Real Junior Doctor Survival Guide

So the fun of being a medical student is over, you're fully relaxed. All those hours of stressful learning seem a million miles away... but as the time gets closer to that day in August, you wonder what it will be like and whether you'll cope. Arrrrrrrgh!!!Relax, we all feel this way and it is true that those first few days are probably the most stressful of all... which is why this book was written.Here I present to you the information that you really need to survive! Written by a junior doctor who has made the mistakes in those first few weeks that you're now going to avoid. Yippy!!!This book is different in that it is a workbook written in a completely informal style for you to enjoy! And yes, I did say enjoy...So work through it at your own pace, safe in the knowledge that by the end of the book you WILL be ready and raring to go! Good luck!

Be punctual, hard-working and honest, but most importantly – be excellent. Written by residents, for interns and residents, the Junior Doctor Survival Guide is a thorough, focused summary of everything you need to know to get through your internship and residency (relatively) intact. It provides advice on seeking help from your senior clinicians, ensuring ethical practice and decision making, conducting an efficient ward round and carrying out emergency assessments and includes a concise overview of the salient features of specialist medical and surgical care in both in- and outpatient settings. Covering both clinical and professional contexts, this guide will support you to build your confidence in applying the principles you learned in medical school to the real world. Scenario boxes – how difficult conversations should be approached Common medications – quick reference tables of common medications and dosages Clinical abbreviations and acronyms – a comprehensive list of common abbreviations and acronyms used throughout clinical settings. Full eBook on ExpertConsult

Be punctual, hard-working and honest, but most importantly - be excellent. Written by residents, for interns and residents, the Junior Doctor Survival Guide is a thorough, focused summary of everything you need to know to get through your internship and residency (relatively) intact. It provides advice on seeking help from your senior clinicians, ensuring ethical practice and decision making, conducting an efficient ward round and carrying out emergency assessments and includes a concise overview of the salient features of specialist medical and surgical care in both in- and outpatient settings. Covering both clinical and professional contexts, this guide will support you to build your confidence in applying the principles you learned in medical school to the real world. Scenario boxes - how difficult conversations should be approached Common medications - quick reference tables of common medications and dosages Clinical abbreviations and acronyms - a comprehensive list of common abbreviations and acronyms used throughout clinical settings. Full eBook on ExpertConsult

With the introduction of the European Working Time Directive and changes to doctors’ contracts, junior doctors are increasingly expected to cross-cover surgical specialties whilst on-call. Often these are specialties in which they have limited, or no, post-graduate experience. Furthermore, this is often out-of-hours, when senior supervision is less readily available. This survival guide, written by junior doctors for junior doctors, provides a concise and easy to read tool for doctors delivering this care. It covers each surgical speciality in turn, addressing speciality specific emergencies; when to admit patients; and when to call for senior help, as well as offering guidance on common referrals and questions, post-operative complications and common medical emergencies in surgical patients. In addition, it outlines key practical skills often required in surgical specialties, providing a summary of necessary skills and tips and tricks for performing them safely and successfully. Lastly, with increasing availability of high-quality Apps and websites, it summarises key online resources available for junior doctors within surgical specialties. This book is the ideal companion for any junior doctor, or member of the multidisciplinary team, involved in the cross-cover of surgical specialties, helping them to deliver high-quality patient care with confidence.

The ultimate enrichment and survival guide for Foundation Programme doctors, Staying Human During the Foundation Programme and Beyond provides time-tested advice and the latest information on every aspect of a junior doctor's life – from clinical transitions, to coping with stress, enhancing self-care and protecting personal and professional relationships. Already acknowledged in its original Canadian edition as an invaluable resource by thousands of doctors working across North America, this UK adaptation – with a host of new material and features – offers evidence-based practical advice to junior doctors on how to cope with a wide-range of challenges including working in teams, sleep deprivation, time pressures and ethical issues, while at the same time maintaining a high level of patient care and safety. The authors also address subjects such as sexuality, equality and social justice.

Part of the Blackwell foundation programme collection The Hands-on Guide for Junior Doctors is a practical book forjunior doctors and medical students making the transition frommedical school to life on the wards. It contains new material toreflect the changes in PRHO training and the development offoundation programmes. This book tells you how to prepare for the actual daily rigoursof hospital life and is an essential guide for surviving your firstyear as a junior doctor. It covers the personal aspects of being a doctor, outlining therealities of ward life including paperwork, self-care and guidancesections on arranging your finances and organising the nextjob. It also provides the day-to-day reality of clinical life such asresponding to acute emergencies, common ward calls, drugprescribing and carrying out practical procedures.

To the unsuspecting, wearing a stethoscope could not be more easy. You pick it up, place it around your neck and...hey presto...you look like you know what you are doing and people think you are a doctor...This is the no-nonsense guide to the reality of medical student life. Everything you need to know is here. What are my chances of delivering a baby? How many questions should I ask? How do I insert a nasogastric tube without the patient knowing it's my first time? Where will I live when I'm on clinical rounds? Why can't I wear trainers? Will patients like me? What is a patient's 'pack year' history? How do I break bad news? How can I get more sleep? And much, much more.