{"id":561,"date":"2019-08-26T05:21:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T05:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uniquest.xyz\/?page_id=561"},"modified":"2025-09-01T13:50:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:50:45","slug":"medical-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uniquest.xyz\/index.php\/medicine-options-for-internationals\/medical-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How does one know what being a doctor is really about?<\/p>\n<p>Sure, you can watch grey&#8217;s anatomy or some such, but that is just a bit hollow. So how does one increase one&#8217;s medical knowledge?<\/p>\n<p>Participate in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/column\/diagnosis\">New York times Diagnosis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Netflix new show based on the above:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v4pi6hGbo8Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/health\">BBC Health<\/a> section for latest on health discovery.<\/p>\n<p>Another interesting one come from the UK: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/35510008-this-is-going-to-hurt\">This is Going to Hurt<\/a>, a memoir of a junior odctor that has now been made into a series on the BBC:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"795\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v4h8xbc0cPg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"This Is Going To Hurt | Trailer - BBC\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Read blogs from <a href=\"http:\/\/aspiringdocsdiaries.org\/\">Aspiring doctors<\/a> to get a sense of the life that awaits you. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medscape.com\/\">Medscape<\/a> bills itself as one stop news.<\/p>\n<p>Medical School Council <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medschools.ac.uk\/media\/2636\/guidance-on-gaining-relevant-experience-for-studying-medicine-in-the-time-of-covid-19.pdf\">guidance for work experience during COVID.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brighton and Sussex Medical School offers <a href=\"https:\/\/bsmsoutreach.thinkific.com\/courses\/VWE\">virtual work experience<\/a> for prospective medical school applicants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcgp.org.uk\/training-exams\/discover-general-practice\/observe-gp.aspx\">Observe GP<\/a> is a free online platform providing insight into general practice. (UK Residents)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/explorehealthcareers.org\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/choosedo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MGXxEv3N_400x400-300x300.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/explorehealthcareers.org\/\">ExploreHealthCareers.org<\/a> is a collaboration between today\u2019s health professionals and leading health care associations designed to help people like you start down the road toward a career in health. Here you\u2019ll find the latest health career information and tools to guide you as you prepare for a future in health care.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qph.fs.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-310ca76fa4ff997aac4ac621ddfeb271.webp\" \/>\u00a0<span class=\"qlink_container\"><a class=\"external_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.med.umich.edu\/lrc\/coursepages\/m1\/anatomy2010\/html\/courseinfo\/mich_quiz_index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-qt-tooltip=\"umich.edu\" data-tooltip=\"attached\">U Michigan\u2019s Anatomy Practicals<\/a><\/span>\u00a0are pretty sweet. Good practice for practicals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Websites to explore may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2022 Newspaper pages such as the Guardian\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\">science page<\/a> and The Telegraph\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/health\/\"> health page <\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2022 The British Medical Journal\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/bmjopen.bmj.com\/\">open access information <\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u2022 TED Talks can provide useful background information on health topics<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Science or health related content on Twitter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reading list<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/W\/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1\/images\/I\/41WuWM2pSFL._SX328_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"499\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Welcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids, and the hospital parking meter earns more than you. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, Adam Kay&#8217;s This is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the NHS front line. Hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking, this diary is everything you wanted to know &#8211; and more than a few things you didn&#8217;t &#8211; about life on and off the hospital ward.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/W\/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1\/images\/I\/41NlwyJ6v5L._SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_FMwebp_.jpg\" width=\"188\" height=\"293\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The issues of medical ethics, from moral quandaries of euthanasia and the morality of killing to political dilemmas like fair healthcare distribution, are rarely out of today&#8217;s media. This area of ethics covers a wide range of issues, from mental health to reproductive medicine, as well as including management issues such as resource allocation, and has proven to hold enduring interest for the general public as well as the medical practitioner. This Very Short Introduction provides an invaluable tool with which to think about the ethical values that lie at the heart of medicine.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/W\/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1\/images\/I\/51IF-ZkX5cL._SX318_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"499\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">In medical school, Paul Farmer found his life\u2019s calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Tracy Kidder\u2019s magnificent account shows how one person can make a difference in solving global health problems through a clear-eyed understanding of the interaction of politics, wealth, social systems, and disease. Profound and powerful, Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer changes people\u2019s minds through his dedication to the philosophy that \u201cthe only real nation is humanity.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 333px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/W\/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1\/images\/I\/41RlRWXkNNL.jpg\" width=\"323\" height=\"500\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">An essential guide for anyone contemplating a career as a doctor, by one of Australia&#8217;s finest practitioners \u2013 and writers. 2018 finalist book for The Australian Career Book Award \u2013 supported by the Royal Society of Arts in Australia and New Zealand. What is the life of a doctor really like? Is there an end to studying? Are money and prestige guaranteed? Can a fulfilling medical career and a satisfying family life co-exist and what support can a parent or partner give? Which doctors are the happiest? What is the most important question to ask yourself before studying medicine? An insider\u2019s calm and considered answers could determine whether you choose to pursue this high-stakes career. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2018\/sep\/12\/what-does-it-really-take-to-be-a-doctor\">this article<\/a> by the author to get a flavor.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does one know what being a doctor is really about? 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