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Making Sense of Your Medical Career Riaz Agha

Making Sense of Your Medical Career By Riaz Agha

Making Sense of Your Medical Career by Riaz Agha


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Summary

A practical guide that contains career information, and explains the best path to career success. It helps you to answer difficult questions such as: Should I do an intercalated BSc and what are the costs, benefits and alternatives? How do I get funding for an intercalated BSc and elective? How do I organise a successful elective?

Making Sense of Your Medical Career Summary

Making Sense of Your Medical Career: your strategic guide to success by Riaz Agha

Medicine is an extremely competitive field, and whilst some specialties will always prove more popular than others, the competition is set to increase across all areas. If you are serious about succeeding in medicine then Making Sense of Your Medical Career is the book for you.



This practical guide is packed with invaluable career information, and takes time to explain carefully the best path to career success.



Key Features

A* Universal approach, applicable across all specialties

A* Unbiased and impartial advice

A* Easy-to-read and informal style

A* Step-by-step advice in how to build an effective CV

A* Practical examples from expert contributing authors

A* Handy tips on getting short-listed and selected for competitive posts

A* Further information and support on www.yourmedicalcareer.com



This book will help you to answer difficult questions:



A* Should I do an intercalated BSc and what are the costs, benefits and alternatives?

A* How do I get funding for an intercalated BSc and elective?

A* How do I organise a successful elective?

A* How do I write and publish a scientific paper or book?

A* How do I get the most out of my time at medical school?

A* How do I manage my time, finances and stress?

A* What will I be asked at an interview?

A* How can I make myself stand out from the crowd?



Making Sense of Your Medical Career is the ultimate passport to a successful career in medicine.



"We have no doubt that any medical student would benefit from reading this book and so would many of their teachers....it is a remarkable achievement and we believe that it justly merits a place on the student's personal bookshelf as well as in libraries everywhere."

Sir Graeme Catto and Sir Barry Jackson

Making Sense of Your Medical Career Reviews

'I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to any medical student or young doctor'

'I congratulate Riaz Agha and his colleagues on providing a very valuable resource for young people entering medicine today.'


Prof. David K.C Cooper, Univerity of Pittsburgh

"We would recommend this book primarily for medical students and junior doctors. It provides a practical guide that any reader could use to start to build the foundation for a strong application for any competitive speciality in a structured way."


Hamed Khan & Iqbal Khan, British Medical Journal

About Riaz Agha

Riaz Agha BSc(Hons) is a final year medical student at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, London; Founder and Managing Editor of the International Journal of Surgery; Director of Surgical Associates Ltd and Falcon Websites Ltd; and Member of Council, Section of Plastic Surgery, The Royal Society of Medicine, UK. Editorial Advisors: Sir Graeme Catto MD, FRCP, FRSE Pro Vice-Chancellor for Medicine, University of London Vice-Principal, King's College London, UK Sir Barry Jackson MS, FRCS, FRCP Past-President of the Royal Society of Medicine in London Past-President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, UK

Table of Contents

List of contributors
Foreword by Sir Graeme Catto and Sir Barry Jackson
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Career building starts in the mind aEURO" Riaz Agha
Part I Getting the skills you need
2. How to manage your time, finances and stress aEURO" Riaz Agha
3. Using Information Technology to give you an edge aEURO" Mohammad Al-Ubaydli
4. How to find information in medicine aEURO" Martin Hewitt
Part II Making the big decisions at Medical School
5. Intercalated Degrees: benefits, costs and alternatives - Riaz Agha
6. How to organise a successful elective - Riaz Agha
Part III Getting ahead of the competition
7. How to get short-listed for competitive jobs aEURO" Riaz Agha
8. How to write and publish a scientific paperaEURO" Riaz Agha
9. How to publish your own Book aEURO" Mohammad Al-Ubaydli
10. How to get a book published professionally aEURO" Georgina Bentliff
11. How to make great presentations aEURO" Riaz Agha
Part IV How to make successful job applications
12. How to produce a winning CV - Carole Hjelm
13. How to be successful at interviews aEURO" Sonia Hutton-Taylor
Appendix
I. Sources of funding for your intercalated BSc and your elective
II. Questions asked at job interviews
Index

Additional information

GOR002210510
9780340887370
0340887370
Making Sense of Your Medical Career: your strategic guide to success by Riaz Agha
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2005-04-29
208
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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