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The Essential

Guide to

Becoming a

Doctor

SECOND EDITION

Adrian Blundell

BMedSci, BM, BS, MRCP

Specialist Registrar

Health Care of the Elderly and General Medicine

Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust, UK

Richard Harrison

BMedSci, BM, BS, MRCGP

General Practitioner

Windsor, UK

Benjamin Turney

MA, MB, BChir, MSc, MRCS(Eng), DipLATHE

Clinical Lecturer

The Churchill Hospital

Oxford, UK

Cartoons by

Rebecca Herbertson

BMedSci, BM, BS, MRCP, MSc

Medical Oncology

Weston Park Hospital

Sheffield, UK

Published by Blackwell Publishing

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First edition 2004

Second edition 2007

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Blundell, Adrian.

The essential guide to becoming a doctor / Adrian Blundell, Richard Harrison, Benjamin

Turney. — 2nd ed.

p. ; cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-4051-5788-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Medicine—Great Britain—Vocational guidance. I. Harrison, Richard. II. Turney, Benjamin.

III. Title.

[DNLM: 1. Medicine—Great Britain—Popular Works. 2. Career Choice—

Great Britain—Popular Works. 3. Education, Medical—Great Britain—Popular Works.

4. Vocational Guidance—Great Britain—Popular Works. W 21 B658e 2007]

R690.B64 2007

610.69—dc22

2006102502

ISBN: 978-1-4051-57889

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Cartoons by Rebecca Herbertson

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Contents

Preface to the First Edition, v

Preface to the Second Edition, vi

Acknowledgements, vii

1 A challenging career, 1

2 The application procedure, 8

3 Admission tests, 27

4 The year out, 31

5 Choosing a medical school, 39

6 Applying to Oxbridge, 58

7 The interview process, 65

8 Over 21s, 75

9 Life at medical school, 82

10 The medical course – early years, 94

11 The medical course – later years, 106

12 The intercalated degree, 118

13 The elective, 123

14 Finances, 129

15 House dog to top dog, 138

16 Working patterns and wages, 149

17 Life as a doctor, 160

18 Career options, 172

iii

iv Contents

19 Training as a general practitioner, 189

20 Training in the medical field (becoming a physician), 197

21 Training in the surgical field, 208

22 Working abroad, 221

Appendix, 228

Index, 237

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