The Complete MD/PhD Applicant Guide

The Complete MD/PhD Applicant Guide
Author: Jonathan Sussman
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2020-09-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030556255

This book is a student reference guide book for the MD/PhD application process. It begins with an overview of the structure of a typical MD/PhD program as well as student outcomes and career choices of MD/PhD graduates. Next is an outline of the academic and extracurricular prerequisites as well as the basic components of the application itself. The authors then address the factors that MD/PhD students should consider when selecting schools to which to apply. Continuing to the main application, examples are provided of all the different essay types that MD/PhD applicants will encounter along with comments on how to address the deliberately vague and abstract prompts while tailoring the responses to the combined-degree program. Most uniquely, included is a very detailed explanation of the many types of interviews that applicants will encounter and how to prepare for them by integrating extensive personal experience and first-hand discussions with MD/PhD program leaders. Lastly, there will be a discussion on how to cope with the year-long timeline that constitutes this application process and provide guidance regarding properly responding to acceptances and waitlist offers. Written by a team of authors each experienced with the MD/PhD application, this book aids the prospective applicant with navigating this challenging process.

The Essential MD-PhD Guide

The Essential MD-PhD Guide
Author: Mark J. Eisenberg
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2021-01-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1260462285

The complete guide to MD-PhD success―with practical tips and insights from MD-PhD students, recent graduates, and practicing physician-scientists Whether you’re a prospective or current MD-PhD student, The Essential MD-PhD Guide provides everything you need to choose the right program or succeed in your current program―and build a solid career in medicine and science. This unparalleled resource guides you through the process of choosing a program, navigating the early years of medical school, selecting a research laboratory and PhD project, and making the transition between medical and graduate studies. This book provides invaluable guidance on choosing clinical rotations, residency programs, and fellowships that open doors to various career options. Co-written by current and past students, professors, and program administrators from the MD-PhD programs of McGill University and Johns Hopkins University, this guide is filled with first-hand experiences and practical advice. You’ll discover viewpoints from students in medical and graduate school, trainees in residency and fellowship, and faculty. The Essential MD-PhD Guide covers: Applying for MD-PHD training Early days in medical school The transition to graduate school Transition back to medical school Residency, fellowships, and your first job Physician-scientist wellness

The Essential Enneagram

The Essential Enneagram
Author: David Daniels
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2009-11-24
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0061985694

The First and Only Scientifically Determined Enneagram Personality Test and Guide A centuries-old psychological system with roots in sacred tradition, the Enneagram can be an invaluable guide in your journey toward self-understanding and self-development. In this book, Stanford University Medical School clinical professor of psychiatry David Daniels and counseling psychologist Virginia Price offer the only scientifically developed Enneagram test based upon extensive research combined with a self-discovery and personal-development guide. The most fundamental guide to the Enneagram ever offered, this book features effective self-tests to determine simply and accurately what your personality type is. Daniels and Price provide step-by-step instructions for taking inventory of how you think, what you feel, and what you experience. They then guide you in your discovery of what your type means for your personal well-being and your relationships with others, and they show you how to maximize your inherent strengths. Brimming with empowering information for each of the nine personality types—Perfectionist, Giver, Performer, Romantic, Observer, Loyal Skeptic, Epicure, Protector, and Mediator—this one-of-a-kind book equips you with all the tools you need to dramatically enhance your quality of life.

Quick Reference Handbook for Surgical Pathologists

Quick Reference Handbook for Surgical Pathologists
Author: Natasha Rekhtman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2011-08-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3642200869

This book is a compilation of high-yield, at-a-glance summaries for various topics on which pathologists frequently need information in a quick reference format while at the microscope (or when cramming for the boards). The authors are early-career pathologists who have compiled this book from the perspective of pathologists-in-training. The focus is not organ-based histologic criteria, but rather everything else that goes into pathologic diagnoses but is difficult to keep committed to memory. The emphasis is on immunohistochemistry, special stains, grading systems, molecular markers, tumor syndromes, and helpful clinical references. The book has a unique format in that the information is presented primarily in tables and diagrams accompanied by minimal explanatory text. It is intended to serve as a ‘peripheral brain’ for pathology residents and also practicing pathologists, where frequently needed information is readily accessible and easy to navigate.

The Lancet Handbook of Essential Concepts in Clinical Research

The Lancet Handbook of Essential Concepts in Clinical Research
Author: Kenneth F. Schulz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2006
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

The needs of clinicians predominate throughout the text, but these needs overlap with those of researchers especially in chapters covering randomized controlled trials. For readers to assess trials accurately they need to understand relevant guidelines on the conduct of trials that are emerging from methodological research. In presenting these discussions to clinicians these chapters will help researchers who also do randomized trials and provide a methodological background that enhances the quality and quantity of their research productivity.

A PhD Is Not Enough!

A PhD Is Not Enough!
Author: Peter J. Feibelman
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 93
Release: 2011-01-11
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0465025331

Everything you ever need to know about making it as a scientist. Despite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to find. In A Ph.D. Is Not Enough!, physicist Peter J. Feibelman lays out a rational path to a fulfilling long-term research career. He offers sound advice on selecting a thesis or postdoctoral adviser; choosing among research jobs in academia, government laboratories, and industry; preparing for an employment interview; and defining a research program. The guidance offered in A Ph.D. Is Not Enough! will help you make your oral presentations more effective, your journal articles more compelling, and your grant proposals more successful. A classic guide for recent and soon-to-be graduates, A Ph.D. Is Not Enough! remains required reading for anyone on the threshold of a career in science. This new edition includes two new chapters and is revised and updated throughout to reflect how the revolution in electronic communication has transformed the field.

