So You Want to be a Brain Surgeon?: A Medical Careers Guide (Oxford Medical Publications)

by Christopher Ward (Editor), SimonEccles (Editor)

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  Paperback
  1997

  $5.81

  A medical degree offers career opportunities that are unmatched by any other profession, yet the career guidance offered in medical schools is limited in variety, detail, and scope. Many medical students graduate with no idea of their future career aims. In So you want to be a brain surgeon?: A medical Careers Guide over 90 experts from an enormous range of medical specialities present information on the medical path they have chosen. Each section gives the reader a genuine feel of what it's like to do work in a particular area. The information is presented in an entertaining and easily accessible manner to enable a rapid comparison to be made of different jobs. The authors provide advice on the qualities needed, the competition for places in their fields, available salaries, stress levels, and the pros and cons of pursuing their speciality. Also included are contact addresses to enable the interested reader to obtain more information on a particular area. The book will be an invaluable guide for all medical students, and will be of great interest to those considering pursuing a medical degree. This book is intended for medical students at any stage of their training, Sixth formers considering a medical degree, School career advisors, Medical college tutors, Post-graduate Deans

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $4.33

  The indispensable guide to medical careers. Career guidance offered in most medical schools is limited in variety, detail and scope even though a medical degree offers career opportunities unrivalled by most professions. Many students graduate with no idea of their future career goals. The new edition of So You Want To Be a Brain Surgeon? provides a fun yet informative guide for all medical students and for all those considering a medical degree. The text has been radically updated to include more chapters, even more comprehensive psychiatry and anaesthetics sections, is more accessible to A-level students and new career algorithms have been introduced into the overviews for each section. Contributions from experts from a wide range of medical specialties offering information on the medical paths they have chosen. The inclusion of personal accounts offers a genuine impression of what it's like to work in each area User-friendly and fun job summary tables allow at-a-glance comparisons to be made between different jobs. For each specialty, practical advice is offered on the personal qualities needed, level of competition, salaries available, stress levels, and pros and cons. Contact addresses are included for further research.