- Paperback: 496 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Arnold; 2 edition (30 April 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340810513
- ISBN-13: 978-0340810514
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 412,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It really does make you want to start planning your elective. It gives you ideas you never thought about and makes any ideas you have more realistic. I really would recommend you find a copy of this book if you've got an elective to plan. (GKT Gazette )
The Medic's Guide is refreshingly unbiased, the blurbs give information which is useful and interesting, not just repititions of hospital advertising and recruitment slogans.
This book makes organizing your elusive dream elective a little easier by providing ideas, contacts and realistic, anecdotal information. A copy on your desk might also be a pleasant reminder of the possibilties that come with these funny old degrees (The New Zealand Medical Students Journal, Number 2 )
The Medic's Guide is refreshingly unbiased, the blurbs give information which is useful and interesting, not just repititions of hospital advertising and recruitment slogans.
This book makes organizing your elusive dream elective a little easier by providing ideas, contacts and realistic, anecdotal information. A copy on your desk might also be a pleasant reminder of the possibilties that come with these funny old degrees (The New Zealand Medical Students Journal, Number 2 )
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This up-to-date book is the definitive guide for the doctor, nurse, student or other health professional planning work or an elective overseas. It gives information on what it is like to work in thousands of hospitals in over 100 countries. It provides information from what they are best known for to what the social life is like. There’s information on how to go about planning your trip, advice on occupational health requirements and details on over a hundred non-governmental organisations and missionary charities. There are also lists of bursaries and grants available and addresses of embassies in the UK, US and Australia. This new edition also has much more information for nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. Details of specialist organisations are included where possible and a few new countries have been added. Section 3 contains a new Adventure Medicine chapter providing information on expedition, mountain, aviation, space and diving medicine.
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is superb for doctors, nurses and medical students wanting to plan work or electives overseas. It gives loads of contact information, lists thousands of hospitals (and tells you what they are like and what they specialise in). It also gives information on visas, work permits, accommodation and occupational health.
If you're wanting to work abroad, this book is a must!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It is a must for medical students or other students allied to medicine. The first 3 chapters gives a list of what you need to do and bear in mind when planning your electives. This book is for students like me who are strapped for cash and cannot organise an elective with a company-who overcharges you anyway. Each chapter gives you a guide to each continent and gives you details of each hospital you may wish to consider spending your electives in.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Excellent resource!
8 July 2007
Format:Paperback
This book, although a few years old, still contains a great deal of current information. Organized by country, it gives great little overviews of each country's social and medical situation and lists numerous hospitals, clinics, and organizations with available electives for medical students. These descriptions are generally succinct, and include information about available specialties, strengths/weaknesses, accomodations, etc. The range of electives is great - everything from large urban hospitals to rural clinics and traveling docs' services. Additionally, the book lists contact information for other hospitals, even if there's no specifically described elective. It also has specialty sections, covering such things as expedition and wilderness medicine. The book is also useful to just get those wheels churning - you might come up with ideas for projects and electives just because you came across a particular country or practice setting that you hadn't though of before. The only negative is that the funding sources listed, while numerous, are mainly only relevant for EU residents. I highly recommend this book as a resource for medical students (primarily in the clinical years of training) looking to do a clinical elective abroad.
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