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• Title:The essential guide to becoming a doctor / Adrian Blundell, Richard Harrison, Benjamin Turney ; cartoons by Rebecca Herbertson.
  
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• Author/Creator:Blundell, Adrian.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Harrison, Richard.
  Turney, Benjamin.
  
• Published/Created:Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: W21 .B658 2011
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: W21 .B658 2011
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Medicine--Great Britain--Vocational guidance.
  
• Medical Subjects: Medicine--Great Britain--Popular Works.
  Career Choice--Great Britain--Popular Works.
  Education, Medical--Great Britain--Popular Works.
  Vocational Guidance--Great Britain--Popular Works.
  
• Edition:3rd ed.
  
• Description:ix, 284 pages : ill ; 22 cm.
  
• Summary:"This book contains all the help you need to become a doctor in the UK. 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 survivng - 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."--Page 4 of cover
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9780470654552
  0470654554
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. challenging career
  2. application procedure
  3. Admission tests
  4. year out
  5. Choosing a medical school
  6. Applying to Oxbridge
  7. interview process
  8. Over 21s
  9. Life at medical school
  10. medical course: early years
  11. medical course: later years
  12. intercalated degree
  13. elective
  14. Finances
  15. House dog to top dog
  16. Working patterns and wages
  17. Life as a doctor
  18. Career options
  19. Training as a general practitioner
  20. Training in the medical field (becoming a physician)
  21. Training in the surgical field
  22. Working abroad.