Be punctual, hard-working and honest, but most importantly – be excellent. Written by residents, for interns and residents, the Junior Doctor Survival Guide is a thorough, focused summary of everything you need to know to get through your internship and residency (relatively) intact. It provides advice on seeking help from your senior clinicians, ensuring ethical practice and decision making, conducting an efficient ward round and carrying out emergency assessments and includes a concise overview of the salient features of specialist medical and surgical care in both in- and outpatient settings. Covering both clinical and professional contexts, this guide will support you to build your confidence in applying the principles you learned in medical school to the real world. - Scenario boxes – how difficult conversations should be approached - Common medications – quick reference tables of common medications and dosages - Clinical abbreviations and acronyms – a comprehensive list of common abbreviations and acronyms used throughout clinical settings. - Full eBook on ExpertConsult

So the fun of being a medical student is over, you're fully relaxed. All those hours of stressful learning seem a million miles away... but as the time gets closer to that day in August, you wonder what it will be like and whether you'll cope. Arrrrrrrgh!!! Relax, we all feel this way and it is true that those first few days are probably the most stressful of all... which is why this book was written. Here I present to you the information that you really need to survive! Written by a junior doctor who has made the mistakes in those first few weeks that you're now going to avoid. Yippy!!! This book is different in that it is a workbook written in a completely informal style for you to enjoy! And yes, I did say enjoy... So work through it at your own pace, safe in the knowledge that by the end of the book you WILL be ready and raring to go! Good luck!