About to start the Foundation Programme?
Making the transition from medical school to professional life?
The Hands-on Guide to the Foundation Programme, Fifth Edition is a practical guide for medical students and foundation doctors, dealing with the many challenges of the programme. With hints, tips and realistic advice on various aspects of the course, from self-care to prescribing, this guide provides invaluable support, with up-to-date information on postgraduate training and recruitment, practical management skills and career pathways to help build confidence, enabling you to hit the ground running.
This edition features newly expanded sections on emergencies, psychiatric evaluation, the Situational Judgement Test, and the common calls and conditions you will encounter on a daily basis. The Hands-on Guide to the Foundation Programme is a perfect companion to assist the junior doctor in preparing for the intellectual and emotional challenges of the foundation years.
Take the stress out of the Foundation Programme with The Hands-on Guide!
Table of Content
Chapter 1: Starting up
Chapter 2: Getting organized or The Folder
Chapter 3: Paperwork and electronic medical records
Chapter 4: Accident and emergency
Chapter 5: Becoming a better doctor
Chapter 6: Emergencies
Chapter 7: Cardiac arrests and crash calls
Chapter 8: Common calls
Chapter 9: Death and dying
Chapter 10: Drugs
Chapter 11: Handle with care
Chapter 12: Approach to the medical patient
Chapter 13: Practical procedures
Chapter 14 Radiology
Chapter15: Approach to the surgical patient
Chapter 16: General practice
Chapter17:Self-care
About the author
Anna Donald, late of Bazian Ltd, London
Michael Stein is Chief Medical Officer, Map of Medicine,
London, and Medical Advisor, Hearst Business Media, Hearst
Corporation, New York
Ciaran Scott Hill is Neurosurgery Registrar, The Royal
London Hospital, Honorary Senior Lecture in Neuroscience, Univesity
College London, and Prehospital Care Physician, London Air
Ambulance
Selina Chavda is NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in
Haemato-Oncology, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and the
Institute of Cancer Research
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