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We hate to break it to you but graduating from medical school and becoming a doctor does not guarantee you a jaw-dropping career. However, with help from this book you can unearth exciting opportunities, enhance your employability and maximise your chances of achieving the ultimate career satisfaction!

Whether you are a sixth-form student who has just received an offer to study medicine or a junior doctor looking to take the next step towards your chosen speciality, this book can be used to help you accomplish your career goals. Whichever career path you want to take, and even if you want to work abroad, the information in this book will be relevant to you and it will give you a head start against the competition. It may also help you decide which career path to take! Have a read and set yourself on a pathway to professional enlightenment.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Chapter 1 Essential principles

Chapter 2 Aspects of a successful CV

2.1 Example CV

Chapter 3 Medical portfolios

Chapter 4 The experts

Chapter 5 Academic success

5.1 Degrees and qualifications

5.2 Examinations

5.3 Research

5.4 How points are allocated for academic success

5.5 Top tips for medical students

5.6 Advice from the experts

Chapter 6 Prizes and awards

6.1 Presentation competitions

6.2 Essay competitions

6.3 Bursaries, scholarships and grants

6.4 Medical school prizes

6.5 NHS awards

6.6 Miscellaneous

6.7 How points are allocated for prizes and awards

6.8 Top tips for medical students

6.9 Advice from the experts

Chapter 7 Leadership and management

7.1 Committee member

7.2 Representative

7.3 Founder

7.4 Fellow and scholar

7.5 Non-healthcare related roles

7.6 How points are allocated for leadership and management

7.7 Top tips for medical students

7.8 Advice from the experts

Chapter 8 Teaching others

8.1 Contributing to teaching

8.2 Designing a teaching programme

8.3 Teaching qualifications

8.4 How points are allocated for teaching others

8.5 Top tips for medical students

8.6 Advice from the experts

Chapter 9 Quality improvement

9.1 How points are allocated for quality improvement

9.2 Top tips for medical students

9.3 Advice from the experts

Chapter 10 Demonstrating commitment

10.1 Ways to demonstrate commitment

10.2 How points are allocated for demonstrating commitment

10.3 Top tips for medical students

10.4 Advice from the experts

Chapter 11 General tips for building your portfolio

Chapter 12 The foundation programme (FY1 and FY2)

12.1 Standard UK foundation programme

12.2 Academic foundation programme

12.3 Foundation priority programme

12.4 Psychiatry foundation fellowship programme

12.5 Top tips for medical students

Chapter 13 Taking a FY3

13.1 FY3 clinical roles

13.2 FY3 logistics

13.3 FY3 pitfalls

13.4 Top tips for medical students

13.5 Advice from the experts

Chapter 14 NHS training routes

14.1 Core (internal) medicine training and higher speciality training

14.2 Core surgical training and higher speciality training

14.3 Acute care common stem

14.4 Run-through training programmes

14.5 Competition ratios

14.6 Academic training routes

14.7 Top tips for medical students

Chapter 15 General practice

15.1 Multi-Specialty Recruitment Assessment

15.2 Selection centre face-to-face assessment (40% of overall STS)

15.3 GP specialty training

15.4 Portfolio general practice

15.5 Insight from GPs and GP trainees

Chapter 16 Alternative careers

16.1 Military doctor

16.2 Entrepreneurship

16.3 Pharmaceutical physician

16.4 Management consulting

16.5 Medico-legal careers

16.6 Top tips for medical students

Chapter 17 Working abroad

17.1 The USA

17.2 Canada

17.3 Australia

17.4 New Zealand

17.5 Points to consider about working abroad

17.6 Top tips for medical students

Chapter 18 Not having a career goal

18.1 Top tips for medical students

18.2 Advice from the experts

Chapter 19 Staying out of trouble

Index