Summary:
Secrets of Success: Getting into Medical School is written for all potential medical students and is intended to guide applicants on making the right choices and optimizing their performance. Applying to medical school has become increasingly competitive, and this book is full of ideas on how to bring out the best in yourself as a future doctor in
order to secure the place you deserve.

Key features
• Up-to-date information on medical careers and current affairs
• Provides sound guidance and factual content on the different types of medical school and offers advice on how to choose the right one for you
• Examines how to reach your potential by developing your communication skills and teaches you, with examples, how to demonstrate your abilities, both on the application form and in interview
• Offers practical advice on how to obtain and make the most of work experience and volunteering opportunities
• Written in an accessible and engaging style, with essential top tips

• This essential book will give you practical guidance on the admission process

• Shows you how to plan the first stage of a successful application – getting the grades

• Helps you to reach your potential by developing your ability to reflect on and promote your strengths and achievements
• Includes useful tips on how to do well in entrance exams and how to make yourself a more competitive applicant
• A must-have for every want-to-be medical student

Table of Contents:
Contributors
Introduction to Secrets of Success
Preface
Acknowledgements
Key to icons
1. Taking the plunge
2. Do you really want to become a doctor?
3. Getting the grades
4. Choosing the right medical school
5. Working collectively
6. Demonstrating your qualities
7. Work experience
8. Admissions tests
9. Perfecting your personal statement
10. Mastering the interview
11. Hot topics in medicine
12. Off the beaten track
Index

About the Author(s):
Viyaasan Mahalingasivam BMedSci
Final year Medical Student, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK

Marc A Gladman MBBS PhD MRCOG MRCS(Eng)
UKCRC Clinical Lecturer in Surgery, Centre for Academic Surgery, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK

Manoj Ramachandran BSc MBBS MRCS(Eng) FRCS(Tr&Orth)
Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, Barts and The London NHS Trust, London, and Honorary Senior Lecturer, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK

Readership:
All students, including graduate entry-level

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