Learning Medicine

Learning Medicine by Peter Richards

Learning Medicine is a must-read for anyone thinking of a career in medicine, or who is already in the training process and wants to understand and explore the various options and alternatives along the way. Whatever your background, whether you are school-leaver or mature student, if you are interested in finding out more about becoming and being a good doctor, this is the book for you. In continuous publication since 1983, and now in its eighteenth edition, Learning Medicine provides the most current, honest and informative source of essential knowledge combined with pragmatic guidance. Learning Medicine describes medical school courses, explains foundation years and outlines the wide range of speciality choices allowing tomorrow's doctors to decide about their future careers; but it also goes further to consider the privilege and responsibility of being a doctor, providing food for thought and reflection throughout a long and rewarding career.

'… clear, excellently written … accurate, detailed and very up-to-date … allows [readers] to picture the workings of a medical school admissions department without actually dictating … what to put on their UCAS personal statement or the 'perfect' answers to interview questions … Gives a very good idea of the attitudes of … staff and students at medical school … a realistic guide which will answer most of your questions concerning entry and life at medical school and beyondTakes you on a step by step journey through life as a medic from sixth former to retiring consultant, giving … a very good idea of whether … it is a career for you. The appendices contain useful, original information including guidelines outlining exactly what is expected of you as a medical student … highly recommended … if you're only going to buy one [book] … this should be it!' wanttobeadoctor.co.uk

Richards, Peter: - Peter Richards was born in 1967 in Urbana, Illinois. He is a recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant in Poetry, an Iowa Arts Fellowship, an Academy of American Poets Prize, and the John Logan Award. His poems have appeared in Agni, Colorado Review, DENVER QUARTERLY, FENCE, The Yale Review, and other journals. He is the author of OUBLIETTE (Verse Press/Wave Books, 2001), which won the Massachusetts Center for the Book Honors Award; NUDE SIREN (Verse Press/Wave Books, 2003); and HELSINKI (Action Books, 2011). The University of Montana-Missoula's visiting Hugo Poet Spring Semester 2011, Richards has taught at Harvard University, Tufts University, and Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston.

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ISBN 13	9780521709675
ISBN 10	0521709679
Title	Learning Medicine
Author	Peter Richards
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2007-12-13
Number of pages	246
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