BookCharalambos Panayiotou Charalambous.
Summary: The transition from medical school to being a practicing junior doctor is challenging. It requires knowledge and clinical skills but also the ability to efficiently function in the workplace. At the same time postgraduate professional development in gaining clinical experience, passing postgraduate exams, under-taking research or audit, and publishing become essential for career progression. One soon realizes that being a doctor is not just a profession but a way of life. This book presents some well-known ℓ́ℓpearlsℓ́ℓ as how to improve your day to day workplace performance, be efficiently productive, be an inherent part of the team, how to shine and impress. Advice is also given as how to prepare for postgraduate exams, develop essential technical skills, apply for the next post, successfully participate in research and audit, publish, manage, lead, teach, and train. This generic guidance can be of use for those aspiring to become a generalist or subspecialty doctor and can be of value in whichever part of the world you end up practicing in.
Contents:
Part I Workplace
Be time efficient
Become part of the team
Let known what you do
Punctuality
Stick to a system
Give leading answers
Respect seniors
Respect each attachment
Rights but also obligations
It?s ok to say you don?t know
When in doubt ask
First impressions matter
Part II Developing Technical skills
Make it easy
Learn from the best
Practice makes better
Have a plan B
Part III Passing postgraduate Exams
Passing written exams.- Passing clinical exams
How to prepare
When to sit them
Part IV Research
When to undertake research
How to choose a research supervisor
What project?.