So You Want to be a Brain Surgeon?
A Medical Careers Guide
2nd Edition
Published in May 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
262 pages
978-0-19-263096-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Contact addresses are included for further research.
Reviews / Votes
So you want to be a Brain Surgeon? could be your smallest investment into your biggest decision. Black Bag (Bristol Medical School Gazette) So you want to be a Brain Surgeon? could just as easily have been titled "Everything you ever wanted to know about medical careers but were afraid to ask!" Northwing (University of Sheffield Medical School Gazette) So you want to be a brain surgeon? comes out on top as the best all rounder. In addition to its synopsis of some 80 careers, the book is also full of useful addresses and telephone numbers of various professional bodies (and not just in medicine), making it invaluable for ready reference. Student BMJ What a fantastic little book! This really is an indispensable careers guide. It covers just about all branches of medicine...the book is clearly laid out. All in all, I learned a great deal about our esteemed profession from this book, but most of all I discovered that if you want a job with minimal stress, don't become a brain surgeon! Cambridge MedicineMore details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
13 cartoons
13 cartoons
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-263096-4 (9780192630964)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Simon Eccles | Stephan Sanders
So you want to be a brain surgeon?
Book
12/2008
3rd Edition
Oxford University Press
€34.03
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Previous edition
Christopher Ward
So You Want to be a Brain Surgeon?
Book
08/1997
Oxford University Press
€18.51
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Persons
Content
Postgraduate training and flexible training; Women in medicine; Medical research; Breast surgery and surgical oncology; Cardiothoracic surgery; Coloproctology and upper gastrointestinal surgery; ENT; Head and neck surgery; Maxillofacial surgery; Plastic reconstructive surgery; Hand surgery; Neurosurgery; Orthopaedic surgery; Special trauma surgery; Paediatric surgery; Transplant surgery; Urology; Vascular surgery; Obstetrics and gynaecology; Family planning and reproductive healthcare; Anaesthetics and intensive care; Practice of pain management; General Practice; Remote rural practice; Inner city practice; Accident and Emergency medicine; Audiological medicine; Cardiology; Care of the elderly; Clinical oncology; Clinical pharmacology; Dermatology; Endocrinology and diabetes; Gastroenterology; Genitourinary medicine; Infectious disease and tropical medicine; Medical oncology; Musculoskeletal medicine; Nuclear medicine; Neurology; Occupational health; Ophthalmology; Paediatrics; Palliative medicine; Public health medicine; Radiology: diagnostic and interventional; Renal medicine; Respiratory medicine; Rheumatology; Spinal injuries; Sports medicine; Psychiatry; Royal Navy; The Army; The Royal Air Force; Chemical Pathology; Forensic Pathology; Haematology; Histopathology and cytopathology; Immunology; Medical microbiology; Transfusion medicine; Virology; Anatomy; Clinical genetics; Physiology; Medical research charities; Pharmaceutical medicine; Medical devices; Complementary medicine; Civil service; Prison medical service; Medical management and politics; Medical education; Medical defence organisations; Law; Medical ethics; Medical journalism; Working overseas; International health exchange; Voluntary service overseas; Christian medical work overseas; Ship's doctor