Royal Society of Medicine Career Handbook: ST3 - Senior Doctor

This book for all junior hospital doctors aspiring to be newly qualified consultants. It systematically and logically examines the entire hospital doctor career process from start to finish, dispelling common myths and advising doctors on how to break down their career into sections and tacklethem one at a time. Planning a career should be like sitting an exam. Each chapter is devoted to one aspect of the career pathway with some areas having multiple chapters, such how to choose the right research topic to help you get ahead and how to apply for funding.Many excellent young doctors lack the skills to give them a competitive edge over their colleagues. Despite being academically gifted many leave University after six years ill equipped to attain their own career goals. Management skills that are often the most basic to those working for privatecompanies are left out of our training. Some simple tips, strategies and well researched advice will empower doctors to develop their own unique career pathway and help them achieve success in their professional life.This book helps to answer specific questions such as:* When should we sit Part One of our MRCP examinations? * What do those questions on the application form really mean? * Exactly what type of questions will come up in our interview?* Should we take up that Training Fellowship Overseas? * How do we get funding to pursue a research project and develop pilot data? * What is pilot data?!Brimming with sound practical advice, hints, tips with its readily accessible style and approach, this text is an essential purchase for all doctors embarking on their career journeys.

Kaji Sritharan MD(Res) MBBS FRCS is Specialist Registrar in General Surgery North west Thames Rotation, London Deanery; and Honorary Research Fellow in Vascular Surgery at Imperial College, London Muhunthan Thillai BA MBBS MRCP PhD is Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellow and Honorary Respiratory Specialist Registrar at Imperial College, London