Introduction

xv

Using this Book

xvi

Key to the Summaries

xvii

Medical Careers Terminology

xviii

Contributors

xx

1

Career Routes

3

The ‘Usual’ Route

Career Overview

4

Foundation Programme

6

Specialty Training

8

Membership Exams

10

General Practitioner

12

Consultant

13

Alternative Routes

Staff and Associate Specialist Grade (SASG)

14

Academic Career

16

Armed Forces Career

18

‘Off the Beaten Path’ Career

20

Overseas Career

22

Leaving Clinical Medicine

24

2

Specialty Overviews

27

Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS)

28

Anaesthetics

30

General Practice

32

Internal Medicine

34

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

36

Paediatrics

38

Pathology

40

Psychiatry

42

Public Health

44

Radiology

46

Surgery

48

Surgery Continued

50

3

How to Get a Job

53

Choosing a Career

54

Finding Jobs

55

Competition for ST1/CT1 Applications

56

Competition for ST3/ST4 Applications

58

Staying Competitive

60

Surviving the Application System

62

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

65

Interviews

66

What Happens if You Don’t Get a Job?

67

Taking Time Out

68

Working Abroad

69

Applying from Overseas

70

Doctors’ Pay

71

Flexible Training

72

4

The Organization of Medical Careers

75

Postgraduate Training: MMC

76

Postgraduate Training: Tooke and the Future

77

Switching Specialist Training Pathways

78

Overseeing Education

80

Alternative Routes (Articles 14 and 11)

82

Discrimination

84

Women in Medicine

86

5

Career Chapters

89

Academic GP

92

Academic Medicine

94

Acupuncture

96

Acute Medicine

98

Anaesthetics

100

Army Medicine

102

Audiovestibular Medicine

104

Breast and Oncoplastic Surgery

106

Cardiology

108

Cardiothoracic Surgery

110

Chemical Pathology

112

Civil Service Medicine

114

Clinical Genetics

116

Clinical Oncologists

118

Clinical Pharmacology and Theraputics

120

Community Paediatrics

122

Dermatology

124

Ear, Nose and Throat

126

Elderly Medicine

128

Emergency Medicine

130

Endocrinology and Diabetes

132

Expedition Medicine

134

Forensic Medical Examiner (Police Surgeon)

136

Forensic Pathology

138

Forensic Psychiatry

140

Gastroenterology

142

General Practice

144

General Surgery (Colorectal Surgery)

146

Genitourinary Medicine (GUM)

148

GP in a Rural Setting

150

GP with a Special Interest

152

Gynaecological Oncology

154

Gynaecology

156

Haematology

158

Hand Surgery

160

Histopathology

162

Homeopathic Medicine

164

Immunology

166

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine

168

Intensive Care

170

Journalism and Medical Writing

172

Locuming

174

Maternal and Fetal Medicine

176

Maxillofacial Surgery

178

Medical Defence Organizations

180

Medical Education

182

Medical Entrepreneur

184

Medical Ethics

186

Medical Law

188

Medical Management Consulting

190

Medical Manager

192

Medical Microbiology

194

Medical Oncologists

196

Medical Politics

198

Merlin

200

Metabolic Medicine

202

Neonatology

204

Neurology

206

Neurosurgery

208

Nuclear Medicine

210

Obstetrics

212

Occupational Medicine

214

Ophthalmology

216

Orthopaedic Surgery

218

Overseas Aid

220

Paediatric Surgery

222

Paediatrics

224

Pain Management

226

Palliative Medicine

228

Pharmaceutical Medicine

230

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

232

Pre-Hospital Medicine

234

Prison Medicine

236

Psychiatry: Child and Adolescent

238

Psychiatry: General Adult

240

Psychiatry: Old Age

242

Psychiatry of Learning Disability

244

Psychotherapy

246

Public Health

248

Radiology: Diagnostic

250

Radiology: Interventional

252

Rehabilitation Medicine

254

Renal Medicine

256

Reproductive Medicine

258

Respiratory Medicine

260

Rheumatology

262

Royal Air Force Medicine

264

Royal Navy Medicine

266

Sexual and Reproductive Health

268

Ship’s Doctor

270

Spinal Surgery

272

Sport and Exercise Medicine

274

Transfusion Medicine

276

Transplantation Surgery

278

Trauma Surgery

280

Urogynaecology

282

Urology

284

Vascular Surgery

286

Virology

288

Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO)

290

Index

293