succeed. Life as a Doctor: Understand what to expect at medical school, in the foundation years and from the most popular subspecialties Virtual Work Experience: A breakdown of life at medical school, during the foundation years and in the most popular specialties. More Online: Links to online resources, admission websites and www.getmeintomedicalschool.com Also in the Get Me Into Medical School Series: The Medical Schools Guide Medical School Interviews

Download or read book I Wish I Read This Book Before Medical School written by Katherine Chretien and published by I Wish I Read...Series. This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a physician is an amazing privilege, and it can be a deeply rewarding career...but first you have to get through medical school. Students, who were often at the top of their class prior to medical school, now find themselves surrounded by equally bright, hardworking, overachieving classmates and facing new challenges from rigorous curricula to specialty selection to navigation of unchartered territories of mentorship, clinical rotations, and research. Thriving in medical school requires more than smarts--it requires new learning strategies, organization, time management, teamwork skills, mentorship, adaptability, resilience, and more. This book brings together advice from medical educators, practicing physicians, and current medical students to help new medical students not just survive medical school but handle the transition with grace and position them to succeed and thrive.

Download or read book Get Me Into Medical School written by Alexander Logan MBChB MSc MRCS PGCME and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-07-08 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Me Into Medical School! Should I Become a Doctor is the first book in the Get Me Into Medical School Series and helps you to decide if studying medicine is right for you. Written by an experienced medical school interviewer, with contributions from current medical students and junior doctors Get Me Into Medical School The Ultimate Guide offers insider advice and practical tips for anyone considering a career in medicine. Features: Expert Tips: Written by a medical school interviewer with a degree in medical education and featuring contributions from both students and junior doctors Get Me Into Medical School offers true insider advice. How to Get In: Tips and tricks to get the best work experience possible and structure your GCSE and A-Level years towards gaining a place at medical school. Graduate Entry: An entire section is devoted to graduate entry medicine including making the decision, getting in, finances and choosing the best course. Medical School Guide: All 33 medical schools individually broken down to highlight the key facts, course structure and insider advice. Admission Tests Guide: A comprehensive breakdown of the UKCAT, BMAT and GAMSAT medical admission tests with advice on how to succeed. Practice Interview Questions: The definitive guide to MMI and Traditional medical interviews. Common questions are broken down with examples and current interviewers give their views on how to get the best score at interview. Virtual Work Experience: A breakdown of life at medical school, during the foundation years and in the most popular specialties. More Online: Links to online resources, admission websites and www.getmeintomedicalschool.com The ultimate guide for getting into UK Medical School

Download or read book Getting into Medical School For Dummies written by Carleen Eaton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your plain-English guide to getting into the medical school of your dreams Getting accepted to medical school is a long and rigorous process and many students find they need help. If you're one of these students, Getting into Medical School For Dummies is the perfect tool to help you through the process and realize your dream. By providing you with concise information about preparing for and applying to medical school, Getting into Medical School For Dummies prepares you for the application process. Written by an industry expert, it gives you a distinct advantage in the competitive medical school admissions process, preparing you for every step and helping you create your best application. Takes you through the often-overwhelming process of applying to medical school Explains what medical schools and admissions committees are really looking for Provides plain-English explanations of complicated medical school admissions processes If you're one of the over 40,000 students who apply to medical school each year and need help sorting through the admissions schedule, writing statements of intent, and preparing to take the MCAT, Getting Into Medical School For Dummies has you covered!

Download or read book The Essential Guide to Becoming a Doctor written by Adrian Blundell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book The Medical Schools Guide Get Me Into Medical School Series written by Dr Alexander Logan and published by Meddicle Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Me Into Medical School: The Medical Schools Guide guides you through the process of choosing a medical school in the United Kingdom. Understanding subtle differences between each of the 34 UK medical schools can be difficult for school leavers, teachers and parents. Luckily our team of medical school interviewers, current medical students and junior doctors have analysed each of the 34 UK medical schools in detail and are here to provide you with insider information to help you make the best decision. Choosing a UK medical school is a huge decision as you will be spending the next 5-6 years of your life there and it is important you have as much information about the course, university and city before you make your final choices. Inside you will find in depth information on how to choose a medical school that is right for you. Get Me Into Medical School: The Medical Schools Guide analyses each UK medical school in detail with honest insights from current medical students at each university. Honest and accurate information from current doctors and medical students provides you with information you might not have considered together with the latest admission statistics and medical school interview formats for 2015/16. Features: Choose a City: Learn about city safety, entertainment, costs and transport Choose a Medical Course: Understand how courses differ and which will suit you best Choose a University: Student accommodation, societies and facilities analysed All 34 UK Medical Schools: Each medical school outlined in detail Insiders Views: Current students and graduates give their opinions on each medical school Latest 2015/16 Admission Statistics: Facts and figures from year size to type of interview detailed Links To Online Resources: Each medical school is linked to the admissions page for the latest admissions information More Online: Links to online resources, admission websites and www.getmeintomedicalschool.com Also in the Get Me Into Medical School Series: Should I Become A Doctor? Medical School Interviews

Download or read book Becoming a Doctor written by Melvin Konner and published by Penguin Mass Market. This book was released on 1988 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At age 33, Melvin Konner entered medical school. This is an account of his third year when students first apply the results of their endless book-learning and test-taking.

