A Career in Medicine: Do you have what it takes? second edition

A follow up to the highly successful first edition, this new revised and updated book is an invaluable compendium to anyone wishing to pursue a career in medicine. Students considering a career in medicine have many questions that only people in the field are truly placed to answer. Edited by a practicing doctor, this book is packed full of information straight from 'the horse's mouth', this book provides indispensable advice to enhance a student's chance of getting into the medical school of his or her choice, and is fully updated to reflect the recent changes in the medical education system, including the Foundation Years programme. This is a practical guide for young people that provides a unique and compelling insight into what medicine involves and the personal qualities that are required. With cutting-edge, comprehensive and useful advice, this book is a necessary resource for anyone interested in a medical career.

Rameen Shakur MPhil (Cantab) Dr Rameen Shakur is a 25-year-old Cambridge and Edinburgh (clinical) University graduate currently undertaking a Foundation Year 2 (F2) academic medical rotation in Cardiology at the NDM (Nuffield Department of Medicine), the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. He is a clinical tutor in General Surgery at the Nuffield Department of Surgery and a clinical Teacher in Medicine for Green and Worcester Colleges at the University of Oxford. He has won numerous prizes and scholarships, most notably a Churchill Fellowship for Harvard Medical School for the application of genomic medical in Cardiology, a Peter Kirk Fellowship, a Wellcome Trust scholarship for the Sanger Centre Genome Campus, Cambridge and a British Heart Foundation grant for cardiovascular research as a medical student. His hobbies include playing cricket, football and listening to Indian classical music. He studied at Hutton Grammar School and Sixth Form, Preston, Lancashire. His research interests include molecular cardiology, immunological markers of disease and transplantation rejection.

Foreword - Mr Harvey White Medicine - past, present & future - Dr Rameen Shakur Entry requirements to medical school - Professor John Stein Your school's perspective - Dr Simon Thorn The interview - Professor John Stein How to choose a medical school - Emily Stobbs Post graduate entry - Dilshad Marikar Career pathways in medicine - Mr Handa & Dr Yasir Al-Wakeel Ethical issues in modern medical practice - Professor Raanan Gillon The medical student years - Faheem Shakur & Stuart Laverack The foundation years - Dr Rameen Shakur Choosing general practice (primary care) - Dr Edward Shaoul Choosing hospital medicine - Dr Paul Ayuk Other career options - Kamran Abbasi Academic medicine - Professor Robin Williamson