Essential Psychiatry for the Aesthetic Practitioner

Essential Psychiatry for the Aesthetic Practitioner
Author: Evan A. Rieder
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-06-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1119680123

ESSENTIAL PSYCHIATRY FOR THE AESTHETIC PRACTITIONER Aesthetic practice requires an understanding of human psychology, yet professionals across cosmetic medicine and related fields receive no formal training in identifying and managing psychological conditions. Essential Psychiatry for the Aesthetic Practitioner provides concise yet comprehensive guidance on approaching patient assessment, identifying common psychiatric diseases, and managing challenging situations in cosmetic practice. This much-needed guide brings together contributions by dermatologists, plastic surgeons, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other experts to help practitioners understand the role of psychology in cosmetic practice and improve interpersonal relations with their patients. Assuming no previous background knowledge in psychiatry, the text provides cosmetic practitioners of all training and experience levels with clear guidance, real-world advice, and effective psychological tools to assist their practice. Through common clinical scenarios, readers learn to determine if a patient is a good candidate for a cosmetic procedure, enhance the patient experience, deal with difficult personalities in the cosmetic clinic, recognize obsessive compulsive and body dysmorphic disorders, and more. Describes how to use psychologically informed approaches and treatments for aesthetic patients Features easy-to-use psychological tools such as motivational interviewing, progressive muscle relaxation, guided imagery, and acceptance and commitment therapy Includes extensive references and practical tips for understanding the psychological implications of cosmetic treatments Covers cosmetic consultations for female, male, and transgender patients Discusses the history and psychology of beauty as well as the role of cosmetics and cosmeceuticals Emphasizes the importance of screening for common psychological comorbidities Addresses the impact of social media on self-image and its role in a growing crisis in beauty and appearance Highlights the need to develop new guidelines to treat rapidly evolving patient populations Explores how gender fluidity and variations in ethnicity are changing the approaches to aesthetic patients Essential Psychiatry for the Aesthetic Practitioner is required reading for dermatologists, plastic surgeons, cosmetic doctors, dentists, nurses, and physician assistants and all other professionals working in aesthetic medicine.

The Unofficial Guide to Prescribing e-book

The Unofficial Guide to Prescribing e-book
Author: Zeshan Qureshi
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2014-01-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0702055190

The Unofficial Guide to Prescribing lays out the practical steps of how to assess, investigate and manage a patient, with a focus on what to prescribe and how to prescribe it. Its aim is to empower newly graduated junior doctors to excel at dealing with emergencies and handling complex prescribing scenarios. Prescribing errors cost healthcare systems millions annually, so early training in prescribing has become an urgent priority of medical education and now forms an essential part of teaching and assessment. The Unofficial Guide to Prescribing (from the same stable as The Unofficial Guide to Passing OSCEs) is a new book designed to address this requirement. It is written by junior doctors still close to the transition from theory to practice, overseen by a review panel of senior clinicians to ensure accuracy, and designed to help medical students practise and learn as much as possible about prescribing, in actual clinical scenarios, before they have to do it for real. Each scenario is presented as you would see it in the hospital setting and covers: - Initial step-by-step assessment of the patient: how to assess, assessment findings, and immediate management - Initial investigations - Initial management - Reassessment - Treatment - Handing over the patient - 'Prescribe' alerts throughout - Written-up drug charts - Blank drug charts for copying and practice

Optimal Health with Multiple Sclerosis

Optimal Health with Multiple Sclerosis
Author: Allen C. Bowling, MD, PhD
Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2014-10-20
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1617052086

The only source for reliable, evidence-based information on the relevance, safety, and effectiveness of alternative and lifestyle medicine approaches to MS treatment and the best ways to safely integrate them with conventional medicine. In addition to conventional medicine, many people with MS also use some form of alternative medicine, and there is growing evidence and interest in the effects of lifestyle factors, such as diet and exercise, on MS. Yet, until now, it has been difficult to obtain unbiased information about the MS-relevant aspects of these nonmedication approaches. Optimal Health with Multiple Sclerosis provides the accurate and unbiased information people with MS, their friends and family, health care professionals, and educators need to make responsible decisions and achieve the very best outcome. Find other options that may provide symptomatic relief when conventional therapies are limited Learn about potentially dangerous interactions between alternative therapies and medical treatments used in the management of MS Identify alternative and lifestyle therapies that are effective, low risk, and inexpensive Recognize ineffective, dangerous, or costly alternative therapies

EM Fundamentals

EM Fundamentals
Author: Laura Welsh
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781929854615

This pocket-size reference manual includes quick guides, can't-miss diagnoses, warning signs, and common treatments for a host of conditions you'll encounter in the emergency department. Before you step into the exam area, look up a condition to get a differential, evaluation tips, management guidance, and disposition recommendations. The book is best for those who are covering shifts in the emergency department or at community sites.