Medicine introductory reading list.
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Re: Medicine introductory reading list.Universities have told me to not at ALL bother with extra reading on medical topics.
Stick to learning your A level text books and science from school.
As I was told yesterday by a Medical Admissions officer and Tutor, she said she hated when people tried to do extra reading and learn about medicine before they were meant to. You will have NO advantage in your personal statement/interview.
They are looking for the ideal person. They would rather have someone involved in their community and communication skills good than someone who is literally sprouting information that they have not yet been taught. You could be caught out in a interview!!!!!!! -
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Re: Medicine introductory reading list.Best thing you can do is read books written by doctors so you can broaden your understanding on ethical situations. I recommend this:
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Re: Medicine introductory reading list.How about "Reading about medicine before you're in lectures will be a waste of time as you won't understand a word and it won't be in the right context", by Chiko 1001 (2012, Oxford University Press).
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I'm reading a book by max pemberton which is his diary from his year as a junior doctor. It's really good and I'd recommend it! It's really brought the reality of how hard doctors work into perspective for me
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Re: Medicine introductory reading list.I'm reading murder mysteries by Agatha Christie.
They sure are nothing to do with medicine, but they're a good read and they're stimulating.
And maybe you can argue that they 'allow you to develop your problem solving skills'? -
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Re: Medicine introductory reading list.If you havent got a place yet, then I would obv read about medicine interviews, practice questions, ethics and so on.
If you are a fresher, then whats the point? You'll be doing full on med in a few weeks anyway, enjoy the summer! -
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Re: Medicine introductory reading list.I was asking the same question last year when I finally got a place at Med school. I picked up a couple of books, and tried to learn from them, but the only thing i learned was the bones in the hand. If you want to learn something, try to learn the anatomy of the arms and legs, but honestly don't bother. Enjoy your holiday, you'll learn medicine when you get to med school :P
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Re: Medicine introductory reading list.Oxford has a good list:(Original post by OSharp)
Hi all I was wondering if you had any recommendations for an introductory reading list for medicine as I really want to do some reading
http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/under...d_reading.html