Download or read book Medical School Interviews Get Me Into Medical School Series written by Dr Alexander Logan and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-06 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Me Into Medical School: Medical School Interviews is the definitive text for preparing for your medical school interview. The popular book helps you to understand how medical school interviews are scored, provides you with frameworks for your answers and offers over 100 practise MMI and traditional interview questions. Written by a medical school interviewer and covering Inside you will find in depth information on how to write your personal statement, prepare for interviews and understand how to improve your interview technique with over 100 practice questions. Get Me Into Medical School Medical School Interviews provides comprehensive frameworks, insider tips and example answers prepared by successful students and current interviewers. Honest and accurate information from current doctors and medical students provides you with everything you need to improve your interview technique. Features: Insider Tips: From over 200 current medical students and current medical school admissions tutors. Personal Statement: Find out how the PS is marked and how to score highly Interview Overview: Full explanations covering the types of medical school interview and what medical school interviewers are looking for. Interview Technique: From body language to tonality, frameworks and content everything you need to make sure you score well. Traditional Interview Questions: Practise common traditional interview questions such as 'why medicine?' with example answers and comprehensive explanations from current interviewers Ethics Questions: Practise tricky ethics questions with in depth guides and key ethical principles and cases described. MMI Questions: Understand and practise MMI style medical interview questions including how to tackle prioritisation and communication tasks. More Online: Links to online resources, admission websites and www.getmeintomedicalschool.com Also in the Get Me Into Medical School Series: The Medical Schools Guide Should I Become a Doctor?

Download or read book What I Learned in Medical School written by Kevin M. Takakuwa and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-01-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of vivid, first-person stories of medical students who don't "fit the mold" and have had challenges completing conventional medical training.

Download or read book So you want to be a Doctor The ultimate guide to getting into medical school written by Stephan Sanders and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More people are applying to medical school than ever before, and 'So you want to be a Doctor?' will give you the best head start. It distils the wisdom of over 100 medical students, admissions specialists and doctors, revealing the truth about the medical school application process. This comprehensive guide leads the reader through every stage of the process, from deciding if you want to be a doctor, through to moving to university and coping with the first year at medical school. With a detailed profile for every undergraduate and graduate medical school in the UK, it will help students to choose the best medical school for them. It will also help with the other big decisions that need to be made, such as which A-level subjects to take and whether to apply to Oxbridge. All the essential information is covered, including: BLhow much medical school costs, BLwhat work experience is best, and how to get it, BLcompleting the UCAS form, BLsurviving the UKCAT and BMAT admission tests, BLgetting through the interview. Written by an author team of a medical student, recent graduate and a widely experienced clinician, the book also contains first-hand accounts of students' personal experiences, and advice and information from people on the inside of the admissions process.

Download or read book 50 Things to Know about Becoming a Doctor written by 50 Things To Know and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it like in medical school? What should I expect from choosing medicineas a career? How do I decide if it'sright for me? If you answered yes to anyof these questions then this book is for you... 50 Things to Know About Becoming a Medical Doctorby Dr. Toni Liu offers an approach to understanding the medical training path.Most books on medical school tell you how to study and prepare for tests andtasks. Although there's nothing wrong with that, they don't talk about howmentally and emotionally difficult and rigorous medical training will be, andhow best to prepare yourself for the tough journey ahead. In these pages, you'll discover the truth abouttraining to become a doctor. This book will help you prepare yourself if that'sthe path you choose. By the time you finish this book, you will know all about the medicaltraining path, what to expect, and whether it's right for you. So grab YOURcopy today. You'll be glad you did.

Download or read book Med School Uncensored written by Richard Beddingfield, MD and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining insider's guide to the good, the bad, and the ugly of med school--with everything pre-med and med students need to know, from day one, to maximize opportunities and avoid mistakes. Cardiothoracic anesthesiologist and recent med school grad Dr. Richard Beddingfield serves as an unofficial older brother for pre-med and incoming med students--dishing on all the stuff he would've wanted to know from the beginning in order to make the most of med school's opportunities, while staying sane through the gauntlets of applying to and succeeding at med school, residency, fellowship, and starting work as a new physician. With advice from additional recent Ivy League med school grads and top-tier hospital residents, this all-in-one guide is a must-have for everyone who dreams of becoming a doctor.

