Review
The real gems in this book are in the clinical presentations section, where management is arranged according to presenting complaint rather than by condition...a book...pitched at the right level for a junior doctor. (British Journal of Hospital Medicine )
Book Description
Highly commended in the Medicine Category of the BMA Book Awards 2009
Product Description
This is the ultimate guide to surviving your first two years as a doctor. Buying this book is a rite of passage for a junior doctor, a bit like getting the bleep for the first time except you won't grow to hate it. It covers all the essential knowledge including on-call emergencies, day-to-day ward life, clerking patients, referrals, procedures and interpreting results. Don't go on-call without it! Better still this book will help you get your next job. It has practical tips on the new career system, MMC, completing your portfolio, interviews, application forms and getting published. This new edition has been thoroughly updated in light of the MMC changes to medical training and advances in clinical practice. There are also numerous new sections including life on the ward and prescribing - two of the biggest challenges that new doctors face.
About the Author
Stephan Sanders has wanted to be a doctor since the age of 12, shortly after becoming disillusioned with the astronaut pension scheme. He trained at Nottingham medical school where he wrote a 'Crash Course' textbook on the endocrine and reproductive systems during his paediatrics attachment. Surprisingly he still passed the paediatrics exam and decided this was clearly a good speciality. After medical school he worked in Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham then Derbyshire Royal
Infirmary, Derby. He eventually hopes to train as a clinical geneticist and will soon be starting a paediatrics rotation at Northwick Park, Harrow.
Infirmary, Derby. He eventually hopes to train as a clinical geneticist and will soon be starting a paediatrics rotation at Northwick Park, Harrow.
Alongside genetics Stephan is also interested in high altitude and expedition medicine. He enjoys travelling, cycling, mountaineering and skiing in his spare time. In the future he hopes to unite the fields of quantum physics and ward based medicine to explain several medical phenomena including why you can never locate the notes and drug chart at the same time. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
