So you want to be a brain surgeon?: The essential guide to medical careers

by Lydia Spurr (Editor), Jessica Harris (Editor), Geoffrey Warwick (Editor)

Overview

A medical degree opens many doors, but how do you decide which is the right one to go through? Whether you are wondering how to choose a career or want to know how to follow a particular path, you'll find the answers in this book. Deciding which medical career to pursue has a huge impact on your future, and yet few doctors or medical students ever receive formal careers advice. Fortunately help is at hand: this book has been fully rewritten to include the latest information on training and career progression, as well as summaries of over 100 different careers open to medical graduates. Whether you aspire to be a general practitioner, medical manager, forensic pathologist or even a brain surgeon, you'll find details on the job, lifestyle, and specific career route. Each career chapter has been written by specialists in their field to give you a unique 'insider's opinion', resulting in the most complete and up to date medical careers guide ever published. Alongside the careers chapters there are new and updated sections on the Foundation Programme, Core Training, Specialty Training, and Academic Training. These describe the major hurdles in each area and how to overcome them. In addition, alternatives and adaptations to formal training are explored, including taking time out, working outside the UK, and working less than full time. From choosing jobs and filling application forms, to interviews and improving your CV, this book covers every aspect in detail.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191084904
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	04/12/2022
Series:	Success in Medicine
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	472
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Lydia Spurr is a registrar in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine in London, currently completing an MD(Res) at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College London. Her research interests include ventilatory failure and neuromuscular disorders. She also has an interest in medical education and has completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education. As an undergraduate she was awarded a Wolfson Foundation Scholarship to support research during her intercalated degree in Molecular Pharmacology at Barts and the London. Jessica Harris is a Consultant Psychiatrist. She completed her medical training at Manchester University, before moving to London and completing Specialty Training in South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust, with accreditation in Liaison Psychiatry. She now works in Maternity Services at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, providing integrated Psychiatric care for maternity patients, often those facing complex pregnancies. Geoffrey Warwick is a consultant respiratory and general physician in London. He completed his MD in Australia into non-invasive assessment of obstructive lung disease. His has an interest in medical education and is a director of two training programmes.

Table of Contents

1. Career routes- the 'usual' route1. Career overview2. Foundation programme3. Specialty training4. Membership exams5. Consultant6. General practitioner2. Career routes- 'alternative' routes7. Specialty and associate specialist (SAS) doctors8. Alternatives to a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)9. Switching career paths10. Academic career11. Armed Forces career12. 'Off the beaten path' and portfolio careers13. Overseas career14. Leaving clinical medicine3. Specialty overviews15. Introduction16. Acute care common stem (ACCS)17. Anaesthetics18. General practice (GP)19. Medical specialties20. Obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G)21. Paediatrics22. Pathology23. Psychiatry24. Public health25. Radiology26. Surgery27. Surgery continued4. Choosing careers and getting jobs28. Choosing a career29. Finding jobs30. Surviving the recruitment system31. Interviews and selection centres32. What happens next? 33. Competition for CT1/ST1 applications34. Competition for ST3/ST4 applications35. Staying competitive36. Curriculum vitae (CV)37. Portfolios and ePortfolios38. Applying for academic training39. Applying from overseas5. Training and working in medical careers40. Postgraduate training: Modernising Medical Careers (MMC)41. Postgraduate training: Shape of Training (SoT)42. Overseeing education43. Less than full time training44. Doctors' pay45. Taking time out46. Working abroad47. Discrimination48. Women in medicine49. Myths debunked6. Career chapters50. Academic medicine51. Academic surgery52. Acute medicine53. Allergy54. Anaesthetics55. Armed Forces: Army56. Armed Forces: Royal Air Force57. Armed Forces: Royal Navy58. Audiovestibular medicine59. Aviation and space medicine60. Bariatric and metabolic surgery61. Cardiology62. Cardiothoracic surgery63. Chemical pathology64. Clinical genetics65. Clinical neurophysiology66. Clinical oncology67. Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics68. Dermatology69. Diving and hyperbaric medicine70. Elderly medicine71. Emergency medicine72. Emergency medicine: paediatrics73. Emergency medicine: pre-hospital care74. Endocrinology and diabetes75. ENT (otolaryngology)76. Expedition medicine77. Fertility medicine78. Forensic medicine79. Forensic pathology80. Gastroenterology81. General practice (GP)82. GP: Academic83. GP: Private practice84. GP: Rural setting85. GP: Secure environments86. GP with Extended Roles87. General surgery88. Genitourinary medicine89. Gynaecological oncology90. Haematology91. Hand surgery92. Histopathology93. Immunology94. Infectious diseases and tropical medicine95. Intensive care96. Locuming97. Media medicine98. Medical education99. Medical entrepreneur100. Medical ethics101. Medical management consultancy102. Medical manager103. Medical microbiology104. Medical oncology105. Medical politics106. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)107. Medico-legal adviser108. Metabolic medicine109. National healthcare policy & leadership110. Neonatal medicine111. Neurology112. Neurosurgery113. Nuclear medicine114. Obstetric medicine115. Obstetrics & gynaecology116. Occupational medicine117. Oncoplastic breast surgery118. Ophthalmology119. Oral & maxillofacial surgery120. Orthopaedic surgery121. Paediatric surgery122. Paediatrics123. Paediatrics: Cardiology124. Paediatrics: Community125. Pain management126. Palliative medicine127. Pharmaceutical medicine128. Plastic and reconstructive surgery129. Psychiatry: child and adolescent130. Psychiatry: general adult131. Psychiatry: intellectual disability132. Psychiatry: old age133. Psychiatry: psychotherapy134. Public health135. Radiology: diagnostic136. Radiology: interventional137. Rehabilitation medicine138. Renal medicine139. Respiratory medicine140. Rheumatology141. Sexual and reproductive healthcare142. Spine surgery143. Sport and exercise medicine144. Transfusion medicine145. Transplant medicine146. Transplant surgery147. Trauma surgery148. Urogynaecology149. Urology150. Vascular surgery151. Virology152. Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO)