The Oxford Handbook for the Foundation Programme, second edition, covers all the essential knowledge you need to survive on the wards. It includes the aspects of the job rarely taught at medical school, such as day-to-day ward work, and how to make referrals and hospital paperwork.
This new edition details the MMC changes to medical training, career planning and the most recent advances in clinical practice. Clinical sections are arranged by symptom to guide the reader through history and examination to the correct investigations, diagnosis and management, as well as emergencies, interpreting results and procedures.
This book teaches junior doctors how to be doctors. It is written for doctors who have just qualified from medical school and starting their Foundation Programme. It covers all the clinical and administrative jobs that junior doctors do and provides clear guidance about how to do them and how to be safe.
This is the ultimate guide to surviving your first two years as a doctor. Buying this book is a rite of passage for a junior doctor, a bit like getting the bleep for the first time, except you won't grow to hate it. It covers all the essential knowledge including on-call emergencies, day-to-day ward life, clerking patients, referrals, procedures, and interpreting results. Don't go on-call without it!
Better still, this book will help you get your next job. It has practical tips on the new career system, MMC, completing your portfolio, interviews, applications forms, and getting published.
This new edition has been thoroughly updated in light of the MMC changes to medical training and advances in clinical practice. There are also numerous new sections including life on the ward and prescribing--two of the biggest challenges that new doctors face.