Download or read book So You Want to Be a Doctor written by David Metcalfe and published by Success in Medicine. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So you want to be a doctor? Be confident and fully prepared for every step of your medical school application. Packed with insight, tips, and information you won't find anywhere else, this essential guide helps applicants succeed against tough competition. Full of practical advice from those in the know! Over 100 medical students and admissions tutors have contributed to unique profiles of every medical school in the UK with rankings and detailed explanations of what it is really like to study at each one. Discover how often students encounter patients, how teaching is delivered, what the facilities are like, and most importantly, what admissions tutors are looking for. Every medical school is different and this book helps students choose the school they are best suited to. There is advice at every turn, providing support all the way from choosing A-levels, finding work experience, and writing personal statements, to strong strategies for interview success. The authors, who have all been through the process themselves, bring together insider information such as: - How much medical school really costs - How graduates of each medical school perform after they qualify - Which work experience is best, and how to get it - How to perform well on standardised admissions tests, such as the UKCAT and BMAT, plus sample questions

Download or read book Med School Confidential written by Robert H. Miller and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Med School Confidential from Robert H. Miller and Daniel M. Bissell uses the same chronological format and mentor-based system that have made Law School Confidential and Business School Confidential such treasured and popular guides. It takes the reader step-by-step through the entire med school process--from thinking about, applying to, and choosing a medical school and program, through the four-year curriculum, internships, residencies, and fellowships, to choosing a specialty and finding the perfect job. With a foreword by Chair of the Admissions Committee at Dartmouth Medical School Harold M. Friedman, M.D., Med School Confidential provides what no other book currently does: a comprehensive, chronological account of the full medical school experience.

Download or read book What It Takes to Be a Doctor written by Ranjana Srivastava and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential guide for anyone contemplating a career as a doctor, by one of Australia's finest practitioners – and writers 2018 finalist book for The Australian Career Book Award – supported by the Royal Society of Arts in Australia and New Zealand What is the life of a doctor really like? Is there an end to studying? Are money and prestige guaranteed? Can a fulfilling medical career and a satisfying family life co-exist and what support can a parent or partner give? Which doctors are the happiest? What is the most important question to ask yourself before studying medicine? An insider’s calm and considered answers could determine whether you choose to pursue this high-stakes career. Becoming a doctor is a tremendous privilege and a serious responsibility. With her trademark warmth and story-telling ability, Ranjana Srivastava delves into the reality of being a doctor in the modern era of medicine. Through lived experience as a front-line clinician, prolific writer, and mother, she celebrates the highlights of being a doctor but doesn't flinch from the disappointments. Her compelling stories illustrate the hidden facets of a life in medicine. From the burden of prolonged medical training and the regret of mismatched expectations, to the humility of caring and the joy of making a difference, this book contains illuminating observations, reflection and advice that should be required reading for anyone contemplating a career as a doctor. 'Deciding to study medicine is a momentous decision, and Ranjana Srivastava has created a long overdue and indispensable guide peppered with invaluable advice and insights - a must-read.' Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, Adolescent Psychologist

Download or read book From High School to Med School written by Jason Yanofski and published by . This book was released on 2000-05-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do YOU want to be a doctor? Accelerated medical (BA/MD) programs allow you to apply to medical school directly from high school. They are the Fastest! Cheapest! Easiest! way to get into medical school and guarantee your future! More people are applying to accelerated programs every year. Don't let this opportunity pass you by. From High School To Med. School is designed to be a complete step-by-step "tool-kit" for the entire process. Along with www.acceleratedmed.com, this book helps you "Get with the Program!" Here are just a few of the questions answered within: · If I go to an Ivy League school, won't I be able to get into medical school anyway? · What do I need to do in high school to be accepted into a medical program? · What kinds of questions will they ask me during the interview? · How will I deal with only being in college for two or three years? · Do younger medical students perform well compared to older medical students? Here's what people are saying about From High School to Med. School: "A BA/MD program gives students who are interested in a career in medicine a 'path of least resistance,'…" -Academic Medicine (full text inside) "Fills an important need for individuals considering this option--very informative." -Assoc VP, AAMC "This book should be required reading for all high school counselors and students interested in medicine." -Pre-medical Advisor "The authors are to be congratulated… They have chosen a topic that is relevant to a great number of high school students, and treated it with detail and brevity, candor and tact, and above all, clarity." -Dr. Balamurali Ambati, the "World's Youngest Doctor"